Had a printer/scanner bought for me as a birthday present over the weekend, I also have a stack of old Wigan pictures (my dad used to take his camera to games throughout the 80's/90's).

Will add them as I go on, got loads of Wembley 84, Wembley 85....even one of Rocket Ronnie Brathwaite in full flight.

Shows just how poor some crowds were during that poor era, even if it is right at the end. Its madness that the 2 years after that they were at wembley and became world champs 4 years later!

Great pics! Keep them coming! Nice to see some fresh ones, only last night I was looking through all my books of Wigans history.

I bet there is some crackers from the 85 final

Halfback combination was Edwards and Holden IIRC

Probably common in those days. The Late 70s/Early 80s crowds were dire pretty much everywhere. The sport was seemingly dying, that was until they increased the points for a try from three to four and it all seemed to lift from there. Perhaps Wigan being good again helped that? I'm too young to answer that one.

I remember Alex Murphy hiding his face in the dug out as Bramley had a late penalty (or we had one - it missed anyway). I also remember getting completely lost driving to the game and then following a car with a cherry and white scarf in the back window. The scarf was a complete coincidence as it pulled into a drive on an estate in Bramley. As we did a 3 point turn we noticed about 5 cars of Wigan fans had been following us.

Cracking pics btw. Keep them coming

Personally I would love to know the story of RL popularity! It has dipped and turned and done backflips so many times!

We used to see massive crowds on a regular basis and the international game used to be massive even in the sky era! I just can't get my head around it all.... I can't help but feel RL could have been huge if managed correctly but instead we will always be a minority sport but I do think the sport can maximise potential if all clubs can get in modern stadia.