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[size=50:2fqgwsdo]"The mid-to-late 1980s and early-to-mid-1990s is the most successful period for the club to date, however, even without this glorious trophy laden period, Wigan would still have won more trophies than any other professional British rugby league club due to their successes throughout the club's history."[/size:2fqgwsdo]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_52674.jpg |
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| Quote: FearTheVee "Wigan are a less successful club than Saints/Leeds/Bradford in the history of professional RL (and I don't just mean a couple of teams, I mean the competition). That, my friend, you will struggle to disprove.'"
I thought rubgy league turned professional over 115 years ago? Let's just igonre the first 100 so it suits though eh? |
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| Quote: pondmonster "I thought rubgy league turned professional over 115 years ago? Let's just igonre the first 100 so it suits though eh?'"
Did you really think that?
I have a full time job and place a bet every now and then. Would you call me a professional gambler?
Some lower league players have full time jobs and get appearance money. Would you call them professional rugby league players?
In terms of fully professional RL, Wigan are a less successful club than Saints/Leeds/Bulls. I know you lot don't like that fact, but it doesn't stop it being a fact. |
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I hope we win to, would be a nice feeling, been a while since the 2006 GF feeling !
Got to be in it to win it !
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[size=50:2fqgwsdo]"The mid-to-late 1980s and early-to-mid-1990s is the most successful period for the club to date, however, even without this glorious trophy laden period, Wigan would still have won more trophies than any other professional British rugby league club due to their successes throughout the club's history."[/size:2fqgwsdo]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_52674.jpg |
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| Quote: FearTheVee "Did you really think that?
I have a full time job and place a bet every now and then. Would you call me a professional gambler?
Some lower league players have full time jobs and get appearance money. Would you call them professional rugby league players?
In terms of fully professional RL, Wigan are a less successful club than Saints/Leeds/Bulls. I know you lot don't like that fact, but it doesn't stop it being a fact.'"
If you get paid for it, then you're a professional? I guess the distinction is full or part time. |
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Dont you dare call me a Tory!!! yes it's true Saints have been the best team in Super League by far, surely you all cant begrudge us our moment at Old Trafford and we cant help it if we've plenty of people who want to support us.
PS.If we had the team Saints have had over the last few years the D.W would have been full every week!! and it pains me to say that as a Wiganer!
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Leeds-Bradford is an airport. Wigan-Saints is a derby!!:simpsons/simp049.gif |
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| Quote: blond viking "no my good man...ok for wigan fans its a big day out not had to many of them have they..but some people ive spoken to this week who are going...still think andy gregory plays for them..'"
Whereas the alledged saints fan i work with still thinks derby games are played on boxing day!!! |
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Leeds-Bradford is an airport. Wigan-Saints is a derby!!:simpsons/simp049.gif |
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| Quote: FearTheVee "Did you really think that?
I have a full time job and place a bet every now and then. Would you call me a professional gambler?
Some lower league players have full time jobs and get appearance money. Would you call them professional rugby league players?
In terms of fully professional RL, Wigan are a less successful club than Saints/Leeds/Bulls. I know you lot don't like that fact, but it doesn't stop it being a fact.'"
You can dress it up any way you like, but rugby league has been professional over 100 years, and during the 80's and 90's Wigan did it way better than anyone else. That is why we were the best! |
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Lets spot the ellgren trackies and norweb shirts at OT. Photos in this thread
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| Quote: wiganers "You can dress it up any way you like, but rugby league has been professional over 100 years, and during the 80's and 90's Wigan were fulltime whereas everyone else was part-time. That is why we cheated!'"
Edited for accuracy. |
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Leeds-Bradford is an airport. Wigan-Saints is a derby!!:simpsons/simp049.gif |
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| Quote: SaintsFan "Edited for accuracy.'"
Whereas saints have never broke the salary cap  |
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| Quote: MacBlondie "Lets spot the ellgren trackies and norweb shirts at OT. Photos in this thread'"
And we'll be spotting the McEwans shirts... |
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| Quote: wiganers "You can dress it up any way you like, but rugby league has been professional over 100 years, and during the 80's and 90's Wigan did it way better than anyone else. That is why we were the best!'"
Yes and thats why the game nearly went bankrupt following your spend spend spend mentality. Then along came SKY just when we were realising that our mentors had led us down a blind alley! |
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SAINTS THE ORIGINAL AND PERENNIAL CHEATS
For sale full Saints kit (circa 1989). Shirts in pristine condition, but shorts badly soiled.
For 27 - 0 you get a trophy
For 75 - 0 you get sod all.
Wigan had eight in a row
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| Quote: exileinpietown "Yes and thats why the game nearly went bankrupt following your spend spend spend mentality. Then along came SKY just when we were realising that our mentors had led us down a blind alley!'"
Hmm,
Sculthorpe, Newlove, Martyn, Sullivan etc.
It's a good job Maurice Lindsay got the RL job and bailed everyone out.
We also tried to modernise Central Park, maybe we should have done a Saints and let it rot. |
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| Quote: Rogues Gallery "Hmm,
Sculthorpe, Newlove, Martyn, Sullivan etc.
It's a good job Maurice Lindsay got the RL job and bailed everyone out.
We also tried to modernise Central Park, maybe we should have done a Saints and let it rot.'"
Maybe you should have done, then you could build your own ground instead of renting one. Gypsies  |
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| Quote: Rogues Gallery "Let's not get into that again, I'm getting a little tired of disproving it.'"
you've never managed it yet. Truth will just stick , Wigan were full time pro's playing lads who trained a few evenings a week after full time jobs. You lot jiust want to change history to suit your own fantasy's. As soon as other teams started to think professionally and train professionally the wheels fell off your bandwagon and you ended up being bailed out by a football man and sqatting in his football stadium. |
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