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Then perhaps you would like to explain the following chant Mr Pie:
Take me Home,
Wigan Road,
To the Place,
Where i belong,
Wigan Rugby,
F**k the Latics,
Take Me home,
Wigan RoadYou do still sing this at your matches don’t you? Strange lyrics for a set of supporters that aren’t bothered about the football team don’t you think?
Short memories these chubbies
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It should also be said that lord of the pies is allowed to post on this forum to argue his corner.
I wonder why Latics fans are banned from trying to do the same on the Rugby forums?
The problem is Wigan Chugby League are a cracking little club who chose to play in the back yard of a Premier League football club whom have just beaten one of the biggest names in world football.
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Far from being cringe-worthy Yosser, it’s rivalry, and every club does it.
Liverpool do it with Everton, United with City, Blackburn with Burnley etc. Unfortunately, our biggest rivals are a Rugby League team as there are no football teams – not even Bolton – who consider us worthy of their main focus of rivalry.
Bang on here fella. Wigan Warriors’ rivals are St Helens & Warrington, and rarely if ever do you see their message board even mention football, such is their lack of interest in football. Its sad that in such a footballing hotbed as the north west, the fans of Wigan Athletic cant find any football club’s fans that can be bothered to be their rivals, so they have to choose another sport.[/quote]
I might be spot on but you’re not.It’s not sad that Wigan don’t have real football rivals, it’s the fact that the club were formed after all these rivalries had been place for about sixty or seventy years.
The problem is Wigan Chugby League are a cracking little club who chose to play in the back yard of a Premier League football club whom have just beaten one of the biggest names in world football.goodpost
Two of the biggest names……..
Bang on here fella. Wigan Warriors’ rivals are St Helens & Warrington, and rarely if ever do you see their message board even mention football, such is their lack of interest in football. Its sad that in such a footballing hotbed as the north west, the fans of Wigan Athletic cant find any football club’s fans that can be bothered to be their rivals, so they have to choose another sport.The only recent thread on Wigan Warriors forums is one congratulating Wigan Athletic on beating Arsenal. Even fans who support different teams were praising them.
But apparently all rugby fans hate football and wish the football club would cease to exist.
The rivalry is pointless, very pointless. People are bound to dislike football or dislike rugby and make their views clear on the sport, but rivalry between Warriors and Latics fans these days is petty.
Anyone claiming to have no interest in rugby but constantly commenting on it comes across as ridiculous, just like anyone claiming to have no interest in football yet constantly commenting on it comes across as the same.
Whatever Latics fans had against Wigan rugby in the past should stay in the past. Maurice Lindsay was the main culprit for fanning the flames but the club is run by completely different people these days.
There’s no real reason hate the football club or the rugby club if you live in the town of Wigan; maybe there was in the past, but right now both clubs greatly benefit the town.
I cannot and will not ever forget the way Maurice Lindsay sat back and sh1t on us in our hour of need.
Rugby league,like budgie keeping is a mickey mouse pastime for pensioners who think its still the 1950s.
So, for a lot of people all this ‘you should support your town in whatever they do’ belief is b@llocks – otherwise Liverpudlians would support Liverpool and Everton and Mancunians would support City and United.No they wouldn’t, they would support whichever team was on their side of the City. Man Utd and Man City play the same sport and are rivals so naturally you wouldn’t support both. Wigan Athletic and Wigan Warriors play two different sports so there is nothing stopping you following, or at least well wishing, both.
I cannot and will not ever forget the way Maurice Lindsay sat back and sh1t on us in our hour of need.Rugby league,like budgie keeping is a mickey mouse pastime for pensioners who think its still the 1950s.
Fully understandable for the Latics fans that were there back then.
So, for a lot of people all this ‘you should support your town in whatever they do’ belief is b@llocks – otherwise Liverpudlians would support Liverpool and Everton and Mancunians would support City and United.
No they wouldn’t, they would support whichever team was on their side of the City. Man Utd and Man City play the same sport and are rivals so naturally you wouldn’t support both. Wigan Athletic and Wigan Warriors play two different sports so there is nothing stopping you following, or at least well wishing, both.[/quote]
Egg, is that your opinion or are you claiming it as fact? Quite often, geography has f’ck all to do with it.Anfield and Goodison are a dozen streets away from each other. And what about Dundee? The two grounds are across the road from each other.
Also, religion dictates which club you support in most of Scotland.
In South Wales there’s a huge football v Rugby Union rivalry, and in Belgrade, Red Star have a football team and basketball team and they hate each other.
I’ve always supported Wigan Athletic and Orrell RU. So yes, it is possible to support another Wigan team, but Wigan Ath and Orrell aren’t rivals.
Wigan Ath and Wigan RL are however, whether it be a different sport or not.
When Wigan Ath lose, I get a dozen p*ss taking messages via text or Facebook from Wigan RL supporters (one of which is an administrator of that RL site you frequent) but funnily enough, none from any of my Bolton, Liverpool, Everton, City, United, Blackburn or Preston supporting mates. Why? Because they aren’t our rivals – and generally they don;t give a toss about us.
(Incidentally, I don’t send similar messages when Wigan RL lose because I generally don’t have a f’cking clue they’ve even been playing.)
It’s the sort of thing you’d experience if you were a Blackburn fan with Burnley fans in your family, or Southampton/Portsmouth, or Wednesday/United, or Stoke City/Port Vale.
If Wigan Borough were still in existence, then maybe it would be different.
