I work in Wigan & there were bus stop posters all over the place advertising Season Tickets with Bolton at the start of the season. Guess they have to cast thier net a bit further afield.

Incedently, Letics fans seem to have real issues with Wigan RL - think its a historic thing. So we should probably cherish them: The enemy of my enemy...

Is this any different from rugby league wanting to spread into 'expansion' areas?

Wigan Athletic are just trying to expand their markets like we do, wanting to put RL in Oxford, Northampton etc.

,and to survive as a fa prem club its obvious they are not going to do it from the local township..its been done before, going into different areas trying to poach support even in our game!Bradford Bulls spring to mind

I think with football it is very hard to poach support as people don't transfer allegiance, and if someone was not already a football fan, if they aren't in Wigan, they aren't going to decide to start following Wigan, if they want to follow football why not follow United or jump on the City bandwagon?

At least with RL its most of the time new clubs starting where as this is just a go at getting a few more bums on seats. I bet the guys at Warrington Town who work their butts off to get 150 into the their games where not impressed with the advert.

That's no way to talk about Rouges!