All the time I have been watching Wigan, there have always been chants with swearwords in. I thinkImust have been about 10 when I first heard the 'w*nky Warrington' one. At first I was shocked as this was only the second game I had ever been to. I joined in thinking they said lanky, I remember thinking, 'why are they lanky???'. When I realised what they were actually saying, I thought it was funny. The more I went to the rugby I realised there were more chants with swearwords in and realised it was just part of the spectator part of the game. I didn't join in with them till I got a bit older as I knew they were swearwords and just sang it missing the swearing bit. Every single football team and every single rugby team chant songs with the occasional swearword. As I said previously, it's always happened.

I hope you weren't singing the W*anky Warrington song but leaving the swearing out!

There where definitly a large number singing that song yesterday, certainly more than a few dozen. And the same goes for when it was sung at Langtree park.

As far as employing doormen instead of stewards goes, That is not something I would like to see at all. And would be way over the top. If we had a problem with violence/racism then yeh, but for chanting a swear word in a song? really?

You don't need swearing for a good atmosphere and It doesn't bother me either way but it's nothing new. Whoever made the song up could have used a lot of different words... but theres nothing stopping people who don't like the word so much from singing it and for instance saying "bottled" instead. If it bothers that many people then don't sing the swear word and it will die out......

The players can quite often be seen swearing on the camera's, aswell as the coaches. So maybe people should have a word with all the players in the sport who have ever sworn on the pitch, and tell them what a disgusting dispicable example they are setting to?......

oh my god ...........................

we are a precious little bunch arent we

i am stunned this thread is at 8 or 9 pages

I honestly don't know what is wrong with people. We have just beaten Saint's in the CC quarter final, ending their run of succsessive semi finals, And the first thing people do is moan about a swear word in a song.

The use of Foul language at Wigan RL has been around for as long as I've been going to watch them (45 years!)
I agree that such language shouldn't be used where Women and Children are present, and when I took my (then) young kids to Central Park, if I was uncomfortable with what I was hearing around me, then I used to move to another part of the ground.
The problem with the DW, being all-seater and designated seats, that isn't possible.
Perhaps the introduction of a "Family Enclosure block" could be considered as an option next season?
In my opinion, the noise of chanting obsenities from a distance is much more tolerable then that same thing being yelled from within a few feet of your lug-hole.

My 2 cents worth

Swearing in fact is old fashioned.

For example, it was far worse in the mid to late 19th Century.

But gradually, it was seen as being a sign of poor education or poor upbringing so it became only a male action in places like the old tap rooms in pubs.

That's where the phrase 'swear like a trooper' comes from, the past.

In the 20th century, people generally tried to better themselves socially.

You are going to watch a rugby game, you must know and expect that people will swear but its not intentional. I take my kids to rugby and have done for years, you can stop it and I always say to them as long as you dont repeat it yourselves. Stop moaning and look forward to the semi.

It is when it's in a song.

maybe the OP and others of his opinion should direct his feelings towards the players on the pitch, you can clearly hear them swear on TV in most games now, especially ones with smaller crowds. they are the ones your children should be looking up to, not the fans.

i agree, i do sometimes cringe at the "w%%%% warrington" chant amongst others however its part of the sport and its not just rugby league.

i'm afraid we just have to grin and bear it. it isn't harmful as long as it doesn't cross the lines into racism etc which i have never experienced so we should just accept it for what it is - a bit of banter.

The thing to do, as you will already know the words to the chants, is when it gets to a swear word... shout BEEEP as loud as you can. That'll work.

From what I saw at the game I think we were very close to seeing quite ugly scenes. We had a few Wigan fans provoking Saints fans and a couple of Saints fans being escorted off after the match. I saw lots of aggressive behaviour between the sets of fans and I am concerned we are close to a situation with Saints were each game could get quite ugly between the fans.

That to me would be a real shame as I think over the years the derby games have been conducted in an intense but friendly way.

Only on the Wigan board would this be a topic

Yes it is. Although the stewards might not be employed by WW, their services have been engaged by WW to ensure that regulations are adhered to. All the stewards can do as an initial step is request any indivudal they see swearing calm down their behaviour. If its a large group the club can only request "en-mass" that it stops. If a spectator is seen to persistently be abusive or swear (especially after being asked to calm down) then this is how the club will decide on who to take the action against. As for whether people will start to be ejected for swearing......it already happens.

Anybody remember the fine that was dished out over the abuse that Gareth Thomas got (was it Cas or Wakey?). The fine was dished out, not for the abuse happening but because the club did nothing to try and stop it happening.