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I’ve said it before & i’ll say it again, our stadium is way too big for our support. A bournemouth size stadium would have been more sufficient.
But yes. The people of wigan are shocking when it comes to supporting their town team. 30000 turned up in the town when we won the cup. As delia would say, “where are you, lets be ‘avin you.”
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Who had the better vision Mr Whelan or the owners of Bournemouth whose stadium is costing them millions in lost revenue because it is way too small. They would swap grounds with us in a heartbeat if possible. The DW is paid for and not costing the club anything for having a 25000 capacity. If we ever get back to the greed league and investment is available for us to compete then again it will not cost the club millions in upgrading the stadium. The DW is fine as it is. Only some Latics fans could have a whinge and want to reduce capacity. Whatever next bring back the Springy bogs where you could smell the piss from 100 yards away.[/quote]
Nuneaton, with all due respect, I think your missing the main point of my post. Our stadium is way too big for our support. Thats all![/quote]
I don’t think I’m missing the point Runc, attendances have dwindled because we have gone back down the leagues which would be the case at every other club as well. Our first ever Prem game against Chelsea saw the stadium full so it wasn’t too big then. So what your saying we should give up all hope and thoughts of ever getting back there and go back to being a low league club and play in a small stadium. You ought to know this great club by now marrer and never ever underestimate what can be achieved. We done it once and I for one would never back against it doing it again.
Answer me this question Runc, why did you become a Latics fan?
I guarantee it wouldn’t be because or the incredible atmosphere at games. No Tics fan would probably say the same. We support the club because it is special a one off a club who defies logic and competes and beats the big boys. A club who surpasses all expectations despite being stunted by its big bullying neighbours. None of us are Latics daft because of the size of our crowds it is because the club is fookin brilliant and gives us so much.
No atmosphere small crowds bulging trophy cabinet that’s Wigan Athletic and I for one wouldn’t change anything.[/quote]
Celebrating my 40th anniversary as a tics mon next season. And like you, i wouldn’t have it any other way.
We filled the stadium vs chelsea as it was our first ever game in the PL. It was a novelty. Whenever the mancs or scousers came to town, again the stadium was full, largely due to the fact that a lot of wigan born scouse & manc supporters came into our end.
But attendances did start to drop the longer we stayed in the PL.[/quote]
Selling our best players year in year out didn’t help while in the premiership no wonder fans left
They’re in talks to be taken over by a guy who owns Eastleigh with little financial backing of his own. Contracts mean they have to discard most of their 1st team, and have numerous multi-million transfers still to pay. It’s difficult to imagine a much worse option for a manager like Cook.
He’s fronting a consortium that are planning to take over the club after the current owner has settled all debts, meaning we start debt free with a £38m parachute payment due. Not a bad starting point for a 3rd division club. I seem to recall Latics being dubbed the Man Utd of League 1 with their £9m parachute payment in 2015 – that must make Sunderland the Real Madrid and Barcelona of League 1. 16,000 season tickets sold before it was announced that Ellis Short is on his way – probably another 10,000 sold once the new owners take charge. Its going to be fun at some of these grounds next season – they’ll never have seen away support like it.
Great news to have finally found your level also now you can say your a massive club unlike in championship and in premiership
Onward and upward![/quote]the more i look into all this the more its getting confusing but like you say hope a club statement comes out soon
needs to be sorted so we can bring in better players for next season or we could find ourselves struggling early doorson latics speak and i take this with a pinch of salt 8th richest man in china plus others as a consortium
are involved along with joe royale and his son who is a football agent joes son the agent is the one setting up the deal
personally i smell bullshit anyone have pics or what ever to prove these guys where even at the gameblackburn have the same problem we have ourselves being in the middle of four big clubs city utd liverpool everton
they have bigger clubs burnley preston accrington to compete with fittingly i feel blackburn are what they are a league 1 club and will be relegated again to league 1 next season dack is over rated nothing special and will be found out in a higher leagueWe need to win tuesday the i think it will be pressure on the shrews._ thing is tuesday will be a tough game
i have said all along the world cup should have been moved after the way the russian hooligans behaved in the euros
my fear is someone is going to get killed over there but by then it will be too late and fifa should be held responsible for not having the balls to act and move it else where
