He was thrown out for throwing a toilet roll. I followed when the stewards escorted him, to make sure he was ok as he's only a young lad. He was ejected from the ground whilst "we check the cameras" and was the told he wasn't coming back in as "something was seen to be ejected from his hand". Before this was confirmed I asked a police officer on the scene what was occuring, he told me that Wigan fans had been throwing coins and bottles over the back of the stand onto our own fans. Thinking about this now, this is a very serious (and seemingly unfounded) story for anyone to allege, let alone a member of the police force. As someone who was stood towards the back of the stand, and spent time in the concourse (I had to queue the best part of half an hour for a bottle of water!!!) I saw no evidence of any incident of this type. All I saw come over the back of the stand was balloons caught by the wind that was blowing through the half a stadium that they've built. For him to allege the coin and bottle throwing and then it be confirmed the lad was thrown out for throwing a toilet roll seemed almost laughable. Being searched going into the ground was somewhat bizarre, as was the ban on flags and the very evident police and stewarding presence. But the day passed without incident as far as I could see, which of course should be the case at each and every game, and hopefully that will be taken into account upon our trip to Langtree Park next season.

As for the bottle tops, I fully understand that rule. Someone throws a bottle of water without a lid and it's almost empty when it lands. Someone throws a bottle with a lid and it remains full and heavy, especially if it's thrown from some height, such as from a stand onto the pitch.


Yes we call ourselves ultras, and to some this may conjour ideas of bad behaviour, which although I don't agree with I CAN understand. But I'd like to think our close contact with the Wigan club, constant good behaviour and good reports from stewards at away games, efforts in improving the atmosphere at games (which I can underdstand not everyone will agree with, not everyone likes to sing and jump around!) and the time spent preparing displays for home games as a group of mates would count for more than peoples ill-informed assumptions!

To be fair, when Wigan scored a try in the first half and the ticket roll was thrown to celebrate, one actually hit my husband on the head and cut it open, so maybe loo roll is safer option next time!

just don't use that polished shiny stuff, nasty paper-cuts. But thinking about it, that stuff came in boxes. Much more aerodynamic

Not bad Mr R, thanks.

I have started living life away from the internet after being christened Virtual Abe by none other than Mr Pemps.

Madeline helped me escape . . .

Your lad has also got the same treatment.