having a word?????????????????

guys obviously been selling alcohol to people who have already had too much........and alcohol is the root cause imo.

this pub has a reputation for being "difficult" to pass on way to staion.
2008...glassing
2009 iirc..guy hit over head with a bottle
now the 2010 incidents...there were more than just Hogans incident. there was a fan set on fire FFS, and my lad told me he had been involved in a punch up near the same pub.

so why the F dont the police use their powers and close the pub down on wire matchdays, no matter who the opposition??

ok..so they might drink elsewhere , then congregate in that area...so why not a police escort for away fans from ground to station?????
and let the warrington club foot the bill???

thoughts anyone?

I wouldn't mind but the place is a dive anyway. I enjoyed the Everton v United game in lovely surroundings in chicago rock with both Everton and Wigan fans. It turned out to be an awful day of sport for me.

I think the wire fans have a point, the title of this thread is a little damning, the fact that none of the d!ckheads appeared to be wire fans. But were more likely just hanging about waiting for someone to target.

Yes Warrington do seem to have a larger scale problem with idiot's compared to other clubs, but as were all aware 99% of the wire fans are decent people.

It's clear that from now on a police presence will be required, and while it's a good thing for all us fans it's also a little sad that we may be heading down a slippery slope.

Some had wire shirts on. But what they did does not make them fans imo.

Many thanks for amending the thread title.

Lessons need to be learnt and action taken;

1. Higher level of highly visible policing especially at hotspot locations ie, the route to central station.
2. The licenses of the pubs opposite the station need to be reconsidered given the type of customers they attract.
3. Maybe away fans using the train stations should get a police escort to the stations.
4. Warrington RLFC and all other clubs need to take a firm stance against these thugs if they are indeed RL fans and attend the games.

Not being able to walk a few hundred yards safely from the hj stadium to a train station is a disgrace and warrington as a whole should be ashamed.

There were about 30-40 involved in total, about 20 wires, most wearing shirts. I saw it kick off when about 10 wires ran across the street from the pub and started kicking Wiganers onto the ground. I got involved to stop a Wiganer getting his head kicked in off two lads in wire shirts, for my trouble I copped two kicks to the head. Three friends of mine were kicked in the head, one had his shirt ripped off his back and set on fire and his girlfriend was assaulted too. The rest of the details are a bit hazy until I was speaking to the police with Hogan and Dawn etc.

They better find out who they are and ban them for life from all RL matches.

you no wot im 40 years old and all my life iv been following rugby leaugue and never have i heard or saw nothing like i did when we played warrington, i hope the pathetic idiots who caused this trouble get barred not only from the HJ stadium but fom every stadium in the super leaugue, and also all the pubs were ever they go, i think they should be named and shamed, iv got v good freinds who are wire fans and they are like me very very disgusted with the small minority of pure lager loutin mindless d.i.c. heads, i hope hogan and dawn are ok and they make a full recovery and anyone else who got caught up with the mindless freaks. WARRIORS 4 EVA.

I have been contacted by the Cheshire/Warrington police today, they have the incident on CCTV, i have given them the full description of the people who where involved and started the problems. They are hopeful that the CCTV will be clear enough. I will be doing everything i can to get these thugs prosecuted so nothing like this happens to anyone again.

I have also been in contact with Andy Ross who is the neighbourhood inspector for warrington Central regarding Policing future games. He is in charge of arranging the police for all Warrington home fixtures. He has promised that there will be a higher presence of Police at future Warrington v Wigan games, and we also discussed the possibility of the pub in question being close for all future Warrington home games! Which in my opinion will be a great result.

Here is an email i have received from Andy gatcliffe CExec of WarringtonGood morning Craig,

First and foremost,thankyou for taking the time to email me following the game on Saturday and to update me on the disgraceful incident that occurred to yourself and your girlfriend.

This matter has already been passed onto the Police and they are I believe, investigating both this matter and also a further incident that involved Wigan fans throwing a bottle at a passing car on Dallam Lane (after the game),in which a child in the car was I am informed, hit by the bottle.

My Stadium Manager,Bernie Lenihan (copied above), has asked the Police to keep us fully informed on their investigations and we,as a Club,as I am sure that Wigan Warriors would also,will take the required action to ban any Club fan(s) identified/prosecuted by the Police.
This minority element of 'so called fans' are not now or ever will be welcomed at either Club,or in fact by the game in general.

I can report that there were no poor behaviour issues or any other incidents within the stadium whatsoever and that the only incidents were in the surrounding streets,not that this excuses this totally unacceptable behaviour at all.

I wish you and your girlfriend well.

Kind regards,

Andy Gatcliffe
CEO
Warrington '"

Thats the key aspect. Not only do we not want these idiots to attend Wire games, we also don't want them attending any other RL event including internationals and Finals.

Ditto. Both fans have their share of idiots.

Warrington has a pubwatch scheme too so if these plonkers are identified then they will be banned from every licensed premesis in warrington if it's reported to them. Having said that you're not telling me SOMEONE in those pubs doesn't know who they were..
Lets hope they release the pictures because i guarantee, Warrington's a big place but someone on these forums I bet knows who they are too by face

to be fair all clubs do and if were not careful we will become as bad as football, and in turn this will start to turn fans away from the sport, at the end of the day it is only a sport,we all want our teams to win but people lives are more important

Nice one Hogan.