So, for a lot of people all this ‘you should support your town in whatever they do’ belief is b@llocks – otherwise Liverpudlians would support Liverpool and Everton and Mancunians would support City and United.
No they wouldn’t, they would support whichever team was on their side of the City. Man Utd and Man City play the same sport and are rivals so naturally you wouldn’t support both. Wigan Athletic and Wigan Warriors play two different sports so there is nothing stopping you following, or at least well wishing, both.[/quote]
Egg, is that your opinion or are you claiming it as fact? Quite often, geography has f’ck all to do with it.Anfield and Goodison are a dozen streets away from each other. And what about Dundee? The two grounds are across the road from each other.
Also, religion dictates which club you support in most of Scotland.
In South Wales there’s a huge football v Rugby Union rivalry, and in Belgrade, Red Star have a football team and basketball team and they hate each other.
I’ve always supported Wigan Athletic and Orrell RU. So yes, it is possible to support another Wigan team, but Wigan Ath and Orrell aren’t rivals.
Wigan Ath and Wigan RL are however, whether it be a different sport or not.
When Wigan Ath lose, I get a dozen p*ss taking messages via text or Facebook from Wigan RL supporters (one of which is an administrator of that RL site you frequent) but funnily enough, none from any of my Bolton, Liverpool, Everton, City, United, Blackburn or Preston supporting mates. Why? Because they aren’t our rivals – and generally they don;t give a toss about us.
(Incidentally, I don’t send similar messages when Wigan RL lose because I generally don’t have a f’cking clue they’ve even been playing.)
It’s the sort of thing you’d experience if you were a Blackburn fan with Burnley fans in your family, or Southampton/Portsmouth, or Wednesday/United, or Stoke City/Port Vale.
If Wigan Borough were still in existence, then maybe it would be different.[/quote]
Not claiming anything as fact, just saying that Mancs, Glaswegians, Scousers etc would not be expected to support both teams but would be expected to support one of them be it either their side of the City or their side of religion etc.
So, for a lot of people all this ‘you should support your town in whatever they do’ belief is b@llocks – otherwise Liverpudlians would support Liverpool and Everton and Mancunians would support City and United.
No they wouldn’t, they would support whichever team was on their side of the City. Man Utd and Man City play the same sport and are rivals so naturally you wouldn’t support both. Wigan Athletic and Wigan Warriors play two different sports so there is nothing stopping you following, or at least well wishing, both.[/quote]
Egg, is that your opinion or are you claiming it as fact? Quite often, geography has f’ck all to do with it.Anfield and Goodison are a dozen streets away from each other. And what about Dundee? The two grounds are across the road from each other.
Also, religion dictates which club you support in most of Scotland.
In South Wales there’s a huge football v Rugby Union rivalry, and in Belgrade, Red Star have a football team and basketball team and they hate each other.
I’ve always supported Wigan Athletic and Orrell RU. So yes, it is possible to support another Wigan team, but Wigan Ath and Orrell aren’t rivals.
Wigan Ath and Wigan RL are however, whether it be a different sport or not.
When Wigan Ath lose, I get a dozen p*ss taking messages via text or Facebook from Wigan RL supporters (one of which is an administrator of that RL site you frequent) but funnily enough, none from any of my Bolton, Liverpool, Everton, City, United, Blackburn or Preston supporting mates. Why? Because they aren’t our rivals – and generally they don;t give a toss about us.
(Incidentally, I don’t send similar messages when Wigan RL lose because I generally don’t have a f’cking clue they’ve even been playing.)
It’s the sort of thing you’d experience if you were a Blackburn fan with Burnley fans in your family, or Southampton/Portsmouth, or Wednesday/United, or Stoke City/Port Vale.
If Wigan Borough were still in existence, then maybe it would be different.[/quote]
Not claiming anything as fact, just saying that Mancs, Glaswegians, Scousers etc would not be expected to support both teams but would be expected to support one of them be it either their side of the City or their side of religion etc.[/quote]
In my opinion of course
Not claiming anything as fact, just saying that Mancs, Glaswegians, Scousers etc would not be expected to support both teams but would be expected to support one of them be it either their side of the City or their side of religion etc.Let me post my comment again:
‘So, for a lot of people all this ‘you should support your town in whatever they do’ belief is b@llocks – otherwise Liverpudlians would support Liverpool and Everton and Mancunians would support City and United.’
Isn’t what you’ve said the same?
eg. Liverpool will not support Everton. The two clubs are across Stanley Park from each other and families could be split red and white, but, you’d never support them because they are your bitter rivals – never mind that your brother supports them, or you live closer to Goodison than Anfield.
Likewise, Wigan RL are our rivals until someone else comes along and takes our attention away.
Not claiming anything as fact, just saying that Mancs, Glaswegians, Scousers etc would not be expected to support both teams but would be expected to support one of them be it either their side of the City or their side of religion etc.
Let me post my comment again:
‘So, for a lot of people all this ‘you should support your town in whatever they do’ belief is b@llocks – otherwise Liverpudlians would support Liverpool and Everton and Mancunians would support City and United.’
Isn’t what you’ve said the same?
eg. Liverpool will not support Everton. The two clubs are across Stanley Park from each other and families could be split red and white, but, you’d never support them because they are your bitter rivals – never mind that your brother supports them, or you live closer to Goodison than Anfield.
Likewise, Wigan RL are our rivals until someone else comes along and takes our attention away.[/quote]
I guess in a way it is, but I don’t see Wigan RL as rivals of Wigan Athletic and vice versa. I see them as two teams representing the town at two totally different sports that have no effect on each other at all bar the odd fixture change.
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