You are.

Very wrong....Andy Gregory was born in Wigan and had played junior rugby league in the town before signing for Widnes. He had a successful time at Naughton Park before making the short trip to Warrington in the mid eighties. Wigan finally signed Andy from Warrington in 1986 for a reported £130,000 fee

thankyou i stand corrected

we're certainly not the old wigan.

....Oh dear......

I think some opposing fans just don't like the fact that SOME Wire fans like to glory in the idea that we are 'hated'...It just comes across as tedious self-importance..



It is this small section of Wire fans that people don't particularly like (including myself) rather than the Wire club itself....In reality I actually think that most RL fans have an admiration/envy for our (or more accurately, Simon Moran's) ambition.

Too much paranoia here. There are always fans of some clubs who will hate other clubs, it doesn't matter how successful or otherwise they are. When we were garbage in 2002 all the Salford and Widnes fans were saying how much they wanted us to go down and the Saints and Wigan fans were laughing at our plight and saying how it would be hilarious if w**ky warrington finally got relegated.

Hull FC have always been hated by a lot of other clubs fans, Wakefield and Cas hate each other etc.

One factor which probably irritates other clubs fans about Warrington however is that we are talked about in the media a lot, whether we are doing well or badly. For some reason Warringtons fortunes have always taken up a lot of talk time on the radio and in newspapers, out of proportion to our success, Newcastle United has the same thing in football which is why probably a lot of people revelled in them getting relegated.

Wire2000 wrote: That was before the salary cap when wigan bought players and didn't play them just so other clubs could not have them and compete.



Your statement is the idiotic one, the above post being 100% accurate.

Yes, it is correct. They took gregory from us, lydon from widnes, hanley from bradford and platt and connolly from saints. But if you believe some of their fans then the entire side of that era came through the wigan ranks.

Yes, and at various other stages they took Skerrett from Bradford, Offiah from Widnes, McGinty from us, Goodway from Oldham, Cowie from Rochdale, O'Connor from Salford, signed Bell, Shelford, Miles, etc from down under, and spent huge amounts on All Blacks Rugby Union players like Botica & Tuigamala.

As Moe points out, the idea they were a homegrown side full of talented Wiganers is a myth....

so if you begin to dominate super league you will be something like the old Wigan

A bit off a silly question,we are Warrington Wolves all ways have been all ways will be.Who cares if no one likes us.

its not dislike its just that not many take much notice of you ,,yet, but keep trying and who knows?

So why are you here?

well i actually agree with the last poster why go on about wigan ?.
you are warrington .
arent you?

yes we are,and thats the way it should be.I would start to worry, if people label us as the next Wigan.

People don't like us (Wigan) because of our PAST dominance of the sport and our recent inability to budget the cap.

People dont like Saints because of their recent sucess, the fact they have/had some very good players.

People dont like Warrington purely because of SOME of your fans. Nothing to do what goes on on the pitch.

You are not the new Wigan, you are not the new Saints, you are the new "old" warrington but with a trophy.

(Oh and im only on this board because there was that many wigan threads I thought it was the Wigan board)

What an absolutely pathetic excuse.

It's alright, I don't like Wigan anymore after some of your fans attitudes this year. Some of them are right two-hats.

I can't believe we have any more or less troublesome fans than any other provincial North West town.

Quote ="Wires71"I can't believe we have any more or less troublesome fans than any other provincial North West town.'" Read this: www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Game-Unt ... 1903158621 We don't get shown in a very positive light, even if it is a couple of decades ago.

Quote ="Wires71"I can't believe we have any more or less troublesome fans than any other provincial North West town.'" Read this: www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Game-Unt ... 1903158621 We don't get shown in a very positive light, even if it is a couple of decades ago.

FWIW i think we are the new Wigan not because of the number of other fans that dont like us but because we have a decent number of fans that will get on the back of players after one or two games. Expectation has provided some fans with a mindset that only players like Darren Lockyer would be accepted, When these players fail to settle in they get on their case straight away that they are not at the top of the Goldthorpe medal league and want to send them back and replace them with some youngsters who have played a couple of games. When they eventually settle in they are still reluctant to accept them.
In short we have some fans who will never be happy. We possibly a greater percentage of these than maybe Wakey, Cas and Hull KR which is brought about by expectation.
before we get the "Accepting mediocrity" posts it is more about managing expectation.

With due respect to you even Saints were never the new Wigan. Times have changed and so has the game, I'm sure you will be more than happy to set a bench mark yourselves rather than worrying about what we've done in the past, because that is only what it is.

Good post. Also nice to see a Wigan fan who sees it as it really is. We are not, and never will be the new Wigan. We are Warrington, and if we really are entering a 'golden era,' then that would be great. If we don't, I'm sure that most of us will still be here watching the Wire as always.

Quote ="getdownmonkeyman"Read this: www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Game-Unt ... 1903158621 We don't get shown in a very positive light, even if it is a couple of decades ago.'" I got that book and we have our very own chapter!! But wait a minute, so do wigan and saints.

Quote ="getdownmonkeyman"Read this: www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Game-Unt ... 1903158621 We don't get shown in a very positive light, even if it is a couple of decades ago.'" I got that book and we have our very own chapter!! But wait a minute, so do wigan and saints.

Not read it, nor do I have any intention of doing so, but I have been led to believe that it's a load of donkey poo, and this said individual, may not even exist. I work with a Saints fan who was around in the so called 'hey day'and he reckons some of this book are tall tales. Not all mind you.