I miss getting onto the Trolly Bus in Atherton then getting off at the Bird in the Hand in Hindley before changing buses to Wigan and Central park, all in the 50s.

Being at Central Park for a Good Friday match against Saints with the other 47000 plus for the record crowd, trembling before my boss (an ex Leigh Director) to ask for time off for a Wednesday 3.00 pm kick off match against Leeds in a reply at Central Park, the crowd was approaching 40.000 and the score was close to 40 (for Wigan)as well. This same day me and my mate had to get off the bus at Ince Bar and run the rest of the way because the traffic was gridlocked.
Being there for most of the trys Billie scored during his career, a pleasure in itself.
Having my heart in my mouth when playing Saints at home and Murphy broke through, in your own mind you knew he was gone such was his pace over the ground. Also the little tussles (LITTLE TUSSLES ) he used to have with Mick Sullivan.
The same could be said about Tom Van Vollenhoven (without the tussles), he was a truly remarkable runner.
Brian Mctuige in my eyes a prop supreme who would have stood out in any era.

The match against Manly in the W.C.C in 1988,? Central Park was really buzzing, with Sean Wane running round thumping any Manly player he encountered, with Nicky Kiss being his willing helper.

I could go on and on talking about going to most grounds in the league, mixing with the opposition and having a bit of banter . I think a lot of enjoyment went out of the game when fans at Central Park started changing ends at halftime, losing the banter with the opposition fans somehow seemed to make the match a bit sterile.
Finally a mention about visiting Knowsley Road , my favourite away ground, we used to park up on a long street at the Wigan end of the ground. There was l little club which I think belonged to Pilkingtons, we would walk in and straight away Saints fans would make us welcome by making room for us to sit down, often on the same table.

I have already said I could go on and on and on, hopefully the memories will always be there.
Hence my user name. Still in the Past.

Getting to a game early and seeing the U18s playing, a glimpse at what could be coming in the future years.

I miss the clashes we had against Widnes in the 80s. What a team they had back then.....

I once (the CC cup draw in the 80's) followed a car rhrough Bramley with a cherry and white scarf in the back window. It was only when it pulled into a drive on an estate that I realised it wasn't going to the game. As I did a 3 point turn there were about 6 other cars full of Wigan fans following us as well! For those who remember the game, it wouldn't have been the end of the world if I'd not got there.

I remember it well 10-10 and I think I was one of the six cars following you

You've just broken a long forgotten memory! My dad was one of the six cars with me in the passenger seat!

I remember the housing estate and the first car doing a U-turn, everyone wound their windows down and nobody had a clue where they were!

As to the game itself we were very fortunate to draw that game, decent crowd with a great following from Wigan. I have a photo of the main stand that day somewhere, cracking stand it was!

The main thing is you got there!!

I was asking people where Mc Laren Field was in Bramley Doncaster, Duhh - still I was young then

Griffiths

Boston
Ashton
Holden
Sullivan

Bolton
Thomas

Bretherton
Sayer
Barton
McTigue
Cherrington
Evans

Someone mentioned earlier about the 5 yard rule, I do think we would have deeper attacking lines with that rule like in RU and would make the game more interesting. I'd add to that hooking at the play the ball, we seem to have cleaned the game up so much it's now sterile.

I miss us playing as GB, England just doesn't have the same pull for me and never will. Even though they'd be the same team, there's nothing better than GB v Aus, in my opinion when we switched to England we gave away a massive part of our heritage.

Oh god yes.

Dont have to disband the individual national teams, just bring back the lions every couple of years.

The problem with the 5m rule is that defences are so much better now. You'd end up going 30m backwards every set or just camped on your goal line until you kick it (like Union).

I do think the defence not going back a far, maybe 8m, allowing shoulder charge and striking at the play the ball would add that old school trait that we don't have anymore. I'd also have fewer substitutions but allow more subs on the bench.

We have become far too sterile

Walking past the changing rooms at Central Park on a winters day and smelling the wintergreen. Just about getting to our seats on the ringside as the players came out of the tunnel. On the ringside being so close to some of the icons of our game, Boston, Bevan, Vollenhoven etc etc.
But most of all sitting with mam and dad on those seats, you don't realise at the time how precious those times are, but those memories can never be taken away.

entry of the gladiators

(I think that is what is was called), as the team came out - standing on the terraces boxing day v Saints

Do you remember the days when games used to finish around 9.30 as opposed to the now commonplace 9.45?