I think its a difficult one,Wire fans fought tooth and nail to get a new stadium maybe we saw it as a way forward!
It was a bit different with with wigan and i have mates who watch or use to watch .Your new ground went on the other side of town,so lets say average joe use to get a bus to go and watch his beloved wigan,Now all of a sudden average joe had to get 2 buses to go and watch them play..
I know you say some were disenchanted by the move i would say it is down to shear stubboness.

You either support your team or you dont.

I think it has something to do with DW is all seated but HJ has a standing pop side, great for atomosphere.

can end that sentence there !

Surely that is what your gay Ultras are for?

havnt you got these two words the wrong way round?

thanks!!!

When they were skirting with relegation and their kit suppliers wouldn't supply any more kits through lack of payment and just before Warrington Borough Council bailed them out to the tune of £1.5M, the crowd was down to 4500.

So yes its a massive turn around for them. Hope we get a similar "new stadium effect".

Strangely enough the year we flirted with relegation was 2002, the year that the stadium got the go-ahead. The council actually bought Wilderspool for £1 million and the loaned the club £250,000. In 1998 we were actually a couple of hours from going bust, but we didn't and we're still here. As regards the stadium, the club actually asked the fans what they wanted. As a result, we got the South Stand as the popular side and for most matches it is a sellout or close to a sellout. I'm not saying that the HJ is perfect, but the layout should be a blueprint for RL stadiums. People want to have a choice between standing and seating and they don't just want to stand behind the posts.