Bit off topic, to an extent, but meh.

With Warrington creeping back into the national media spotlight, with the John Terry look-a-like on the front page of a national tabloid, and the no kissing signs making the 10o'clock news t'other day, I thought I'd ask how people think we as a town, as people and as a club are percieved by a wider population?
I know that we have a few 'outsiders' on here, from chester or further beyond, how do people see the club you follow?
When you are on holiday, for example, and someone asks where you are from, do you quietly mutter 'Warrington' under your breath?
Or do you parade round in a shirt/shorts, etc and show pride for both your town and club?
Or somewhere in the middle?
What about those of us who have family elsewhere, or do a bit of travelling through work, or even those who studied higher education elsewhere? What do people seem to think of Warrington?

Not alot.

I walk around with my shirts proudly displayed, ignoring the people who ask me if I'm from Wolverhampton.

I went to university in the Midlands and to be honest I usually had to explain that Warrington was between Manchester and Liverpool as most people had never heard of it.

Theres a snogathon at bank quay station sometime next week i think

A paradox wrapped in an enigma. Or is it the other way round?
A very parochial place, which at the same time seems to be screaming out to discover its own identity.
I think it comes from being located midway between Manchester and Liverpool.
Back in the day (1970's and 1980's) it was considered by others as a town full of brawlers!

I go to Uni in Ormskirk (Edge Hill) and i've had to explain to people where Warrington is.





As for a town identity, i don't think we really have one.

Nothing personal, but I see Warrington as a town full of losers.

Why?

So do I. With a few exceptions.

I take it you live here then

Didn't the interview with that John Terry lookalike quote him/her as saying "life is hard enough as it is living in Warrington"?

Identical.
The ones that had thought I was going to beat them up or something



Still I wear the Wires shirt with pride anywhere

You'd be joking, right? They know where St Helens is at Edge Hill so I'm sure they do actually know where Warrington is, it's just that everone was drunk at the time or something.



As a St Helens person I've lately come to envy Warrington a bit in that it's a rich town. Well, when compared to St Helens it is anyway! If a shop is going to shut, they'll shut their branch in St Helens but always manage keep their Warrington branch open. If anything is going to happen which is not in Liverpool or Manchester, it's destined to be in Warrington. Meanwhile, I sit here in St Helens, watching shops close and all that stuff going to Warrington, wondering 'what about us?'

(Well, I don't actually cry, but you get the idea maybe) Warrington used to be half the size of St Helens and pretty much a fleapit. But it just aint like that anymore. It has very successfully regenerated itself. Good on Warrington.

However, what is there to know about Warrington so far as the rest of the UK is concerned? When I've lived in other parts of the country and I've said I'm from St Helens they have known straight away where the town is and not because they think I'm a scouser! But because of the rugby. They haven't even been rugby fans themselves, but they've seen us in the Challenge Cup final and straight away I get 'oh they play rugby there, don't they?'. We've had Dr Beecham here and Sir whatsit Pilkington and a bit of the country's first canal and Johnny Vegas (

) but all that is wasted on the rest of the world. It's the rugby what does it. So if all else fails to get Warrington national recognition, get yerselves to the Challenge Cup final!

Very Happy to be Born and Bred in Warrington..
And i love living in the Town,i'd certainly rather live in a town than a big city...
I always find the people who moan about where they live have usually never been far...

I'd love to see where Warrington would figure on a 'Family Fortunes' type survey - 'name a famous rugby league club'...

You said 'Warrington'.
Our survey said...

I'd rather live in Warrington than Stoke any day.

One of my earliest experiences of 'Wire on tour' was in 2003 at Caracus Airport. I had that season's home jersey on (similar to this years away one, remember?) and heard a very unfamiliar, somewhat amusing, accent (that I could only place somewhere south of Kent and north of Brighton) say to me "excuse me, me and my mate were looking at your shirt and we wondered who it was". Before I had chance to answer, he stared intently at the badge and said "Warrington Wolves? Who are they, like a local team or something?"
I wasn't as quick witted back then as I am now, so just replied "No. Rugby League". He almost seemed disappointed to here my response and meekly said "Oh, Rugby [iLeague[/i" and walked off.

I haven't seen anything about this john terry look a like.

But on cowboy builders on five the other week they said they were in Warrington, Merseyside.

That doesn't say a great deal about it's students.

I was talking to a builder from Wigan who always had the impression that Warrington was quite posh, until he got a job with the council and had to travel around some of the more earthy districts. That was an eye opener.

As someone who has lived here all my life, I don't see any difference from other towns. There are rough parts and very expensive parts. I do know that there are far better amenities in much smaller and poorer towns. That actually have a cinema in the town centre, a fun pool or a skating rink, somewhere for families to go after hours etc.

Hear hear, god awful black hole of a city.

When I was in Cyprus a couple of years ago, I went into a pub with my shirt on and it was instantly recognised by the Cypriot owner.

Apparently he was an ardent follower of the Super League and a big Warrington fan to boot.

Me neither, must have missed that one on my travels.