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I had a choice of 8014 different seats for the QPR game out of the 17355 seats that were available for sitting on.
Now there are only 2553 available. I thought initially that a huge tidal wave of football-loving Wiganers had finally swept their way towards the DW ticket office.
Then I read this which kind of explains it really:
http://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=505794
Of course if its all lies by the chubbies, there are currently only 294 seats available in the south stand – so I’d expect to see a packed south stand on MOTD.
The game against Liverpool could not be played at Central Park for segregation reasons. What the author forgot to mention is that whilst rival rugby fans could be trusted to stand side by side without kicking the cr@p out of each other, football fans couldnt.
The cup tie in 1990 was not long after the Hillsborough disaster, and was in a period where English football had only just returned from a UEFA ban thanks to the antics of the said scousers in 1985. Like it or not, Liverpool’s supporters had a pretty appalling reputation at the time.
Whilst I fully agree that many of Lindsays comments were disrespectful to Wigan Athletic, the decision to not allow CP to become a place for Woolies & Scousers to do battle was the right one at the time.
I’m sure you’d have also noticed that 5300 of those empty seats were in the North Stand, where the Bradford fans appeared to have taken your lead in pathetic travelling support.
However, on the bright side, 13600 home fans showed up, despite it being on TV. Thats more home fans than showed up for the “big” game last Saturday, and more home fans than will show up for the “big” game next Saturday, neither of which were on live TV in the Uk.
Now, best you get off to Swansea sonny boy, or have you got an excuse for not being there.
another 13k goosey boy (local derby too) :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:As opposed to 13K home fans who turned out to watch the world’s most popular sport in the world’s most popular league competition.
Thank god for visiting fans eh…
I suppose there are sadder things you could do. But I can’t think of one.Replying within 12 minutes of my post is pretty sad.
Got yer QPR ticket yet?
http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a … 332&type=1
Meanwhile, whilst logging onto the Latics buy tickets page, I had a choice of 8014 different seats for the QPR game out of the 17355 seats that were available for sitting on.
Do you practice at being thick or does it come naturally to you, McLoon? The match has been moved so that people who want to watch YOUR team can see the it as well as going to see Latics.And why do they have to go home? Why can’t they go to the pub which is 5 minutes away. After all that’s where your lot watch most of your sport.
Face it, you’re deliberately missing the point because you can’t stand to acknowledge the fact that the football club has made a gesture, and a decent one at that, to your club, even if it may lead to a loss in revenue for them.
Couldn’t ever see your board of failed singers, bent bookies and bric-a-brac salesmen ever doing that, can you?
Jog on, Chubby – beaten again.
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Good win today McGoose but unless the Premier League want to move the QPR game I think you can whistle for whatever it is you’re after.
I guess because they were told to.
Now, tell me…
How many people are going to be able to make it home from the DW in time to make the BIG kick off at 1430, seeing as the “other game” that day wont finish until 1425?
Its a hollow gesture that will not get the crowds flocking to the DW. Face it – your club are playing second fiddle on 27 August.
I’d be interested to see if all the ST holders who will be at Wembley will be included in the attendance. Stand by for a 15,000 crowd where only 11,000 are present!
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Clearly Thai/Philipines TV couldnt give a toss about this fixture going ahead at 3pm.
Having to change the kick off time of a premiership football match for a minority sport played by a handful of pit villages straddling the M62 – how humiliating!
There’ll still be a $h!t crowd on. The number of QPR fans who wont attend because of an early kick-off will not cover the number of home fans who will now turn up and be able to get home to watch the rugby final kick off 5 mins after the game finishes!
2 England Under 21 caps suggests he did make it.
or are we talking winning the world cup as reaching the very top?
Otherwise, the answer is the same as the answer to the question I posed (ie none).
Does that make you proud? It makes me cringe with embarrassment to think that out of all those football pitches and all those amateur clubs, not a single Wigan lad has managed to represent his home town club in 6 Premiership seasons.
How long can you continue importing foreign mercineries and claim they represent the town, and be taken seriously?
i will ask you this, name me a local wigan lad who has made it to the very top in football – either through latics or any other club in the north westGary Walsh.
I think what you were trying to say was the answer to my question was….
None.
Zero.
Zip.
Feck all.Which is the same number who featured in 38 league matches last season.
And the Season before.
And the one before that.
And the one before that.Strange isnt it that the world’s most popular sport has not had a Wigan born or produced player feature since Leighton Baines upped sticks and signed for his home-town club.
Its been 7 years since you reached the premiership and 9 years since you reached the Championship. That means you are established as a “big” club. So where are the members of the youth team of 2003/4, 2004/5 etc? Were they all so crap that they were chinned off? How about the kids that would have signed youth forms in 2006 for a “Premier League” club – where are they?
Face it – Wigan is the “Lost City of the Incas” when it comes to developing home grown footballers.
I swerved it because the Egg had already answered your question with a very detailed answer.
Strange how you didnt mention any of the nine players who either come from Wigan or have graduated through the youth system.
Now try this question.
How many Wigan-born or Wigan youth-team developed footballers will be featuring for the home side at the DW on Saturday?