It was chosen shortly after the realisation Ultra had right-wing hooligan connotations, Ultras didn't just make-up songs to post on YouTube.

Joined for that one post! Brilliant

YAWN we've been here before a thousand times already!

LOCK IT !

No! Please don't lock it I still don't know why you are named after a Yorkshire tribe!

I think Riversiders would have been better. The idea is a very good one, I just think the name choice is a bit lame.

Brigantes operated against the Romans in an area from what is now north of the River Mersey pinching at a point of what is now Wilderspool in Warrington and as far up as Cumrbria and over to Yorkshire.
So in essence Rugby league country.
Brigantes are all of us !

Whhooaa Whoa !
Nana nana nana naaa

Whoaaa Whoa !

nanan nanan naaa !

A lovely catchy Zulu tune ???

Astonishingly inept trolling.

You do realise that "Yorkshire" didn't exist until much later in history, don't you? I'm proud to be a Lancastrian, but even I wouldn't claim the County Palatine existed prior to the coming into existence of England....

The "Celts" weren't actually a race by the way; there's very little evidence in the genetic history of Britain of invasion and settlement in large numbers prior to Anglo-Saxon times. When people speak of Celts they are actually referring to a culture, which certainly was successful and at its height was shared by people in large parts of Western Europe. For example, the majority of the genetic make up of the Irish is derived from people that settled in Ireland thousands of years ago, long before the Celts appeared.

The organised fans did bring more than flags and a drum to the game; what turned into a disaster on the field ended up in a rewarding experience at the HJ. Well done to all!!!

I take your point, but the people in Wigan at the time (and I think there is evidence of pre-Roman settlement of Wigan) would have considered themselves Brigantes. Just because you live in Wigan today doesn't mean you're less English than a Cockney.

I think it's an unusal choice but not wrong and trolls saying the Brigantes have named themselves after a tribe from a county, when that county (and England itself) didn't exist at the time are barking up the wrong tree!