meanderson93 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 10 hours ago, Big E said: You are lying. Leigh is full of Wigan fans I grew up in Culcheth, a decent amount of young fans developed over my youth in their years in the Prem. Cheap seats, easy to get to, can watch their "main" team play (United, Liverpool, Everton), could see why; but then they got a weird sense of entitlement as a fanbase. I find Wigan weird, love to beat them to put them in their place but never really saw them as "rivals" until these recent lower league years. On their rise to the Prem I actually almost looked out for their results, in a local team doing well sort of way. Hard to really hate a club when that's my prevailing thought of them as minnows fighting up the leagues, the fans will filter away now the Prem days are long gone and they'll drift down eventually to a natural level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted February 22 Site Supporter Share Posted February 22 9 minutes ago, meanderson93 said: the fans will filter away now the Prem days are long gone and they'll drift down eventually to a natural level. A bit like Blackburn’s has done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 It's quite simple why Wigan have no fans. Because they're such a 'young' club they don't have the generational element that most clubs do, where you support a team because your dad did, and his dad did, etc. All those older folk will have supported other NW teams. So to support Wigan you'd have had to 'choose' to. In fact, the two that I know did this because by all accounts their dad/grandad brought his sons up to be Horwich RMI fans, and when they relocated to Leigh he told his sons to pick a new team, but it couldn't be Bolton. Very odd behaviour, but that's Horwich for you. MK Dons get very similar shit support for the same reasons as Wigan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passmosster Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Wigan have no fans because the folk hero in Wigan is Billy Boston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbulb Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 It’s interesting that Charlton Athletic are called the Addics but Wigan are simply called the Dicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizlar Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 I live and work in Wigan and believe you me they hate us and for me the feelings are mutual bunch of deluded tossers with no backbone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesince63 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 46 minutes ago, passmosster said: Wigan have no fans because the folk hero in Wigan is Billy Boston. Exactly, they should stick to where their history was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batton carrier Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 53 minutes ago, Rizlar said: I live and work in Wigan and believe you me they hate us and for me the feelings are mutual bunch of deluded tossers with no backbone! I stand with you brother. They hate us and playing us is genuinely a big event for them. A Horrible horrible club who's hatred of us flows through it's DNA. From the cleaner to the kitman and everyone inbetween they dispise everything and anything Bolton.. They really do believe their own hype and think that they as a club are at the very least equal in stature to us. Cunts to a man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestar Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 I was born in the 60s and grew up in the 70s. I had heard of the town of Wigan but had never realised it was close to Bolton, it was just somewhere you had heard of, you certainly would have never needed to go there. If you did ever leave Bolton it was to go the the seaside Lytham St Annes or Blackpool or maybe something in Manchester. As i started working we had just dropped out of the top flight (old div1) , through the majority of the 70s we were on the up and were massive, kids would all support Bolton, even the ones who said they were utd or Liverpool fans would regularly attend Burnden, anyway at this time you started to meet other lads at work some were from Wigan but they (if were interested in football) supported BWFC. One lad (from Chorley i think) announced he was a Blackburn Rovers supporter!!!!! I can still see the shock and disbelief and the WTF?? Expressions on them young lads faces now. Nobody ever said they hated Bolton. I was actually in my late 40s before i realised that Bury hated us🤭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted February 22 Site Supporter Share Posted February 22 12 minutes ago, batton carrier said: I stand with you brother. They hate us and playing us is genuinely a big event for them. A Horrible horrible club who's hatred of us flows through it's DNA. From the cleaner to the kitman and everyone inbetween they dispise everything and anything Bolton.. They really do believe their own hype and think that they as a club are at the very least equal in stature to us. Cunts to a man Yet they seem to want as many former Bolton players as they can get their hands on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 3 hours ago, batton carrier said: I stand with you brother. They hate us and playing us is genuinely a big event for them. A Horrible horrible club who's hatred of us flows through it's DNA. From the cleaner to the kitman and everyone inbetween they dispise everything and anything Bolton.. They really do believe their own hype and think that they as a club are at the very least equal in stature to us. Cunts to a man I started working there as a 17 year old and we hadn’t played them in my memory. I genuinely had no idea they didn’t like us. But their journey from when we played them in 1993 and then next played them in 2005 left them unrecognisable between the two, I’m sure. And then you have to consider we’ve spent most of the last 19 years being in the same division with a good few cup games thrown in besides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeep Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 8 hours ago, DazBob said: It's quite simple why Wigan have no fans. Because they're such a 'young' club they don't have the generational element that most clubs do, where you support a team because your dad did, and his dad did, etc. All those older folk will have supported other NW teams. So to support Wigan you'd have had to 'choose' to. In fact, the two that I know did this because by all accounts their dad/grandad brought his sons up to be Horwich RMI fans, and when they relocated to Leigh he told his sons to pick a new team, but it couldn't be Bolton. Very odd behaviour, but that's Horwich for you. MK Dons get very similar shit support for the same reasons as Wigan. One brother picked Wigan, the other picked Blackburn..... Their sons follow same as dads... