If you've travelled all over and only seen trouble at Warrington once and the KR incident with the Steward, then why are you condemning Warrington fans? Lets face it, calling Wire fans scum is a popular sport with SOME Wigan fans (they also tar Leeds and Saints with the same brush), but breaking a stewards jaw is infinitely more serious than problems with a few chavs. The steward is there in effect to Police the crowd and breaking someone's jaw amounts to GBH. I would think that if he's been convicted he'll not need a ban, because he'll get 5 years inside.

Just as bad as grown men headbutting women or setting lads lay on the floor on fire?

Yes, I agree. What I don't agree with is that a number of Wigan fans brand all Wire fans scum (the last one was on Friday night), when we aren't. Everyone has a few idiots, but when I tried to argue the point I was ridiculed on your board. Some of us are quite nice you know.

I know a few decent Wire fans, with whom I can have a decent RL discussion, but as you say there are some from the lower edge of society (as have most clubs)

it's not your stand it's a shared stand it's only a full away end if all tickets are sold by the away team.Saints usually fill it moving the west stand season ticket holders having to move into the south stand.This year was the worst away attendance I've seen by Saints for a very long time.Therefore the west stand season ticket holders could stay there but not only that Warrington sold west stand tickets for general sale and a week before the match had 1500 on general sale.

I wasnt condeming Wire fans in general though was I? I was speaking of the idiots that stand in the middle of the west terrace and provoke away fans, this happens all the time it seems after reading other teams forums.

Yes I know its not all and I know a few decent wire fans and met a couple in Edinburgh last year.
But in my personal experience Warrington have more than the chavs who think they are 12 men that all clubs have!
After we finally won at HJ i was in the group of wigan fans many of whom were girls and lads who weighed 8 stone wet through who were outnumbered 2 to 1 by big blokes all of whom could handle themselves and were there simply to have a do at Wigan!
Again after you won the challenge cup last year me and my mate had 5 wire fans come looking to kick off with us purely because we were wigan!

Warrington are suffering from their success and the added surge of absolute fools that are now attending games. The regulars, and I'm sure that includes most of the people on RLFANS are fine, great fans to have a laugh with at games. But there is a growing element of absolutely cock sure lads that are ruining it and it's worse than the idiot element at most clubs.

I think it's only a matter of time before there are serious incidents at games involving Warrington. So many chest beating lads who cannot take you looking in their direction, never mind answering them back. The whole football atmosphere of intimidation and goading has no place in RL, but sadly it's there now. The mentality of people who, with a whole stadium to choose form, choose to buy their ticket in the away end and spend the game asking people what they are looking at needs to be questioned. Warrington as a club shouldn't be selling tickets to people for the away end if the rest of the ground isn't full.

Saddened! I rather think it was the unwillingness of Saints fans to turn up to the game on Friday that resulted in Wire fans being in the away end. If Saints fans don't turn up, what is Warrington supposed to do? Lose money?

Those of us who went were noisy and supportive throughout, even though we lost. We recognised a good effort among the dropped ball and atrocious goal line defence. However, I don't think the Warrington club can be blamed for selling tickets to fans who actually want them (as opposed to Saints fans, who clearly didn't!).

My point entirely.

I don't doubt that. But there are elements of the Warrington fan base who choose that stand whether the rest is sold out or not. And as mentioned before on here, they don't even watch the game.

Maybe when the corners get filled at the HJ the West Stand could be made away fans only.

i always go in the west stand with the away fans.

i like to stand up and watch the game from behind the posts... and the west stand is the only place in the ground i can do this.

I also like to goad away fans, start fights, punch women in the face and set people on fire.

but once on fire do you then have the courtesy to wee on them to put it out....?

Saddened, two things. It's not the away end, and secondly you are a classic case of jumping on the bandwagon. It could also be said that it's only a matter of time before there's a serious incident involving Wigan fans after viewing some of the Chavs at the end of the game at the Stobart a fortnight ago. There's also been a few questions asked of the South Stand at Headingley.
In most Public Order incidents it takes two to tango, believe me.

I know singing and jumping up and down they looked like they good really do some damage!

I didn't have or here of any trouble from the Wigan fans, did anyone?

For the last few years there has been trouble with fans at warrington. Especially at that pub near the station.

I was referring to what may happen if Wigan lose a few games.

So singing and having a good time after beating your rivals shows signs that their could be trouble?


And it wasn't just "Chavs", a lot of people were jumping about and singing.

Page two of this weeks St. Helens Reporter makes interesting reading!!

Have never really found Warrington to be the most plesent of fans. Can't say I've ever attended Warrington without some trouble happening of one form or another. I know we have our own set of loons, as do all clubs, however I do tend to find that our loons are more than likely to try and start a fight with our own fans rather than with other clubs fans.

People often say we have a foul mouthed set of fans, and actually I think we do. However I still think the most shameful chant I heard was one of the less loud ones at a Leeds game 2 or 3 seasons ago, were a very fat lad and his mates thought it was hilarious to make up some chant about the yorkshire ripper and what he did to the women in yorkshire. As you can imagine it did not catch on. But still it's embarrasing to think that some people will find anything amusing for the sake of 'Banter'.

Leeds chant about Bradford being 'just a town full of (Erm lets say a not nice term about asian people)'

Maybe. Entirely irrelevant to the thread, mind.

2/10

They will probably not jump up and down as much!! Doesnt matter at Wire if they win or lose quite a few times!