No exaggeration to say it was one of the greatest days of my life. Watching us take stains to the cleaners the way Wiganers danced around London after the game...ahhhhh what a day

And Saints had actually beaten us the week before.

I was there. Check the avatar.

was it still an all standing stadium then? I'm thinking it was... I can remember queuing up all night at Central Park on a dodgy deck chair with a few beers, in fact I did that about 4 times before I realised it was just as easy to go on the day of the sale. That would have saved me a bad back or two. Still those were days, when everything was cheap and the motorways were a lot quieter....
Anybody else enjoy the all night queuing parties?

I drove to the game with two friend, one a Wigan fan, the other supported Saints. We parked the car at Stanmore and caught the train in to Wembley, and arranged to meet back at the car after the game.
Saints friend did not look happy when we got back there. He was expecting a quiet return journey, but my Wigan supporting mate gave him hell for about three hours.

Dropped the car off at home around 9 p.m. and went on the razz.(minus Saints mate)

IIRC it was the first year where the upper tier (at each end) had been changed to seating areas. The lower tier was still terracing.

A fellow Wiganer and myself travelled back from the Middle East (Oman) for this Game. As I drove through the Oman mountains to Muscat for my flight I passed a sign that said Al Wigan (there is actually a village in Oman called Al Wigan). Flew Home Friday to Heathrow and drove up to Wigan so we could travel down to Wembley with everyone on the Saturday. Was in the Wigan end by the posts and saw Ellery Hanley's try. For those who had followed Wigan through the late 60's, 70's & 80's it must be hard to find a better day to be a Wiganer. An old fellow next to me was in tears saying he'd waited 20 odd years for this - 27 nil is forever burned in my memory!!

One of the best days of my life !

p.s. what's the envyometer at today?

'Of Sweet Revenge we've had our fill.....'

Found the ticket for this game yesterday in a box of old papers! Hadn't missed a game all season then missed Ellerys wonder try because I was bursting for a wee and couldn't hold out til half time.

Just picked up on this thread. I was there as well, stood in the bottom paddock. Gary Connolly, playing as an amateur, IIRC, dropped the first punt downfield, Kevin Iro scored his first try following this, and it never improved for Saints at all for the rest of the afternoon.
I remember thinking 'how the ell did he score that?' as Hanley weaved in and then out, before gliding away to score under the posts. It was the first part of the payback for the two 1960s losses.

And unlike the second of those, this one was achieved entirely fairly.

The 1990 win against us was a much more memorable result for your lot.

Haha. Don't flatter yourself.