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I know them



In fact Stan used to give us fitness lessons once in a while back in the 80's, he was at least 60 then, but by god his fitness peed on everyone around!!!!

The De Zeeuw Stand or Andy Liddell maybe.

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Who was that Latics player who played at Central Park (Edwards's Testimonial IIRC)??

Taking a kick from the touchline he was greeted 'There's only one team in Wigan'

Why not let latics name the stand after someone they found, and then a small club took off their hands? That way they can use a massive name!

The Emile Heskey stand? The Wilson Palacious stand anyone?

Jeez that must have cost a bomb to put on back of shirt

I think in order to keep the Latics fans happy its only fair that one of the stands is named after someone connected to them.

I would suggest 'The Maurice Lindsay Stand'

The whole stadium is named after their chairman, what are they moaning about?

Edited.

Don't know what's worse, that image or Carney signing for Warrington.
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The Latics don't have anybody worthy of legendary status who anybody bar the older fans would remember whereas all Wiganers who follow either code know Boston, Hanley, Edwards et al.

Personally I think the Latics should name one of the stands the Phoenix Stand in memory of Springfield Park. It would be a remembrance of their history rather than one man who nobody bar a minority would have heard of or give the proper respect.

South Stand - Town End
East Stand - Douglas Stand
West Stand - Main Stand

A good shout. Id like to think this was Whelan paving the way for a long term era of peace at the stadium, but its hard to believe its genuine and as simple as it appears.

Funnily enough my brother, dad and best mate said exactly the same thing in seperate conversations.
If a stand is going to be named after the Latics surely it's got to be the Springfield stand..... cracking pub

After the Widnes thing last year, and the Good Friday situation this year it is always going to be the default reaction towards him going forward.

Still, the reaction from Latics fans he's created is pure gold

To be fair to him, in the article, he told them to get over it.

[iFor the Latics hating rugby fans you can stop trying to rewrite history. You can look at the archives at Wigan town hall or the Wigan Evening Post to see the JJB Stadium was under construction for Wigan Athletic and Orrell RU at the time Wigan Warriors were selling Central Park to TESCO, and were on the verge of moving to the Reebok Stadium.

It is also a small gesture to the more bitter rugby fans to keep them happy while still acknowledging the DW stadium is predominantly for Latics.
Who cares about attendances its what matters on the pitch and Wigan Warriors are not doing the town proud with its rugby performances.

When Wigan Warriors were relegated in the early 80's their attendances dropped to the 4,000 mark.
Wigan Athletics attendances have gradualy increased from 1,500 to 11,500 in the Championship.
That is now 4 years ago, the home support at Latics has increased by a further 4,000 taking it to 15,000, that is in line with the rate of growth in pre Premiership years.[/i

As 'rewriting history' goes, that one takes some beating.

Obama would be proud of such a speech......

He can throw around all the figures he wants. The simple fact is that Wigan RL has been a key part of British rugby league for over a century. Decade after decade, it's done the town proud with its collection of trophies, and all the attendant publicity this has brought.

At the very, very tail-end of that story, Latics have emerged from anonymity to make a minor splash in football. Yes they're in the top league. But non too impressively. Ask anyone in the UK which sport they associate with Wigan - most will mention football, but only in the same breath as rugby league. Many will simply say rugby league. None will say football without making any reference at all to rugby league. Latics don't even dominate sport in their little home town, never mind at any other level. And they're supposed to be a Premiership side. No wonder they're regarded in so many football quarters as a bunch of jumped-up nobodies who purchased their place at the top table.

I too am suspicious about this olive branch that Whelan has offered. But at the end of the day, maybe he's just being pragmatic. Despite all the confident predictions (born of national newspaper-fed delusion that football is the main thing on everyone's mind) that Wigan RL will cease to be while Latics continue an inexorable rise, Dave Whelan clearly recognises that the opposite is true. He doesn't want to alienate the significant group of Wigan sports fans who he soon may be relying on to keep the JJB turnstiles clicking.