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First memory I have of going to any match is Maurice Whittle’s goal against Sheffield Weds.
Tommy Gore scoring at Chelsea for another 1-0 upset.
That crowd at Everton in the round after beating Chelsea in 1980.
Unfortunately, my earliest memory of the FA Cup is watching the 1974 final on TV with my grandad when Keegan grabbed a brace against Newcastle :blush:
Agree that this is a cracking thread and the first person to de-rail it should be banned :evil:
I’m also a Wiganer having spent the first 18 years of my life in Ince. However, I’ve now spent more years living ‘down south’ than I did in Wigan. I met my wife in Cambridge and my children were born in Luton and raised in Milton Keynes. So it’s really my son’s story I’m telling.
From the moment he could walk he wanted to kick a ball. He’s now fifteen, but in those early years his only football teams were the ones he saw on TV and David Beckham quickly became a hero for him. He even got a Man Utd shirt with 7 and Beckham on the back. Then, when he was four, I decided it was time he went to see a ‘proper’ match at what was then the JJB.
He actually concentrated for most of the game and at one point when a player was booked turned to my dad and explained that meant “he’s been naughty, but doesn’t have to go home. If it was red he has to go home.” Bless.
Anyway, following year and he gets his first season ticket which also meant I got my act together and attended more games than usual. What makes his story for me is that he went to a small vilage school in North Bucks. Every other kid supported Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, Liverpool or Man Utd. He got picked on and teased something rotten, but never, ever waivered in his support for us when it would have been so easy to switch to a big club. Coming out of Portman Road after seeing us lose for the first time he burst into tears (he knew he’d get teased at school and thought we’d blown our promotion chances). When he got his first shirt (Lidell on the back) we held a ceremony in the back garden and burned his old Man U shirt on the barbecue!
Today, he gets less stick from his mates (being six foot tall at 15 really helps). He’s never seen us lift a trophy, but he’s travelled the length and breadth of the UK and been to almost every away ground. He comes to almost all home games (320 mile round trip). He was the mascot at Highbury in the semi-final on that wonderful night. He was at our first game in the Premier League against Chelsea even though I was stuck on a plane in Iceland. He was at Stoke when Hugo scored and Bramall Lane when we clung on with Heskey as our best centre back.
His bedroom is blue and white and, if you cut him in half, so is he!
God knows what I’m really trying to say here, but I suppose I echo GL’s comments – This club is growing and this is how we are getting new supporters. The thing is, we should embrace everyone that shows the slightest interest in our amazing and wonderful ‘little’ club and get them converted to the WAFC religion.
I would also have gone for Rooney. Not a bad payer at all, but wouldn’t get in the Spanish squad, or either of Barcelona or Real Madrid. However, as you have already got him in your overrated team the I have to nominate £35m man Andy Carroll!
What a ridiculous decision. FFS They’ve just lost their best goal scorer to injury and today only lost 1-0 to Utd who are 15 points clear at the top.
Hope they go down now.
De Ormskirk massive is on Coach 20 :P
Cracking avatar. I went mental when that went in. Well worth the £48 just to see the Swedish Chelsea fans at the side of us sit down with faces like thunder.[/quote]
Was in a bar in Spain when that went in. Full of Man U and Chelsea fans. My lad had his Wigan away shirt on with Heskey on the back. Utd fans wanted to put him on their shoulders and carry him round the bar.
Unfortunately a few of our players did play this weekend. Figueroa, Espinoza, Caldwell, Kone, Beusajour and Macarthy.
Do you have them tickets spare for the killers in june northern ;)Concerts are classed as ‘optional’ events. In other words they cost extra. I can always buy tickets, but they’re pricey.
…you go up on some fantastic escalators, but have to walk down.
My flabber is gasted. What the hell constitutes a fantastic escalator?! ;)[/quote]
The one I go up has fit women in red uniforms (like the Virgin Atlantic ad on TV) at the top and bottom. That’s pretty fantastic. Plus there’s a Champagne and seafood bar at the end of it. Wembley takes corporate to a whole new level ;)
As for the original post, there are no bad seats and it’s nothing like SJP. I went to the very first England game v Brazil and sat two rows from the top behind the goals. Still great views.[/quote]
SJP has great, but you need eyes like a Golden Eagle to make out what is going on.[/quote]
Not to mention the climbing skills of a mountain goat to get to your seat!
…you go up on some fantastic escalators, but have to walk down.
My flabber is gasted. What the hell constitutes a fantastic escalator?! ;)[/quote]
The one I go up has fit women in red uniforms (like the Virgin Atlantic ad on TV) at the top and bottom. That’s pretty fantastic. Plus there’s a Champagne and seafood bar at the end of it. Wembley takes corporate to a whole new level ;)
As for the original post, there are no bad seats and it’s nothing like SJP. I went to the very first England game v Brazil and sat two rows from the top behind the goals. Still great views.
Found this today so I thought I’d share it with you.Anybody else attend this one?
We have come a long way !! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
Almost certainly there, but was only twelve, so not absolutely definite. Looks like Peter Houghton heading the ball on the front cover.
..that if you are critical of the team when they underachieve or dare to question the managers tactics, you are not allowed to be happy when they get it together and put in a great performance like yesterday’s. I find it very strange how the Lightside have turned on the Darkside for celebrating a great victory ? Trawling through old posts in a pathetic attempt to try and put a damper on what was a great day is pretty sad in my book. The self righteous should stay in their ivory towers if they aint interested in celebrating as one because I get the impression that whatever the Darkside say whether it be positive or negative certain Lightsiders quite simply just have it in for them for daring to have opinions ! Unbelievable the amount of abuse flying about on here at the moment when we should be uniting as one and looking forward to the draw later on. :S
Phil, I can’t speak for the “Lightside” and can only enlighten you as to my own viewpoint and why you wind me up so much. I have long since learned that supporting MY home-town team means having to suffer days when the pain can be excruciatingly bad. Black days when we appear to have no purpose, direction, or future and days when things are so bad that you wonder whether it is worth the effort.
We all feel the same pain and disappointment as you do when things go wrong but suffer in silence knowing that the manager, team and owner tried their best but came up short. There is no point singling out players and screaming at them how garbage they are when they have given their all and know better than we do that they could have played better. It winds me up to hear vitriolic criticism of Roberto’s tactics when it is quite clear that the critic thinks that tactics are little white mints in a clear plastic box.
We are fortunate to have an owner like Dave Whelan and a Manager like Roberto Martinez who really care about Wigan and it’s football club. We have had more success than we could ever have dreamed of and it hurts me deeply to hear the garbage espoused by some “fans” when WE are having a bad time of it.
I was always taught that you could judge a man’s character by how he reacts to defeat and not how he celebrates victories. If you can’t accept the pain then please forgive me for trying to urinate on your victory celebrations.
If this is being self-righteous then so be it.[/quote]
Best post on here for weeks, maybe all season.
goodpost
