Doesn't work in this instance mate, as it was the away leg first, some rural patch surrounding loads of mansions,

Did you win on the away goals rule?

No I won on defualt, second leg wa abandoned due to 'smog' descending.

This might have longer term reasons behind this; as you will be aware it was the type of industries in certain areas that attracted immigration (the asian communities in former mill towns being the prime example).

Maybe if Warrington continues to remain strong it will start to figure more strongly in the options for immigrants coming into the UK.

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Are you serious - unlike plastic Scouseland presumably - the thing about Warrington is that it was never reliant on a single industry in the sense that towns like St Helens and Wigan were - always meant as a result we tended to weather economic and social change somewhat better than the rest of South-East Lancashire and as a result our culture is somewhat different to the rest of that area - from the Palladian Town Hall with it`s gates made for the Great Exhibition to the first publicy funded lending library in the country to the fact we are the only town in the area still to retain `Walking Day ` shows that Warrington has a strong identity in spite of attempts to compromise it during the 1970`s with the emergence of the New Town.
Love the place it`s just a pity so many decent boozers have closed in town in recent years ...

Most people (admittedly myself included) know hardly, if anything, about Warrington and it's history, yet are quick to judge and pass comment. That is the way it is with everything, spouting off without knowing the facts...

Why would anybody say that? Have I missed something? I also find that really strange that that is the usual reply from people.

That's all they'll have seen of us in the news, though. Some quite unfortunate stories have arisen from our town over the past few years, which was part of the reasoning for the start of the thread. It would seem if people are saying things like that, there is still a bit of a stigma.

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I'm sure a lot of the pictures will bring back some memories for you

Gary Newlove for example.

Carrington Wire aka the wire industry

I've never heard anything about the metal detectors things, that's why I questioned it, not sure if I've missed something.

If people make statements like that when you say you are from Warrington though, then it says more about them than the town.

There has been the one major incident that has made the news (Gary Newlove) as far as I am aware, what are the others?

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Ryan Kelly and Stu Lowe. The timing, more than anything, made them national stories IIRC.
I must admit the metal detectors is a bit of an oddity.

Just googled these names, and had heard about Ryan Kelly, but not the Stu Lowe incident.

Still find it strange that more than one person would use the description that Steve 51 mentioned.

Just to confirm... Im not a Union boy. I played Union when I was growing up at school, but we all had to in Northampton. No, Im a Cobblers (football) fan through and through. Truth be told I find Union boring unless its an England game.

I remember the metal detectors thing now. SkyNews did a 'feature' during the time of the Adam Swellings trial on Warrington's Bridge Street on a Saturday evening. Police/Bouncers were piloting metal detectors on people IIRC.

'Warrington' was the answer on Ant & Decs Saturday Night Takeover last night.

The question could have been one of many.

"Catalan Dragons are currently beating which Rugby team?"

so... the john terry lookalike?

They have been used in St Helens and Wigan aswell - and other places too I would guess

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They've been using them in a club in Reading since 2001.

aaaaaaaahhhhh her/him/her. I see where you come from looking at that pic.

And Manchester over christmas time.

The thing is, St Helens and Wigan weren't under intense media scrutiny during that time. We were highlighted because of the media's obsession with us for [ix[/i amount of time.