I was stood at the back of our stand and didn't realise how bad some of our chav following are. The lads around me were all more bothered about offering Warrington fans a fight than watching the game. Mixing the supporters didn't help, they shouldn't do it for this fixture IMO.

i agree with what everyones saying on this forum ,, i agree about the RFL doing something about this its a disgrace and it shouldnt of happend , my apologies go out to the couple and i hope that coward gets caught

Another good point there. Mixing supporters in the Wigan end was dangerous and not just because of the chance of fighting. Health and safety. The announcements to keep the yellow marked areas free were pointless because the end was over crowded. It was ridiculous.

And equally there are a minority of chavs that follow Wigan these days. I guess every club has them. Some more than others though.

(Sarcasm button on) Wigan fans are all scum then, kick them out of rugby, why didn't the wigan fans do something about this. (Sarcasm button off) sorry i don't mean to make light of a terrible incident but reactionary scum chants get on my nerves

I don't think it was a good idea either, one wire fan kept trying to start a fight with the surrounding wigan fans when they were losing. I think he had a wee bit too much to drink which didn't help (he was drinking out of a two pint cup with 2 previously drank cups stacked below it and was the size of a whippet!)

A sad day for rugby league.

What is it we want in Rugby league? Do we want nice pretty stadiums with fans who can assalt other fans and get away with it, or do we want teams like leigh, widnes etc.. who ok. might not bring as many fans but have no history of violence towards opposition fans? I think that fan behaviour should be included in deciding who gets a franchise and who doesn't, because if it did, then maybe tonight dreadful incidents wouldn't have happened.

Hogan I really hope your missus is ok...

I agree that anyone who fights at matches including tonight are idiots, its just that there are gangs of Wire fans young and old who will abuse indiscriminately to opposition fans regardless whether they are with their famalies are not.

At football, they tend to just battle against their like.

For instance, I was shopping with my family in Wigan town centre a few years ago and 300+ members of West Hams ICF were walking towards me towards the JJB (to say I crapped it was an understatement), but they just ignored us and walked past.
Dont want to look like i'm glorifying football violence, I hate it.

I just made the comparison to show how low some of the Wire fans have become. There seems to be a real problem with violence in that town - See Garry Newlove for evidence.

Are you serious? Leigh and Widnes going back a decade were just as bad as tonight.

people are great at digging up obscure facts maybe someone could get the info off the police about all the trouble with every match and every club. Lets see how whiter than white these clubs actually are WarriorSteve www.thefreedictionary.com/minority

people are great at digging up obscure facts maybe someone could get the info off the police about all the trouble with every match and every club. Lets see how whiter than white these clubs actually are WarriorSteve www.thefreedictionary.com/minority

wigan fans are so innocent aint they? all teams in football/rugby have the odd idiot and yes believe it or not that does include wigan so change the title of this topic

Maybe. But I think it makes for a better atmosphere and It's best not to risk it.

Must say some of our own fans were not great tonight, lots of people get caught up in the gesturing to tha wire fans already mentioned closest to us away fans.

The fact that the west stand had mixed fans had IMO no influence on the behaviour that happened tonight from a section of the wire fans!!!

I have never seen incidents like tonight...Sad very sad