I'm with you on this one.I moved & stood in front of the beer caravan only to hear a Wakey fan F-ing Hock this & F-ing Hock that The stewards were stood about ten feet away and did nothing

I think it's a disgrace that any visiting fan think they have a right to tell our fans where they can and can't stand in our own ground. Until now I've found Wigan fans to be some of the most likeable in the game. Shame that some like this should tarnish it. It's our blinking ground!

As an aside, Wigan again were class and a superb try from Tomkins. Such a shame that yet again, such a superb side tarnish things by playing to the edge or beyond the rules of the game with so many questionable referring decisions going their way. They can beat us fair and square without pushing their luck. I don't begrudge their victory, just the nature of it leaves a sour taste.

Why ? in a open space where your at liberty to go stand anywhere you choose. Would you also like to ban alchohol completely ?
Alchohol kills more people be it indirectly through drunk drivers or alchohol related crimes or alchohol related illnesses than smoking ever has.Get a grip man.I as a smoker have no problem with not smoking in confined areas and inflicting my habit on others,yet people like yourself choose to ignore the ed up asshole stood next to me who wants to fight the world, Damn sure in a whole area as big as Belle Vue you could find somewhere not next to a smoker to stand, so stop using this board to promote your ill informed own petty opinions and talk about the game dingbat.Ps do some research.

It maybe "open air" but it does linger and people around smokers can smell and inhale it. The "smoking" argument is a very long and extensive one which would more than fill this forum.

If you desire to smoke at the match why not request a smoking area. As opposed to letting everyone else inhale smoke fumes when they have no desire to.

There already is one, round the back of the Benidorm flats.

I thought BV was a non smoking ground

Trouble is, smokers don't realise how horrible the smell of smoke is, as a reformed smoker after smoking from the age of 12 to 34 I still can't believe how bad smoke is, both whilst smoking and the stale smell on peoples breath and clothes, when you smoke you cannot smell this, only after being stopped around 6 months did I become to appreciate how anti-social it is.

If you're going to smoke don't do it round non smokers

I think that's for the people who are in the flats watching the game.

I don't have a problem with people drinking themselves to death and I don't have a problem with smokers killing themselves either but why should they try to kill others around them also.???

Equally I'm sure you could find an area where you could smoke without others having to breathe it in.

As an aside we accept all 'ill informed petty opinions' on here, even yours!

The law says you can smoke outside as long as the building doesn't have 3 or more sides so North stand is ok unfortunately, however
1) in a tight crowd you are always smoking in someone's face
2) I thought we banned it back in 80s but that was because of the wooden stands.

On the Wigan fan subject and away area......
1) How stupid to tell a home supporter to move
2) We can't make it home stand when Wigan bring as many as they do. They filled the stand. When we have that many home fans maybe.
3) Always found Wigan fans good to talk to. They are a rugby crowd who usually know the game. Frustrates me with clubs like Bradford where they have no idea but just 'hate Leeds' because they think they are supposed to.
Saying that, the ones round me were a bit big headed but not bad.

Back on Track I agree make Northstand home end for next season the rest of the ground will be mixed, I do realy think we lift the boys when its full of Wakefield fans, ashame as fans/club could take full advatage toget behind the team through this method, We should give it a try for one season at least, then see what every one thinks at the end of 2013 season..

That's the problem though.
If we'd made this home stand yesterday, we'd have had about 1,000 Wakefield fans with loads of room and then thousands of Wigna fans crushed in everywhere else.....and probably with some either being turned away or being pused into North anyway.
Ground isn't build for segregation.

Just get there early and fill the west side of North Stand. That will work fine.

The first thing i will say is Belle Vue is our home ground and for someone to come to an away ground and think that they can dictate where the home supporters should stand is laughable.
here is an idea when our new stadium is built lets for the first season allow the away supporters to come decide where they wish to stand/sit then we will sit where ever they allow us to sit.

this I am afraid shows the lack of fighting spirit of us the supporters, so are we in a position to have a go at the players when they show the same lack of fight.

What's happened is that "sadly" we have started to follow footballs home and away fan segregation. I imagine it will happen at your new ground.

It's taken a lot of the banter away from what has always (in general) been a great part of our RL culture.

Fans of opposing sides and opposing views stood side by side is one of the things I love about our game. For eighty minutes you are sworn enemies, but a handshake, a smile and "see you next year" is what it should be about.

We always go in the Connie Club for a beer before the game and have always been treated with the utmost respect and had a bit of craic with the fans in there.

fact is most of us prefer to stand east and west so leave it