Don't think a few Wigan fans can face getting thumped at there own ground! Couldn't here any Wigan fans until use scored! Could see few of use were leaving early hahaha loyal fans my ars* I'm going to laugh to much when hull FC turn you lot over!

Think it was cos the wigan fans were complaining about us being in that stand and telling the stewards to 'kick em out' - maybe they sensed it could have deterioted into something worse so best to get us 'out of the way'.

They should have put the netting across half the north stand and let you have half the North as your own section, would have improved the atmosphere ten fold and stopped all the hassle of moving people.

I presumed they would as it seems that has been the norm at your home games recently.

I'm not complaining - read my post, merely stating what went on. i paid £7.50 to watch the top 2 teams play and my team won - why the hell would i complain ??

I disagree with the OP



I thought the stewards were excellent.

As our tickets did not arrive we had to go and pick them up so got there early ( then there was no queue so we got into the ground about 50 minutes early.
Went to our seats and the steward came and talked to us for about 15 minutes and could not have been friendlier.

A bit later on a large group of Gaints fans were sat together but had to sit in different seats as their seats had been taken by Wigan fans so the stewards told them where to sit..

Then 10 minutes into the game 2 Wigan fans turned up and wanted to sit in their seats which had the Giants fans in. The Giants fans all moved down and left two seats at the end of the row for the Wigan fans who refused those seats and demanded the stewards move all the Giants fans so they could sit in the middle of the row.

Two stewards had a chat and rather than upset all the fans and have dozens of people having to move seats in the middle of the game agreed to let the Giants fans into the North stand.


They dealt with it quickly, professionally and without any trouble.

Hats of to them for being so good and accommodating.

I have emailed Wigan to congratulate them for this.

I do think the problem could have been avoided though.
If fans knew that the group on vouchers were for allocated seats they might not have got them and they could have at least expected some Giants fans to buy them so they could put them together it would not have been difficult when people were giving their addresses to say to you want to sit in a Giants section of the East stand.


Anyway congratulations on Wigans PR and Marketing team for getting a great turn out to the game. Is that the biggest crowd of the SL season.

Thanks DG, nice to see something positive...

I did read your post and replied! It sounds like you are complaining to me. You emphasised the negative instead of recognising that the stewards were doing their best to help you. Why not concentrate on the team's performance and congratulate the Wigan marketing team for getting a 20,000 crowd in! It was great to see Hudds fans in good numbers for once. If it catches on with the rest of the Hudds public then maybe in future visits to the DW we can give you the whole of the North stand to yourselves!

Blimey. Somebody posting a sensible comment. You will be giving this forum a bad name.

No. Good Friday v Saints - 23,861.
It was our biggest gate v Huddersfield in SL, beating last years 19,200

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the reason we got moved from the east stand was due to poor organisation IMO,
when we got in we were looking for our allocated seats but was told by a steward that we could sit with other giants fans in the other block.
just after kick off, some wigan fans turned up and demanded they use the seats they had on their tickets, when we told them that the stewards told us to sit where we wanted they started kicking off, even though stewards told them they could sit anywhere they wanted, they insisted on sitting in the seats on their tickets. so after 4/5 minutes of arguments and giants fans telling stewards to let us move into the north stand, they agreed.

as far as I can see, the wigan club knew that giants fans had bought the groupon deals and should have either set aside an area in the east stand or stick to the allocated seat system.
you cant have allocated seats then tell folk to sit where they want.
im sure it would have been a lot easier to just make half the north stand for home and half for away, but that would have been too logical.

anyway despite this I enjoyed the night, and the wigan walk was one of the best I've ever seen

the stewards were very good, in fact 2 of them even apologised for the confusion and hope we enjoyed the rest of the game as we made our way into the north stand.