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Wigan End Sold Out
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:52 amby marky No.1
Some of us thought it would be a dip in away fans being a Tuesday, should be 5000+
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:06 amby Gone_Shrimping
marky No.1 wrote:Some of us thought it would be a dip in away fans being a Tuesday, should be 5000+
Amazing , they once took 15 (fifteen) to White Hart Lane when in the Premier League admittedly it was a midweek match.
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:29 amby Bristol Shrimp
Not that I doubt you - but have you got proof of that? That's a remarkable stat if true and that would be incredibly shocking.
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:47 amby Gone_Shrimping
Bristol Shrimp wrote:Not that I doubt you - but have you got proof of that? That's a remarkable stat if true and that would be incredibly shocking.
Still looking for it. Here is a clip of a game where they took 300 to Tottenham on a Saturday which in the PL is very poor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv_9-yh43Tw
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:01 pmby Born again Bill
Bearing in mind Wigan folk are known as "pie eaters " i hope the club chef (also a Wigan Fan) is working overtime making as many pies as possible ££££££
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:27 pmby Bristol Shrimp
Gone_Shrimping wrote:Bristol Shrimp wrote:Not that I doubt you - but have you got proof of that? That's a remarkable stat if true and that would be incredibly shocking.
Still looking for it. Here is a clip of a game where they took 300 to Tottenham on a Saturday which in the PL is very poor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv_9-yh43Tw
That is shocking. We took 317 to Wimbledon I think haha
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:50 pmby Shrimp Girl
marky No.1 wrote:Some of us thought it would be a dip in away fans being a Tuesday, should be 5000+
So.. if anyone wanted to help with the post match litter picking, Tuesday would be a good match to give it a go
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:44 pmby marky No.1
Bristol Shrimp wrote:Not that I doubt you - but have you got proof of that? That's a remarkable stat if true and that would be incredibly shocking.
LATICS WILL BE BACKED BY ANOTHER SOLD OUT AWAY END ON THE ROAD AS WE TAKE ON MORECAMBE FC ON TUESDAY NIGHT
Sold Out | Tuesday's trip to Morecambe FC
Latics fans sell out full allocation of 1,700 tickets for Tuesday's game
Fans not making the trip to the Mazuma Stadium can stream the game live on Latics TV!
Tickets for Latics’ trip to Morecambe FC on Tuesday 18 January are now sold out.
Leam Richardson’s side head to the Mazuma Stadium in confident mood following the 2-1 win at Doncaster Rovers at the weekend, making it 15 games unbeaten in all competitions.
https://wiganathletic.com/news/2022/jan ... ecambe-fc/
Re: Wigan End Sold Out
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:18 pmby Bristol Shrimp
Sorry - I wasn't talking about that. I was talking about Wigan taking 15 away fans to spurs.
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:49 pmby marky No.1
Bristol Shrimp wrote:Sorry - I wasn't talking about that. I was talking about Wigan taking 15 away fans to spurs.
Ah right , sorry. It was in 2012
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:54 pmby Gone_Shrimping
marky No.1 wrote:Bristol Shrimp wrote:Sorry - I wasn't talking about that. I was talking about Wigan taking 15 away fans to spurs.
Ah right , sorry. It was in 2012
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I'm glad you found that. I thought it was 15 away fans !
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 3:02 pmby marky No.1
Gone_Shrimping wrote:marky No.1 wrote:Bristol Shrimp wrote:Sorry - I wasn't talking about that. I was talking about Wigan taking 15 away fans to spurs.
Ah right , sorry. It was in 2012
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I'm glad you found that. I thought it was 15 away fans !
Was it the game that Wigan won 1.0 ? Booed for taking Defoe off?
Re: Wigan End Sold Out
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 3:07 pmby Wild Bill
Just goes to show that staying or indeed stagnating at a level breeds apathy. Wigan probably had some really decent away followings in their first season in the premier league. Now after a couple of relegations the team are near the top of the table, so a new ground and local derby has got the locals interested again.
Our crowds got progressively worse in L2 but have this season easily doubled. Macclesfield have done the same by being dropped several divisions but now seeing a winning team and a bit of investment. Football fans just need either a bit of excitement or something to believe in.
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 3:08 pmby marky No.1
Thinking about it, was the pic not a wind up as it was taken 15 minutes before kick off?
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 3:28 pmby Gone_Shrimping
marky No.1 wrote:Thinking about it, was the pic not a wind up as it was taken 15 minutes before kick off?
Yes , Wigan won 0-1 on 3rd November 2012 at White Hart Lane and were relegated but still beat Man City in the FA Cup final. The away attendance was 15 so that photo not a wind up.
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 3:36 pmby marky No.1
Gone_Shrimping wrote:marky No.1 wrote:Thinking about it, was the pic not a wind up as it was taken 15 minutes before kick off?
Yes , Wigan won 0-1 on 3rd November 2012 at White Hart Lane and were relegated but still beat Man City in the FA Cup final. The away attendance was 15 so that photo not a wind up.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... eport.html
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 5:51 pmby BerlinWaller
I hope we have enough buns for those wrong un's to stick their pies in!
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:34 pmby Westgate Wanderer
Was the last time we played Wigan in a league the old Northern Premier League?
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:49 pmby Wild Bill
Probably 1978?
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:57 pmby Phoenix Shrimp 2017
Good question that. Going purely from memory I remember playing them 3 times in the FA Trophy quarter finals in the late 70’s. 1-1 at CP, 0-0 in the first replay at Springfield Park and a 0-1 loss at Ewood Park in the second replay.
Can’t remember any other matches against them after that but there may well have been?
Accumulated attendance of roughly 23,000 for the 3 games.
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:11 pmby SEASIDECLARET
In fact that trilogy of games was 1972-1973 season, the year prior to us winning at Wembley for the first time. Wigan, overwhelming favourites lost easily to Scarborough in the final. Whilst my interest in the F A Trophy is nowhere near as focused as it was when we played in it, the aggregate attendance of those 3 games was ( and imagine still is) a record for the FA Trophy. I seem to recall that Jeff Street broke his leg in one of those games
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:24 pmby Phoenix Shrimp 2017
Ah earlier than I remembered. Got to all 3 games but can’t remember Jeff breaking his leg. Then again can’t remember much apart from Russ Perkins heading an equaliser at CP.
Wigan were the giants of non league back then so playing them in any game was a big deal. Feel sure we must have played them in the NPL after that but memory is a blank on that one.
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Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:32 pmby Alan
Phoenix Shrimp 2017 wrote: Feel sure we must have played them in the NPL after that but memory is a blank on that one.
I have a memory of 'Mad George' being taken off the coach in the Springfield Park car park by the local police. On finally leaving the packed car park we picked him up legging it up the road about half a mile away , claiming he had managed to escape !
I'm sure this was later than 72-73.
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Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:00 amby Martin
We last played Wigan in the league in the 1977/78 Northern Premier League season.
We lost 2-1 at home, then drew 1-1 away.
They finished runners-up that season while we were 21st (not too dissimilar to our current positions)
Re: Wigan End Sold Out
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Tue Jan 18, 2022 2:18 pmby Potted Shrimp
This was one of the games I looked out for first on the fixture list along with Bolton.it is interesting, I remember them only taking a few hundred to Man City when they were in the pl - their away supper was poor during the pl years. Maybe it was due to the costs but atmosphere tonight will be great.