The grandkids have been brought up never to leave the ground even when loosing 50 - 0 stay to the end and clap the team off like my uncle did with me.

Exactly, thats why big games between good teams get bigger attendances and also derby matches.

Just watching Huddersfield Town vs Notts County on Sky Sports 1.

The stand we were in last week is almost empty of any away fans, just goes to show what great support we lend to opposition clubs in SL even on a Friday night.

Good on them!

I was embarassed to see people leave on the hour mark in the West stand on Friday, many of them fellow season ticket holders although looking on the bright side i didnt have to listen to any of the crap they spout about the team for the remaining 20 minutes of the match.

Thats how it should be, I always clap the team off!

It's not like they wern't trying, we were just really poor.

My grandad always told me to mix old sump oil with creosote to make 5 litres go all round the garden fence without having to buy another gallon bottle.

He also told me that rhubarb gives you piles, that planting egg shells in your garden will keep the moles away and that if you put a new pair of shoes on the table you will have bad luck.


Just like your advice its all bóllocks.

No offence.

i think that post is a bit harsh, there's a difference between 'old wives (grandads)' tales and a sporting event, one is an urban myth, the other is a live event where anything can happen, your team maybe 50 points down, if you leave early you could miss the try of the season scored by your team, some biff or just a great spell of rugby.

i started watching wire in 1998 when i was 8 and saw a lot of rough times, not once have i left early as the person who took me (my uncle) would never leave early. that has now been engrained in me, i dont leave any sporting event early and always clap my team off at the end, also i never boo. personally i hate it when fans boo their teams, wire included.

but as many posters have said, each to their own, it makes you no less of a fan if you choose to leave early, especially if you are someone who always stays to the end or usually stays to the end but NEEDS to leave early for a valid reason.

fortunately i have never had to leave a game early and long may that continue.

i think all this talk of the wigan walk is blown out of proportion, obviously a significant number of fans left early on friday but i think most of the flak down the the stereotype of the wigan walk so as soon as other fans see the wigan lot leaving early they are strait on it.

one thing i do not get though is when fans leave early to 'beat the traffic' when the game is on a tightrope of a score, i have seen it at united games when i had a season ticket there and also at rugby games.

the amount of fans that leave early in that situation baffles me, surely not all of them have a proper reason except to 'beat the traffic'

at te end of the day though, the most important thing is to get tickets sold to increase revenue for their clubs, no matter whether the paying fans choose to go, turn up late or leave early. money is needed for the clubs, the more the better end of

It was a good tip about the creosote though.

Mix 3/4 creosote to 1/4 sump oil and it works a treat

went watching leigh v widnes today

20 mins to go the widnes fans were walking out in droves

some of us p1$$ poor supporters had 160 miles drive to get home, if beating the crowds contributes to the 'Wigan walk' so beit.

why don't you travel to Wrexham or Quins instead?

Both those sides could use your support and you live closer to both of them than Wigan?

it would actually be easier to travel straight up the A1 to Cas.

I actually support Wigan twofold
1. the team of 95/96 for the start of summer rugby

2. the friendliness i received in Wigan on my 1st vist to CP where my wife and I were invited to meet the players/manager and look around the trophy room etc

this of course could well change if i am told who or who not to support!!

I'd stick with Wigan if I were you

cheers Phippsy, I'll do that.

ok this is a forum and everyone is entitled to an opinion but at the end of the day if people want to leave early then let them leave.

it certainly didn't make any difference to the scoreline and neither should anyone ever think it will do. if it was a close game those people who left early may have stayed on i agree but at the end of the day who gives a $hit.

bit harsh for a fellow fan to call those who leave early. none of their business if you ask me. i stayed the 80 by the way before anyone pipes up.