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| Quote: muttywhitedog "The stadium is owned by a company called Wigan Athletic Holdings. This is a different company to Wigan Athletic Football Club. If Whelan (who owns both companies) was to sell the Latics, he would still own the ground.'"
And your point is...? |
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Leeds own their ground. Us fans have still had to put up with the odd switch when the cricketers are performing their feats of sporting dentistry over on the other side of the north stand. The downside of multi-use stadia, I'm afraid.
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| Quote: Clearwing "Leeds own their ground. Us fans have still had to put up with the odd switch when the cricketers are performing their feats of sporting dentistry over on the other side of the north stand. The downside of multi-use stadia, I'm afraid.'"
My first visit to Headingley was to an Ashes test (cricket) in 1975. I still marvel at the uniqueness of the grounds. You really can't beat terracing for watching sport. The rather soulless modern stadia like ours don't compare. (Though whisper it - I quite like Langtree Park) |
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| Quote: Aboveusonlypie "And your point is...?'"
If the poster is correct on the ownership it would appear both clubs are in essence tenants...... |
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| Quote: Bad Leg Strikes "If the poster is correct on the ownership it would appear both clubs are in essence tenants......'"
No. Wigan Football Company Ltd are in fact the owners. The clue is in the title. Directors of Wigan Football Ltd, owned by Dave Whelan are also on the board of Wigan Athletic, also owned by Dave Whelan. Wigan Warriors have no such representation. Ergo, Athletic own the ground, Warriors are tenants. When Latics played in the Europa League the ground was called Wigan Athletic Stadium (because calling it DW was against sponsorship rules).
People seem confused about ownership because of the naming of the Boston Stand. Dave Whelan allowed the Warriors to name a stand after a great former player. The Latics had no-one remotely of that standing in their game so called it Springfield after Dave Whelan's favourite programme 'The Simpsons'. Hope that's cleared up. |
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| Quote: Aboveusonlypie "And your point is...?'"
That your statement is wrong. |
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| Quote: muttywhitedog "That your statement is wrong.'"
wasting your time trying to reason with him |
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| Quote: [Gareth] ""wasting your time trying to reason with him'"  |
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Quote: Cruncher "This is the other problem. Thanks to Whelan, we live in a bloody swamp.'"
The DW Stadium pitch, will this be the last relay?
This was given to me tonight by a very very old Wigan supporter and friend .
Read more: www.cockneylatic.co.uk/news/560- ... z41mTly0dL |
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Quote: Cruncher "This is the other problem. Thanks to Whelan, we live in a bloody swamp.'"
The DW Stadium pitch, will this be the last relay?
This was given to me tonight by a very very old Wigan supporter and friend .
Read more: www.cockneylatic.co.uk/news/560- ... z41mTly0dL | |
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| Quote: stillinthepast "The DW Stadium pitch, will this be the last relay?
This was given to me tonight by a very very old Wigan supporter and friend .
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Decent article which highlights what we already knew, whelan had the stadium built as cheap as possible
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| Quote: [Gareth] ""Decent article which highlights what we already knew, whelan had the stadium built as cheap as possible'"
We will just have to hope that with all that Methane about none of the groundsmen have a crafty fag while they are cutting the grass. There will a large mushroom cloud appearing over that part of Wigan if they do  . |
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| Quote: stillinthepast "The DW Stadium pitch, will this be the last relay?
This was given to me tonight by a very very old Wigan supporter and friend .
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I think Jason Taylors article is a few years old (the clue is the 3rd relaying!), but the rest of it sounds very plausible. Rich man, with a reputation for doing things as cheaply as possible, has stadium built but leaves the poisonous subsurface intact to save a few quid.
I bet when the stadium was built Whelan was hoping he'd have sold the Latics & the stadium by now, and was a permanent resident of Barbados or some other island. Instead, he's still having to fork out for a new pitch on an annual basis and his football team are worth a fraction of what they were worth 5 years ago. He should have sold up after their 4th or 5th "great escape" from relegation (I've lost count as to how many times they just scraped out of the bottom three before finally being relegated in 2013).
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| Quote: stillinthepast "We will just have to hope that with all that Methane about none of the groundsmen have a crafty fag while they are cutting the grass. There will a large mushroom cloud appearing over that part of Wigan if they do ![]()
Maybe it could take Marsh Green with it............
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That interview wasn't exactly a paxman type grilling was it?
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| Quote: newgroundb4wakey "That interview wasn't exactly a paxman type grilling was it?'"
And it's outrageous, because as you know, Paxman grillings are the normal form in RL coverage. |
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