| FORUMS > Warrington Wolves > 131 years of top flight rugby |
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Mummy duck is now thoroughly depressed. SHE was the one that was famous for losing five in a row........until the 2011 GF!!!!!: |
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| Quote: worthing wire "Yep that's right. Wigan are top of the league.'"
So what!!! Weve never played outside the top flight in our entire history!!!!  |
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| Quote: wire-till-i-die "just a quick 1 wires are the only team in rugby league never to of been relegated from the top division in our great game , just 1 to get over the pies when they start boasting of there success ![]()
A bizarre boast considering for the vast majority of those years Rugby League didn't even have relegation but I think we're all happy Wiganers to give you that one.
One year in the 70s you know, when the league split into two divisions, Wigan only narrowly avoided relegation on points difference (finishing 16th) but that still qualfied them for the play offs to be crowned champions. The RFL have always been clueless! I forget who knocked them out in the first round of the play offs though.
Anyroad that relegation was the best thing that ever happened to Wigan and our poor late 2005/early 2006 the second best thing. Good things come from bad times.
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Probably plenty of teams that have never been relegated from the top league.
South Wales Scorpions for starters...
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Mummy duck is now thoroughly depressed. SHE was the one that was famous for losing five in a row........until the 2011 GF!!!!!: |
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| Quote: Wire In The Final "Probably plenty of teams that have never been relegated from the top league.
South Wales Scorpions for starters...'"
lol...I think the original post was the fact the Wolves have always played in the top flight, not so much that they have never been relegated from it. |
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| Quote: Wire In The Final "Probably plenty of teams that have never been relegated from the top league.
South Wales Scorpions for starters...'"
But they are not in the top league. |
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Mummy duck is now thoroughly depressed. SHE was the one that was famous for losing five in a row........until the 2011 GF!!!!!: |
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| Quote: rchick "icon_confused.gif: ![]()
Fair comment...... although I think the sentiment was as per my interpretation.
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[quote="wearethewire":3otazmtq]expect nothing, anything more is better[/quote:3otazmtq]
[quote="Wires71":3otazmtq]And there is the Warrington motto in a nutshell. No wonder we were dog dirt for 20 years [/quote:3otazmtq]
[quote="madoggy":3otazmtq]hope saints win it, if wigan dont win another league title for 100 years they would still have more than everyone  [/quote:3otazmtq]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_50494.jpg |
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| Quote: wire-till-i-die "just a quick 1 wires are the only team in rugby league never to of been relegated from the top division in our great game , just 1 to get over the pies when they start boasting of there success ![]()
Don't think that statement is strictly true, saints have never been relegated they just weren't able to field a team for financial reasons during one season (i think it was in 1916)!
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| Quote: sally cinnamon "We aren't the only team to have never been relegated, I think Leeds are with us on that, but we're the only one to have always been in the top flight. Leeds were in the second tier when they made the first split, got promoted and were never out of the top flight after that.
It's a notable achievement and one which was worth fighting for when we were in trouble in 2002, but to compare it with Wigan's record is ridiculous, I think any of us would have taken relegation in 2002 if it meant we came back up and started winning the league and Challenge Cup every year, like Wigan did for so long.
As for "ruining the game" personally that was my favourite era of rugby, the great Wigan team with Hanley, Edwards and Dean Bell in it, was a benchmark for everybody else to chase....to get a win over Wigan was a famous achievement. I preferred the era when they dominated to the Saints era which came in SL.'"
Pity. I hold to the view that the 'devil take the hindmost' attitude of the Wigan management at the time, which in the end even bankrupted the pies twice, was the dark era of 20th century RL. |
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| Quote: dids858 "But they are not in the top league.'"
Thus, never been relegated. |
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We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky
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| Quote: Dropkick Murphy "It's a bit Everton that. "First team to blah blah blah..." that doesn't actually give you any silverware.
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Yeah because Everton have never won any silverware. |
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| Quote: manco "Don't think that statement is strictly true, saints have never been relegated they just weren't able to field a team for financial reasons during one season (i think it was in 1916)!'"
Saints first time out of the top flight was the same as Leeds, when at the end of the 1900-01 season saints finished 2nd bottom (widnes bottom) of the Lancashire Section, and Leeds finished 4th bottom of the yorkshire section thus both missing out on gaining entry to the one division northern league.
however when two divisions were formed in the 1902-03 season saints finished 2nd bottom and were relegated. leeds came the other way after promotion from the 2nd dividion and were never again out of the top flight.
Saints gained promotion the following year and in the 1904-05 season finished 2nd bottom but were saved from relegation and becoming a yo-yo team with the introduction of a 31 team division.
and the original poster isnt quite correct there were no league running in 1916-17,&18 due to WWI and Warrington did not compete in the leagues in 1942,43,44 and 1945 due to the amount of players serving in the forces for wwII.
makes me laugh that wigan fans laugh at this fact as its a prouder boast than the one they recently have with Saints when they argue they might not have won anything recently but who has the biggest crowds... ? |
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