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.

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.

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.

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.

Only you adam

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.

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Hope they go down, the first 5 letters of their name is enough to make me gag

You may get your wish...

what a great easter warriors win in last min

latics lose 4-2 to sunderland after leading 1-0 and back in the bottom 3

There not down yet, you cant constantly hover in that zone and not go down eventually though

They are often quite frankly an embarrasment to Wigan though, with some of the performances they put in on the pitch, that and there bitterness towards RL puts a sour taste in my mouth. Its in our benefit though that they dont drop below championship level as they would then probably stuggle with rent payments for the DW and we would not doubt have to foot most of the bill for the DW, seen as the owners are technically Wigan Athletic and they could force us to do so.