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[b:2boqkfe7][color=#800000:2boqkfe7]WIGAN RLFC - SL ERA
WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONS 2017 & 2024
SUPER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1998, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2023 & 2024
CHALLENGE CUP FINAL WINNERS 2002, 2011, 2013, 2022 & 2024
LEAGUE LEADERS CHAMPIONS 2010, 2012, 2020, 2023 & 2024
ACADEMY GRAND FINAL WINNERS 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2024
WOMEN’S GRAND FINAL WINNERS 2018
BEST SUPPORTED CLUB OF THE YEAR 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2024
CLUB OF THE YEAR 2010 & 2012
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........and this is what he said:
"Nineteen times, nineteen times, nineteen times" !!!!!
Forever in our Shadow.
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Surely a few of those wins were when you were either cheating the salary cap or spending beyond your means, almost bankrupting yourself.
Well played on Saturday
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| Quote: MattyB "........and this is what he said
And people wonder why your club is so despised by everyone else.
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Officially RLFAN's most Doe-eyed Happy Clapper.
Big Steve wrote:
The Internet has provided some wonderful creativity, opportunities and knowledge sharing but it has also given a worldwide forum for people you would leave a full pint behind in the pub to avoid having to listen to them.
aboveusonlypie...
If you don't bother to go to the game when you live in the locality then you are not really a fan and therefore your views are invalid. It's simple.:icons39ad_files/4821-1859san_c-msnicons.jpg |
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| Quote: The Yellow Giraffe "And people wonder why your club is so despised by everyone else.'"
Lovely to see you back, hope you had a lovely day.... |
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When Maurice sold me to Leeds something changed, it just not the same, the passion inside me just wasn’t the same as running out at Central park for my hometown club.
We need a change of culture here; we don’t want to be just happy with playing ok on Saturday at St Helens.
Ill make sure that from now on things will change, that players will be under pressure and will train a lot harder than they have before.
Shaun Wane 8/10/09
"WE HAVE ACHIEVED WHAT YOU CAN ONLY EVER DREAM OF"
WIGAN RLFC
The Mirror 30/10/09
How the Premier League table would look if teams were awarded points for famous fans...
20th: Wigan
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| Quote: The Yellow Giraffe "And people wonder why your club is so despised by everyone else.'"
And which clubs fans sing this every spunking time they play Wigan. |
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| Quote: The Yellow Giraffe "And people wonder why your club is so despised by everyone else.'"
It's what happens when you're the most successful club in your sport - people get jealous. |
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| Quote: Wigan28/Leeds18 Andy "It's what happens when you're the most successful club in your sport - people get jealous.'"
Haha. I'm not jealous of anything Wigan have done. I see you as the most successful club when things were uneven and unfair. Since that has been sorted, you're the 4th most successful club in our sport. |
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| And to prove the point.  |
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| Quote: Wigan28/Leeds18 Andy "And to prove the point. ![]()
Quite the opposite actually. If Saints had won more trophies than anyone else in an era when the sport was part-time, I wouldn't go on about it. I'd focus on what the club has achieved since the sport went professional, seeing as that's what counts the most.
Wigan have struggled to come to terms with not being top dog since everyone joined them as a professional club. You may catch the likes of Saints and Leeds up in the future, who knows. Until you do, we have nothing to be jealous of.
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The jealousy is strong in this one. Matty certainly caught a couple of tiddlers.
19 x Champions
19 x Challenge Cup Winners
Has a nice ring to it.
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| Quote: Wigan28/Leeds18 Andy "The jealousy is strong in this one. Matty certainly caught a couple of tiddlers.
19 x Champions
19 x Challenge Cup Winners
Has a nice ring to it.'"
Haha I think you're getting confused with who has caught who here. You make it too easy. |
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A personal insult to another poster that had to be deleted and the resulting jealousy displayed speaks volumes about how you're viewing our success.
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No problems from me about how Wigan put together their great teams in the 1980s and 1990s, there was nothing stopping other teams from going full time and showing some ambition and as for nearly bankrupting themselves, Wigan are hardly unique amongst rugby league clubs for that...
I'm sure if Warrington win the Grand Final there won't be any Wigan fans on here saying things like "how do Warrington get all of their signings under the salary cap, its not fair". We've never heard that line from Wiganers.
Similarly I'm sure you all support the ambition of Marvan Koukash to come in to revitalise Salford like Uncle Maurice did to Wigan in the 1980s and if Salford start winning on the back of Koukash's money you will respect their success too and be happy for them.
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| Quote: sally cinnamon "No problems from me about how Wigan put together their great teams in the 1980s and 1990s, there was nothing stopping other teams from going full time and showing some ambition and as for nearly bankrupting themselves, Wigan are hardly unique amongst rugby league clubs for that...
I'm sure if Warrington win the Grand Final there won't be any Wigan fans on here saying things like "how do Warrington get all of their signings under the salary cap, its not fair". We've never heard that line from Wiganers.
Similarly I'm sure you all support the ambition of Marvan Koukash to come in to revitalise Salford like Uncle Maurice did to Wigan in the 1980s and if Salford start winning on the back of Koukash's money you will respect their success too and be happy for them.'"
It would be great for the game if Salford did come good with Koukash's money, the more big clubs the btter imo and Rugby League needs all the money it can get. |
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SAINTS THE ORIGINAL AND PERENNIAL CHEATS
For sale full Saints kit (circa 1989). Shirts in pristine condition, but shorts badly soiled.
For 27 - 0 you get a trophy
For 75 - 0 you get sod all.
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| Quote: The Yellow Giraffe "Haha. I'm not jealous of anything Wigan have done. I see you as the most successful club when things were uneven and unfair. Since that has been sorted, you're the 4th most successful club in our sport.'"
So when did things become even?
The next time I see Murphy and Boston I'll tell them that their winners medals count for nothing. Do you want an invite? |
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