The Cockney Latic board originates from the owners, I believe one of them is a Wiganer who then went to live in London and created the website (not 100% if thats accurate but I think thats right.)

As for the fallout the Latics fans seem to recall times when they were supposedly looked down upon by certain Wigan rugby fans. One of those occasions includes the infamous chippy slogan whereby a local chip shop near the old Springfield Park had a sign in the window that allegedly said 'Good Luck Gillingham' (In case you hadn't guessed, Latics played Gillingham on that date - not sure if it was a big game at the time however)

Then there was the furore over the FA Cup tie when Wigan Athletic drew Liverpool at home. In order to boost revenue & improve the overall attendance the Latics wanted to play the game at Central Park to which the rugby hierarchy simply said 'No'.

Years later Maurice Lindsay was interviewed on the Latics and made an inflammatory statement about the Latics being a 'nice little football club playing in the back yard of rugby league'.

All this led to resentment by the fans of the time and of course when the Latics made it to the Premiership as fate would have it the rugby had hit a bad patch and that hatred spilled out. Of course many of the fans who spout the vitriol probably only have their dads and grandads word that this, that and the other happened but it didn't stop them jumping on the 'town turning blue' bandwagon - Personally I think this is why our attendances were so good when we were so awful.

So thats the history as I know it. Personally I want both to succeed as a Wiganer and won't fall out with the Latics just because some fans are bigoted in their views including my friends. I have even been abused by a Latics fan for supporting the rugby but to react is stooping to a lower level then I am prepared to go.

Think you can bet yer bottom dollar on that pal. The tics struggle to get a full house these days,even against the big teams,always around 5/6 Thou below capacity. I'll stick mi neck out and say IFthey go down,you're looking at crowds of about 10-12,000.

It was supposed to happen a year ago, but I'm not sure if it ever did.

A good question for the forthcoming fans forum?

Hope it's on a Wednesday.

My thoughts exactly mate. Arent PNE about to get relegated?!

Anyway Latics staying up is no better for us than them going down. We have a lease and if they are in Championship then it is less important and therefore they dont have as much of a reasonable reason to kick us out or move our games about.

I think people are forgetting one other thing too. Our lease gives us quite a good legal standing. If Latics DO go bust then our lease will probably not become null and void (I hope I'm right there) and so if Auditors come in then noone can buy the land the stadium is on because of our lease on it needing to be upheld so either we would benefit from someone buying it and having to uphold our lease, giving us however long the lease now is, to build our own stadium or, the preferred option, it would give us the opportunity to buy it at a cut price and become the saviors of the Latics again giving us eternal bragging rights all over again