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesince63 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 5 hours ago, Whitestar said: I was born in the 60s and grew up in the 70s. I had heard of the town of Wigan but had never realised it was close to Bolton, it was just somewhere you had heard of, you certainly would have never needed to go there. If you did ever leave Bolton it was to go the the seaside Lytham St Annes or Blackpool or maybe something in Manchester. As i started working we had just dropped out of the top flight (old div1) , through the majority of the 70s we were on the up and were massive, kids would all support Bolton, even the ones who said they were utd or Liverpool fans would regularly attend Burnden, anyway at this time you started to meet other lads at work some were from Wigan but they (if were interested in football) supported BWFC. One lad (from Chorley i think) announced he was a Blackburn Rovers supporter!!!!! I can still see the shock and disbelief and the WTF?? Expressions on them young lads faces now. Nobody ever said they hated Bolton. I was actually in my late 40s before i realised that Bury hated us🤭 Bury fans didn’t used to hate us Whitestar. I grew up in the fifties and sixties and to be fair many fans went to both as they never played at home together. Obviously during the 70s the idiots got involved leading to the segregation instead of all fans just mingling together. After that things changed for all clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 49 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said: Bury fans didn’t used to hate us Whitestar. I grew up in the fifties and sixties and to be fair many fans went to both as they never played at home together. Obviously during the 70s the idiots got involved leading to the segregation instead of all fans just mingling together. After that things changed for all clubs. Aye they certainly seemed to hate us in those couple of fixtures in 99. Never seen an angrier fanbase. Absolutely seething with rage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 8 minutes ago, gonzo said: Aye they certainly seemed to hate us in those couple of fixtures in 99. Never seen an angrier fanbase. Absolutely seething with rage That 4-0😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 7 minutes ago, tomski said: That 4-0😂😂😂 We only laugh at Bury.... They didn't like that did they Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 2 minutes ago, gonzo said: We only laugh at Bury.... They didn't like that did they I know the 2 brothers who tried the netting, weapons😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 3 minutes ago, gonzo said: We only laugh at Bury.... They didn't like that did they It was a brilliant day was that. Second half of that game we tore them apart with Arnie, Frandsen and Johansen. Newsome and Warhurst as a brand new central defensive combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 10 minutes ago, paulhanley said: It was a brilliant day was that. Second half of that game we tore them apart with Arnie, Frandsen and Johansen. Newsome and Warhurst as a brand new central defensive combination. Id spent all the pre game selling white love fanzines for @Smileywhich probably contained plenty of material by your good self! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 2 minutes ago, gonzo said: Id spent all the pre game selling white love fanzines for @Smileywhich probably contained plenty of material by your good self! Must have been one of the last few unless I'm getting my chronology all wrong. Think it was late 90s when it stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 6 minutes ago, paulhanley said: Must have been one of the last few unless I'm getting my chronology all wrong. Think it was late 90s when it stopped. It was yes. The last ones were 99ish. I actually remember a piece you wrote about keeping the club going through difficult times. Spend money in the ground and buy a shirt etc. We were in the middle of a big lull. 2nd season down and gates were absolutely shocking. Club seemed be on its arse. ....upstep Sir Edddie and Big Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted February 22 Site Supporter Share Posted February 22 1 hour ago, gonzo said: Aye they certainly seemed to hate us in those couple of fixtures in 99. Never seen an angrier fanbase. Absolutely seething with rage Not much has changed, they even hate their own fans now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L/H White Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Sheehan needs to avoid a yellow in the next 5 games to avoid a 2 game ban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter desperado Posted February 22 Site Supporter Share Posted February 22 2 hours ago, gonzo said: We only laugh at Bury.... They didn't like that did they That would be a cracker to sing to either/both Blackpool and Wigan after beating them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter desperado Posted February 22 Site Supporter Share Posted February 22 1 minute ago, L/H White said: Sheehan needs to avoid a yellow in the next 5 games to avoid a 2 game ban Thought it was a 30 game threshold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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