| FORUMS > Wigan Warriors > The Latics |
 |
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| International Chairman | 383 |  |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| May 2002 | 23 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| May 2016 | Jan 2015 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
1956_1269601540.jpeg
I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying.
Michael Jordan
Daily Mail - Wigan Athletic
No known famous fans. Town apparently goes into hibernation when rugby league season ends.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_1956.jpeg |
|
| Quote: Renegade "The Cockney Latic board originates from the owners, I believe one of them is a Wiganer who then went to live in London and created the website (not 100% if thats accurate but I think thats right.)
As for the fallout the Latics fans seem to recall times when they were supposedly looked down upon by certain Wigan rugby fans. One of those occasions includes the infamous chippy slogan whereby a local chip shop near the old Springfield Park had a sign in the window that allegedly said 'Good Luck Gillingham' (In case you hadn't guessed, Latics played Gillingham on that date - not sure if it was a big game at the time however)
Then there was the furore over the FA Cup tie when Wigan Athletic drew Liverpool at home. In order to boost revenue & improve the overall attendance the Latics wanted to play the game at Central Park to which the rugby hierarchy simply said 'No'.
Years later Maurice Lindsay was interviewed on the Latics and made an inflammatory statement about the Latics being a 'nice little football club playing in the back yard of rugby league'.
All this led to resentment by the fans of the time and of course when the Latics made it to the Premiership as fate would have it the rugby had hit a bad patch and that hatred spilled out. Of course many of the fans who spout the vitriol probably only have their dads and grandads word that this, that and the other happened but it didn't stop them jumping on the 'town turning blue' bandwagon - Personally I think this is why our attendances were so good when we were so awful.
So thats the history as I know it. Personally I want both to succeed as a Wiganer and won't fall out with the Latics just because some fans are bigoted in their views including my friends. I have even been abused by a Latics fan for supporting the rugby but to react is stooping to a lower level then I am prepared to go.'"
That was my local chippy at the time, good old Maureen!!  |
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 2174 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Nov 2006 | 18 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Mar 2018 | Jan 2018 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
29281_1270406980.jpg
When Maurice sold me to Leeds something changed, it just not the same, the passion inside me just wasn’t the same as running out at Central park for my hometown club.
We need a change of culture here; we don’t want to be just happy with playing ok on Saturday at St Helens.
Ill make sure that from now on things will change, that players will be under pressure and will train a lot harder than they have before.
Shaun Wane 8/10/09
"WE HAVE ACHIEVED WHAT YOU CAN ONLY EVER DREAM OF"
WIGAN RLFC
The Mirror 30/10/09
How the Premier League table would look if teams were awarded points for famous fans...
20th: Wigan
The Latics don't have any fans, yet alone any famous ones.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_29281.jpg |
|
| Quote: Boiled-Yed "That was my local chippy at the time, good old Maureen!! ![]()
It was indeed and didnt all those middle aged knuckle draggers get the munk on big time....a 70 odd year woman takin the pi ss, just shows the mentality of these clowns
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Club Coach | 3284 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| May 2005 | 20 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Jan 2022 | Apr 2016 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
14880.jpg
[url]//wiganrugbyleague.wordpress.com[/url]:14880.jpg |
|
| Quote: ince mon "It was the League Cup. 
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 159 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Feb 2008 | 17 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Oct 2016 | Oct 2016 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
Black Backgrounds/Zoot.gif
WE WON IT AT WEMBLEY - AND THEN AGAIN AT WEMBLEY - AND THEN AGAIN AT WEMBLEY - AND THEN AGAIN AT WEMBLEY - AND THEN AGAIN AT WEMBLEY - AND THEN AGAIN AT WEMBLEY - AND THEN AGAIN AT WEMBLEY - AND THEN AGAIN AT WEMBLEY - EIGHT TIMES - WE WON IT EIGHT TIMES - (IN A ROW!):Black Backgrounds/Zoot.gif |
|
| Quote: king warrior "i dont care what they do
I hope they go down and stay down'"
Oh dear! 
I attend both because they are the town teams in my two favourite sports. I find it ridiculous how people can support Wigan rl and Blackburn/Bolton/man u/Crewe/Liverpool/Coventry etc and equally strange how latics fans can shout for st helens/Leeds etc, however it is a personal choice. |
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| International Star | 50 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Mar 2011 | 14 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| May 2014 | May 2014 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
: |
|
| I work with supporters of the Warriors and the Latics,and believe it or not,they despise the other sport.What's the town comong too.  |
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Club Coach | 29773 | |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Nov 2004 | 20 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
10919_1322084665.jpg
:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_10919.jpg |
|
|
I'm a huge fan of both. I'm from a rugby league family and thats my first love but i'm a big latics fan aswell and all the rivalry between the 2 clubs always frustrates me. I'm a proud Wiganer and to have a champion rugby league side and a premiership football side is brilliant for the town and puts us on the map.
