The state of that team

Best Game....difficult this as there has been so many, but I have to go for the 27 - 0 game v Saints at Wembley in 1989. After being there and seeing us beaten by them in 1961 and 1966 it was special. No matter what Saints speccies tell you that score hurts more than anything in their history.

Worst Game....April 11th 1980, Castleford away lost 13 - 21. Th game that sent us down to the second division.

Best Player....Boston. There are not enough superlatives to describe him, no matter how hard anyone tries. All those lucky enough to have seen him pull on that famous cherry and white jersey should thank God for that privilege.

Best Atmosphere....Manly at Central Park. Even supporters from other teams were there that night willing us on. We didn't get back to Billinge until almost midnight.

Favourite Game... As a Rugby League supporter no doubt. Being in Melbourne June 26th 1992. Australia 10 Great Britain 33.

Eight Wigan players, Offiah, Edwards and the Wigan six pack Skerrett, Dermott, Platt, Betts, McGinty and Clarke.
Opposition speccies (British) deriding that pack, then coming to us after the game shaking our hands "Your lads did us proud"

The conga in the rain around Princess Park. Singing "always look on the bright side of life" to the Aussies, who looked on in disbelief. The look on Billy McGintys face when he was subbed as he saw the conga, and the all night part after.
Getting on the coach next morning to the airport to fly up to the Gold Coast and seeing men pouring lager on their cornflakes.

PRICELESS.

Great couple of days those, I remember someone singing 'Flower of Scotland' in the Prix bar, cant think who started that !!!!, and what about that landing at Liverpool airport....


That was the game I chose ( v Quins ), as bad a performance I've seen from any Wigan side, I was convinced we would be relegated that day, then Noble and Fielden came and things picked up.

I was in the opposite end to the Stretford End. There were Saints fans in the seats above the terraced section where the Wigan fans were. Some bloke in his 40's was absolutely wasted & spent much of the half-time break trying to climb up the wall to get to them. The police started out trying to stop him & then just stood there laughing at him

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Best Game - wigan vs manly - the aussies were so confident they thought it would be a walk in the park..... a run out.... graham lowe deliberatly put an all english team out..... and we sent the aussies back home with should i say tail between their legs... and they did not like it one bit ..

Best Moment - brett kennys class try at wemberly 85 just ran as fast as he needed to never hit full speed... pure class moment eay french and alex murphy were having fits in the bbc commentry room on tele

most electric player - john ferguson - unbelievable.... it got to the stage with him that if we were in trouble give fergie the ball and he would score for us....very strong and elusive player....

Best Player - ellery hanly

most skillfull - brett kenny - had everything again another one who if things were going wrong everyone in the crowd would expect him to do his magic.

Best Atmosphere - gotta be manly - nothing else comes close

Worst Moment - realising our great cup run was over.

I like bum love!!

when wigan signed john ferguson it was on the back of brett kenny...
we got brett at the top of his game but everyone was saying ` a john ... who..... ferginson... no ferguson`
brilliant player...... when he recieved the ball from potter in the 85 final if you could pause that moment and get betting odds that he would score william hill would have given you 1-1000 ... not 1000 - 1 he made dane o`hara look like a fool and o`hara at the time was a new zeland test winger and a damn good one at that...

BUT

fergusons second try in the same final was totally unbelievable.
just had his leg strapped up for either a ded leg or hamstring problem.... alex murphy was screaming they should substitute him as he is as useless as a chocolate fireguard and dane o`hara again missed a pass and fergie got the ball and ran as if `what sore leg` and scored.... murphy could not believe it... and me and 97,000 speccies could not as well.....

BUT

fergusons second try in the same final was totally unbelievable.
just had his leg strapped up for either a ded leg or hamstring problem.... alex murphy was screaming they should substitute him as he is as useless as a chocolate fireguard and dane o`hara again missed a pass and fergie got the ball and ran as if `what sore leg` and scored.... murphy could not believe it... and me and 97,000 speccies could not as well.....'"