Unbelievable.

I'm absolutely gobsmacked at what I am reading.

Savages.

I agee that warrington doesn't have a football club so the idiots in warrington support the rugby club and that the majority of Wire fans are law abiding citizens.. but lets not ignore the facts that are, warrington has an hooligan element that needs to be addressed....

So one incident of being punched and suddenly warrington are scum?

we've only heard one half of the story. Not condoning it mind.

After the Catalan semi-final (whoop!), some Wigan fans started on us and it kicked off because we were singing "youre not going to wembley". When you played us at home the week after, I saw same wigan fans trying to goad wire fans before the game.

Glasshouses.

It was my friend who they set his shirt on fire. He got kicked to the ground and they set his shirt on fire. My girlfriend managed to get it back after they took it off his back to burn it some more. I will get pictures of it...

I was gobsmacked seeing it. Can't say if they were real wire fans or not but most did have shirts/ team colours. They didn't care if you were male/ female or what age you were and as a (very) small woman, it was scary as hell. I'm just thankful we all made it out without anything worse happening.

That is awful

Is there no CCTV in the area that can be used to catch these low lifes? i realise a lot of this cant be answered now but i would certainly check to see if any video footage can be seen of these incidents from the surrounding area.

Unless you can prove the same fans were in the ground, then you will be struggling unfortunately. Yes, they have the self proclaimed 'Warrington Casuals' who populate the Western end of the South Stand, which could be considered a hooligan element - but are they really any worse or greater in number than the alcohol fueled scallies that follow our club? If the incident had occurred in the ground, it would have been a different story, but the best we can hope for is that the offenders in this instance are caught and jailed, with a greater Police presence on Winwick Street in the future.

Well that's it. I'm up for boycotting HJ from now on, would rather watch it on TV in future.

The worst incident I ever saw was back in the 80's at Wilderspool and a Wigan fan had received a dart all the way into his neck, thrown from someone within a gang of wire 'fans' who were stood near the away end goading Wiganers, looks like things have not improved.

Unless you were witnes to the event you have no idea... I must admit i didn't see it all.... but what I did see has seriously effected me... rugby league is my sport, i love the passion etc and everything about it. if this violence is the future then me, my wife and my son will be looking elsewhere in future for our entertainment! Those of you that didn't see it can all get on with your lives. For me, I think warrington should be made to address their Fan Issues!

How can you slate Wigan fans for goading Wire fans when you did exactly the same thing?

Contradicting yourself.

I don't condone any abuse or violence what so ever not matter how little or big, but how on earth can you compare your experience, where you goaded some Wigan fans, to some innocent people who have not enticed any violence and have had a woman break her nose and some lad beaten to a pulp and then have his shirt set on fire!

Get a grip man. It's not acceptable.

I didn't say it was acceptable, I don't like this sort of thing in rugby, but we've only heard one side of the story, the "victims" side. CCTV etc may hopefully prove that but until then it can't be said either way.

How is singing goading? It's called banter!! Compared to people actually shouting out for a fight and threatening opposition fans.

all I saw mate, was a number of wigan fans getting abused/assaulted by warrington fans outside the Kings head pub.. I have never witnessed such behaviour at a rugby game and hope I never will again... I do believe unless Cheshire police can address the policing in the area around the ground then this incident tonight will be the norm at wigan/witre matches..

Hogan I'm really sorry for your experience, as a genuine Wire fan it makes me very ashamed. We seemed to have attracted a 'darker' element since before more sucessful the last couple of seasons. In honesty I think it's ben slowly building since we moved to the new stadium. It's nice and accessible from town. Anyone wanted to cause a bit of trouble only has to hang out at one of the 5 pubs within 5 minutes walking distance and are guaranteed some opposition fans to kick off on. Maybe when we were at Wilderspool they couldn't be bothered walking over Bridge Foot. Over the next few seasons we want to start taking our small daughter but to be honest, this kind of thing really puts me off. We certainly wouldn't go anywhere near Central Station after a game. It should not have to be like that. Opposition fans should not have to run a gauntlet just to get home. Any fans who travel away to watch their team should be respected, after all we're all lovers of the same game. I hope whoever has done this is caught, dealt with and banned immediately from any Warrington game ever.



Grow up. A few years ago our away bus was attacked by a gang of 'fans' The Willows. That doesn't make all Salford fans scum. In any large group of people there are going to be a few morons, idiots and thugs. That goes for every team, Wigan included.