I run the Bowling Club next to the stadium and would just like to thank both sets of fans for the way they behaved in and around our club yesterday.

Both sets of fans mingling together without any problems, plenty of good natured banter and singing going on.

I would like to thank any of you that used our club for your patience while waiting to be served, as you can imagine we dont normally have that volume of customers, people had to wait ages for a pint yet nobody complained or kicked up a fuss.

A big thank you to the group of postmen from Wigan who stayed til around 7ish playing doms and singing, hope you enjoyed your day , apart from the result.

Thought I would mention it just to help counteract any mud-slinging going on.

Cheers, Ste

i like a couple of pints at games myself, but its these big occasions that attract a minority of idiots who use it as an excuse to get legless and want to take on all comers.

as i said earlier...its just one solution , but its drastic.
and i do agree ....why should we let a minority spoil it for the majority.

maybe if we brought the ban in for a couple of seasons and see if they go to footy instead????

and as i again said earlier...these decisions rest finally with the local police.
If theres continual trouble , it THE POLICE who have powers to shut down bars and bring in alcohol bans , and move KO times.

lets hope it never comes to that , and that we can get our rugby league house in order ourselves

Exactly........i would say i vast number of fans go for the event, and all day drink with their mates yet dont cause problems.....the problems are caused by mindless morons with too much testostorone and something to prove! What the RFL needs to do is ban this minority of morons from the game! In wires case youd probably be getting rid of half their crowd tbh but if that needs to be done get it done!! That picture for example should be sent to the club and the police and all the offenders banned....its a pretty good picture in decent resolution so it cant be too hard to find those idiots and slap banning orders on them.....i recon simply by posting that picture on the wire site here you could get half of em by the decent fans coming forward saying who they were!

What a stupid comment, at least you're consistent.

Its even more stupid that hes banging on about this picture which is of a wigan fan being removed by stewards.

I've had enough of this thread and the bickering between Wigan and Warrington fans on here. It's getting like the Hull/HKR forums.

I thought we'd done quite well to keep things relatively quiet after the semi and fair play to people who seem to have read the warnings both here and on the Wire forum but I thought it would be too good to last.