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Club Owner | 4420 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Apr 2004 | 21 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Apr 2020 | Oct 2017 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
9387.gif
Challenge Cup
1923/24, 1928/29, 1947/48, 1950/51, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1964/65, 1984/85, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95, 2002, 2011, 2013
World Club Challenge
1987/88, 1991/92, 1993/94
Championship/SL
1908/09, 1921/22, 1925/26, 1933/34, 1945/46, 1946/47, 1949/50, 1951/52, 1959/60, 1986/87, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995, 1998, 2010, 2013
Charity Shield
1985/86, 1987/1988, 1991/92, 1995/96
Regal Trophy
1982/83, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1992/93, 1994/95, 1995/96
Lancashire Cup
1905/06, 1908/09, 1909/10, 1912/13, 1922/23, 1928/29, 1938/39, 1946/47, 1947/48, 1948/49, 1949/50, 1950/51, 1951/52, 1966/67, 1971/72, 1973/74, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1992/93
Lancashire League
1901/02, 1908/09, 1910/11, 1911/12, 1912/13, 1913/14, 1914/15, 1920/21, 1922/23, 1923/24, 1925/26, 1945/46, 1946/47, 1949/50, 1951/52, 1958/59, 1961/62, 1969/70
As Well as other comps that won't fit:9387.gif |
|
| Quote: Owdpopularsider "The reason they didnt play the game at Central Park was due to there being no segregation'"
I read in one of the books that commemorated the leaving of Central Park that one of the last parts of the ground to be taken down where the goalposts because they were set in 6ft blocks of concrete. Maybe that was the reason Association Football couldn't be played there. |
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 5799 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Mar 2006 | 19 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| May 2015 | May 2015 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
23564_1342783768.png
[b][color=#0000BF]SUPPORT • SPONSOR • PLAY • JOIN A MIDLANDS RUGBY LEAGUE SUCCESS STORY
//www.coventrybears.co.uk[/color][/b]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_23564.png |
|
| Quote: AFewPintsLater... "Oh dear! ![]()
Believe me, nobody is that daft to support Wigan RL and Coventry 
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| International Star | 397 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Jan 2011 | 14 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Jun 2014 | Jun 2014 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
WIGAN R.L.F.C - DOUBLE CHAMPIONS 2013: |
|
| Only you adam  |
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 5799 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Mar 2006 | 19 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| May 2015 | May 2015 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
23564_1342783768.png
[b][color=#0000BF]SUPPORT • SPONSOR • PLAY • JOIN A MIDLANDS RUGBY LEAGUE SUCCESS STORY
//www.coventrybears.co.uk[/color][/b]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_23564.png |
|
| Quote: pembertonwarrior92 "Only you adam ![]()
I go purely for the comedy value! 
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 39 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Apr 2010 | 15 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
: |
|
|
Watched Wigan Rugby since 1959 and used to watch Latics "Big matches" (FA cup against league opposition, decent friendlies etc.)
When Wigan went down into the second division a certain Latics crettin stated in the Evening Post that - "Rugby is finished in this town - come and watch the football!" This was the start of the hatred.Then within a few years we go on our best ever trophy spree and really them all off! For the next 20 years in must have been like being a Christian in Rome under Nero - no wonder they really are so bitter.
Whelan making us play at Widnes against Bradford was the final straw for me. Yes - I suppose this made me bitter too - How to upset more than half a town with one action. Wouldn't waste mi on 'em if they were on fire.
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 413 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Apr 2006 | 19 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Sep 2015 | Sep 2015 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
simpsons/PDT13.gif
75-0 Gets you Nothing.
27-0 Gets you a trophy.
18-10 Gets you eternal bragging rights!:simpsons/PDT13.gif |
|
|
..........
|
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 20628 |  |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Mar 2009 | 16 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Aug 2016 | Aug 2016 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
44480_1390845286.jpg
It's been fun.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_44480.jpg |
|
| Hope they go down, the first 5 letters of their name is enough to make me gag  |
|
|
|
|
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 413 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Apr 2006 | 19 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Sep 2015 | Sep 2015 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
simpsons/PDT13.gif
75-0 Gets you Nothing.
27-0 Gets you a trophy.
18-10 Gets you eternal bragging rights!:simpsons/PDT13.gif |
|
| You may get your wish...
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
