todays headline in Sunday Mail football section page 2, who says we are not a rugby town ??????????

Dont you just love it

On a tenuously related note, I hate it when Wigan Athletic are referred to as WIGAN.

They're not Wigan. They're Wigan ATHLETIC. The RL team is Wigan - we're only Wigan Warriors because the RFL decided we had to be.

Nothing to do with the RFL whatsoever.

you have to give latics credit for a great result and performance just as you have to give wigan rugby credit for the game at hull kr
as i understand the rl were behind all the daft names but it was up to each club wich one they picked

Yes it was, actually.

Wigan were one of the last to choose a name because we were reluctant. St Helens were exempt from the rule because they had a strong enough brand as it was in 'Saints'

Now, however, there is no requirement, but believe me, it was the RFL who said we had to choose a name.

EDIT - I realise how my last post may have been contrued. What I meant was that the RFL said we had to choose a name, not what that name had to be.

The point is the football press linking " Warriors " with the football team.

and ?
why not be happy both the towns sporting teams are doing well at the moment
i mean wigan are the real latics

You're flogging a dead horse, mate.

Latics are unimportant on this forum. We're more interested in the SL play-offs, which are far and away the more likely source of sporting glory for this town at the present time.

Doing well? It took Chelsea having 1 player sent off and another being unable to be substituted for the Latics to win.

Some people are obsessed, what was the point of this topic???

Both teams won this weekend in big games, so both sets of fans can be happy and why either set of fans would care about the other is beyond me.

Get over it guys......