But don’t you know, the Whelans have made a stash of money out of Wigan Athletic and are jumping ship with the crown jewels while the going’s good? ;)[/quote]

No, Dave Whelan, a shrewd and successful business man has owned and ran Latics for 23 years, without making any money at all for himself. He has done it out of the goodness of his own heart.

He is basically the Oskar Schindler of Wigan. He even took Pat’s fur collection to the ‘clothes for cash’ on Pem, so he could pay off Warren Joyce. Almost Saintly.[/quote]
Whelan hasn’t made a penny from the club. Quite the opposite.

But he’s a vain man and by owning Wigan Athletic he’s bought himself fame and the chance to get himself in the national press and on TV every week – something being owner of a chain of sport shops could never do.

Maybe he did invest so much money for the love his town and the people etc, but the cynic in me says he also did it just as much for the adulation he’d receive in doing so.

Bound to be Horc as we won’t sell many tickets. Not many people are interested in the cup these days.
Hopefully we can attract our normal league home support.
Probably be pay on the day but it could be just tickets available on the day.
Who knows? Communication could help.[/quote]

Communication, c’mon this is Latics. They’ll probably let us know at the very last minute, and if you can’t pay on the day, it will be too late for a lot of people to be able to get one.
I understand why they do it as they want to sell as many tickets as possible without having to rely on pay on the door fans. I just wish they would announce it earlier.
I hope they allow us to pay on the turnstile so we don’t have to queue for ages waiting for the the usual interrogation from the incompetent gits at the ticket office.[/quote]
Being deadly serious here:

If you’re definitely going, why not buy your ticket online in advance rather than having to go to the ticket office?

Again, it’s a serious question and sorry if I’m missing a salient point here.

And there are some new fans who are on groups on Facebook etc who need taking down a peg or two. One lifelong fan, Derek Tinsley, a lot will know him from when he had the programme hut at Springfield, well he was getting stick and abuse the other day because he said he can no longer afford to go to games. Derek had been a real loyal fan since 1974,and his dad had been groundsman at Springfield Park.

Seeing him getting stick off people who have been going not that long, really cheesed me off, being honest. Not one person knew who he was… If they went at Springfield, they would have done.[/quote]
Don’t fall for what Derek says. He posts on there to wind people up and get a rise.

He was saying he can’t afford to go to matches, but a few posts later was saying how he was at the Bournemouth away game.

I’d take what he posts on there with a pinch of salt.[/quote]

He’s got relatives who live in Bourmemouth, thats how he came to go to it. He is a genuine long time Supporter, I can vouch for him.[/quote]
Yes, I know who he is.

But he’s a wind-up merchant on Facebook.

Thanks Nuneaton. Don’t remember it myself, but thanks anyway….

Cook out! Pathetic 3-0 win

Without Powell’s goals we’d be in 6th place.

And I agree that selling him could possibly end our promotion push.

Can’t see it happening myself.

I wanted to hear what you’d found so offensive about they’d been doing or saying.

My side-kick? Do you mean Griff? He doesn’t even come on here to lurk these days.