FOREVER IN OUR SHADOW

We have the best fans. Thus, the best supported club.

Unless you were meaning the club with the highest number of supporters?

True! They always want their team to advance.

That's why they keep shouting 'FORWARD'.

as much as it pains me to say

I've never seen a mass exodus from knowsley road. Seen a fair few from DW.

Saints have better supporters.

now i am gonna shower and scrub hard. I feel dirty now

Just another reason to look forward to it!

Who is the better supporter? The Few thousand who turn up to the match but then leave early when they get beat, or the thousands who don't bother turning up at all, other than at the Grand Finals & Wembley (claiming they have been ever present all along)?


Less than Ten Thousand averages when Stains were winning the double, yet Wigan achieved 15-16k near the bottom of the league in 2006. Even with a football team within it's town recently promoted to the biggest league in the world.

It never ceases to amaze me how fans with smaller stadium capacities than our aveage crowds can feel the need to have a pop at our support..



ANCIENT & LOYAL.

Can't have a mass exodus when the mass isn't there to start with.

touche!!!

gotta agree. that was a nice touch.

i wouldn't go as far as to say Saints have the best support. I don't know.

i would say at the moment there are more 'better supporters' at other clubs.

but, again, i will have to shower. Cause the crowds Wigan could get when on the verge of relegation is good.

The football bit is rubbish though. That is the most contrived rubbish i have ever heard. A rubbish team, the pet of a wealthy owner, in a rugby die hard town. They would never gain too much support. Are they gonna paint me blue now?

Its only this last couple of years that their crrowds have reduced to less than 15k. They had 2-3 seasons with 20-22k averages. Bit more than 'never gain too much support'.

Where is there such a distraction in Warrington & St Helens? (And dont say Liverpool/Everton or United), we have just as many of those in our town as well.

That distraction has definitely weaned off to a hardcore support of 9-10k plus a few thousand freebies! But it was still there these last few years which were definitely a threat to the future of our club!

Wigan, Wire & Saints are all similar sized towns. Wigan is the only 2 team town. There is very little cross over because of 20 odd years of open hostility. Dismiss Latics as you may but fact is that they draw support from the town. Neither Saints or Wire have that competition. As Matty says, don't use the LFC, MUFC, Everton excuse as Wigan is full of such supporters. In fact, supporters of these teams aren't a threat to Wigan RL as you get a lot of MUFC/EFC/LFC/MCFC Wigan RL fans.

Put all that together and compare Wigan's success with that of Saints over the past decade (Saints golden age) and it's clear that Wigan's support leaves them in the shade. I know it puts everyone else in the shade in fact I'd be interested to hear your views that there are better supporters. I respect Hull FC's support during the same period. I have little respect for Leeds as they crawled out of the woodwork ala Bradford Bulls. No one else comes close