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My family & i bumped into the 87 latics team at manchester airport. I had my photo taken with them all. I was 15 at the time. Still got the photo.
Just this minute uploaded it garswood. Its on wigan athletic memories on facebook.
“I don’t believe it”. Photo or it didn’t happen![/quote]
Please goole (or someone else) tell me how to upload photos onto here & i will. If not, if anyone is a member of wigan athletic memories on facebook, i’ll upload it on there.
But it did happen.[/quote]
Upload it there[/quote]
I’d prefer to be called something like the piermen, or as silly & stereotypical as it sounds, the pie eaters.
To be called latics is so unoriginal. Afterall, charlton are known as the addicks. So why not have a different nickname.
My family & i bumped into the 87 latics team at manchester airport. I had my photo taken with them all. I was 15 at the time. Still got the photo.
“I don’t believe it”. Photo or it didn’t happen![/quote]
Please goole (or someone else) tell me how to upload photos onto here & i will. If not, if anyone is a member of wigan athletic memories on facebook, i’ll upload it on there.
But it did happen.
I fully understand where fil is coming from. We don’t really want to be carrying PASSENGERS next season.
My family & i bumped into the 87 latics team at manchester airport. I had my photo taken with them all. I was 15 at the time. Still got the photo.
Pitch invasions have always been part & parcel of the game in all my years attending games. Only the other day a photo of a pitch invasion at springfield park was posted on one of the wigan athletic facebook pages.
One method i have always thought could work is if all clubs had “an organised pitch invasion,” or another term for it when H&S become involved. Stewards could open up certain parts (if not all) of the ground to allow fans onto the pitch at the end of an emotional deciding, high stake game. Fans however, would have to comply with rules & regulations by coming onto the pitch in an orderly fashion.
This way they are not barging past people putting other folks lives at risk. You will never ever stop pitch invasions. But if they were done in a safety aspect, it could actually work. Fans still get to go on the pitch to worship their heroes etc, but its all done safely. I know there is a lot of mentions towards H&S in my post, but that is the day & age we are living in.
Vat, i do know where you are coming from with regards your kids safety. Even when coming off the DW at the end of a game, i still do my upmost best to protect my son (who is nearly 13) when we get surrounded by a few hundred when trying to get down the steps to return to the concourse. He hates it. But i tell him “you’ll be a dad one day.”
I get what you mean donny, but one reason we failed to break teams down at home was mainly due to the fact that we were the big fish in a small pond. Teams saw wigan (& blackburn) as the big boys, so employed tactics to stop us. It will be different next season as we will be one of the smaller fish, so i expect teams to be more open.
Sort of agree with you but can the tactics Paul uses work again in The Championship? Suppose that depends on the squad he has to work with.
Can we keep up those brilliant away performances? Can we improve on our lacklustre home form?
If so it is great news indeed.Not too sure what you mean donny. Are you not a fan of cook?
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.
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!
