Understand your anger but feel you are addressing it to the wrong people. The club can't do anything about what happens outside the ground. The fans can't do anything about what happens outside the ground. There is no point in the club banning these idiots if they aren't going to the game in the first place. Personally I think they need to knock that pub down! Ring the police number and make your complaints. The police need to do their job and have a presence on that stretch of road on match day because it's not the first time there has been trouble there.

Oh yes they can!! If they can offord 1,000's to pay for Jedward to blast out a tune they can offord for a few extra coppers to patrol the central station area.
Just ask the FA if they think its West Ham's fault their fans rioted around the ground V Millwall.

Craigs face this morning....this will being sent to the police too....

don't get too upset about it. Emotions are running high considering the horrible acts that occured. The more level headed of us know it's a minority that are spoiling it for the majority. I'd also like to congratulate yicker and hogan on the way they are conducting themselves on this matter. Neither are tarring all Warrington fans with the same brush.

Overall a horrible, horrible set of incidents which could have ended with someone getting seriously hurt. Thankfully it's just some bruises and a ruined shirt and good to hear that it's not put dawn off visiting the HJ again. I can't say I would be visiting again after something like that.

Don't worry too much about it Dawn. He was never a pretty boy anyway

I'm speechless reading what happened to you. It's a really sad ending to what had actually been a great night.

Hogan & Yicker, to echo whats already been said, I hope you both get on the right side of things quickly and the police catch & deal with the thugs.

Thankfully didn't suffer any problems outside the ground post-match, or on the walk back to Bank Quay - myself plus GF were both wearing some red items which would've probably shown us up as Wigan fans, but we made a pretty swift exit and had a fast walk on. Did see a couple of police cars go screaming out of the station in the street opposite Bank Quay station as we arrived there, though, so assumed there'd be a thread like this today. Sympathies for anyone caught up in trouble.

We were stood next to the block of Wire fans towards the end of the terrace and it could easily have caused problems with the right mix - when they crossed for the second time in the first half, some knob came over hopping from leg to leg, splashing his two pints all over the show and singing songs about hating "Munich scum", oddly enough. If his beer had gone any closer to my GF, there'd have been words had, and anyone a little more fired up would probably have gone further. Sadly, he didn't come back at the final hooter to discuss the finer points of the scoreline.

Some goon also went out of his way to do the whole shoulder-barge thing at the bottom of the steps as we were clapping the team off, too. All it takes is for the wrong person to be on the receiving end and you've got a proper incident on your hands. Not seen anything like it at other grounds, and it's the sort of behaviour that needs to be stamped out from all corners.

They were probs just idiots who never went the game. I used to live across the road from the pub and regulary saw trouble there.

They were looking for a fight, lots of macho bravado "get the f#ck out of my town" etc.

Not much the club can do really. It's a culture problem in warrington and more likely involved ppl who were not even at the game.

Disgusting. Me and my dad never wear our colours when we go to Warrington, for this exact reason. We park up as close to the ground as possible and get away asap. Sorry to hear what happened to you Hogan, I hope you and your girlfriend are okay today and that the police find who was responsible. I don't think we can blame the club, because, If people want to 'Have a go' they will, and theres no way the club will stop it. As you say, they probably didnt attend the game and just stayed in the pub ready to cause trouble.

Sorry to hear that Hogan hope Dawn is ok, absolute scum bags Warrington.
Hope they get caught and get prosecuted for it.

must admit i didn't attend last nights game due a reluctance in taking my kids to the HJ.
On a slightly less violent note but, for me, maybe more worrying was the image of half a stand of home fans gesticulating with 'the bird' and various other hand gestures at any incident that went Wires way, most opposition fans laugh, cheer and ridicule opponents for mistakes etc but sadly there seemed to be a collective mass of uncontrollable anger, my previous views of a miniority of nutters was close to changing last night...... very sad

There were a few Wire fans outside the pub in colours but the majority weren't. Saw the lad being kicked and punched whilst on floor and his Wigan shirt being held up by a "Wire fan" with it on fire but hadn't realised they tried to set it alight whilst he was wearing it!

It didn't matter what age or sex you were....and like Hogan said on a previous post...it was like a scene from Green Street at times!

Not read the full thread, but seen Craig's first post on here, Scotty's status on Facebook and Dawn has posted on the Wire thread aswell.

Sorry to hear what's happened fella......and Dawn.........and hope that whoever carried out this cowardly sickening attack is hauled up and brought to justice quickly. If they have CCTV footage, then hopefully it will only be a matter of time before they catch the prick responsible.

Unfortunately I can't help with anything, as I was walking home in the opposite direction back towards the 3 Pidgeons and Bank Park with my earphones in so wouldn't have seen or even heard anything.

Odenwingie - Not all Wire fans are scum as you so eloquently put it. Yes, we do have our element and I really hope the club gets it sorted out.

I know a lot of the guys/gals on here, and they are all decent folk and I hope that it's reciprocated.

If recent success on the pitch gets you fans like this joker who goes around with his fists, then you have to wonder what it's all about. We do seem to have attracted a darker element recently and I for one am not impressed with it in the slightest.

I hope you both recover from your injuries. Take it easy.