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So the latics will get their own store inside the stadium and we will have tents outside. One more reason to hate DW.

Let them, we should have a brand new one in the town centre AND portable tents/vans around the ground.

The stadium is Wigan Athletics', we're mere tennants. Unfortunately, Ian Lenegan is happy with this and is the only thing I can disagree with him.

we'll be having one in the lounge under the east stand aswell as trailers outside before every match.

Don't think there has ever been another time when the town has been so divided.

This is one reason why the football will struggle to increase attendances.
Only 21K against Liverpool the other night (with over 5,000 Liverpool fans)....tut tut.

it says theyve APPLIED for planning permission.......it doesnt say they have it.

iirc when the JJB was originally built planning permission for a shop was refused.
but that was when whelan owned JJB.

so i reckon if enough folk object to it on the grounds of bias, we might find enough councillors with the guts to turn it down unless its a joint venture with warriors.

everyone get writing to the planning dept.

The WEP talks about other planned Wigan Athletic developments at the JJB

I am fine re ground sharing. Being treated like mugs I am not.

Who cares, really? Let 'em have it.

Just read that in the WEP, i think you will find its more of us missing the boat.

I would rather stick with Mick Hogans view to get a store in the centre of town, commercially would be much better.

Will they be filling the shop with Liverpool and United tops to satisfy 80% of the Wigan football supporting public.

Yes I agree a town centre store will be commercially better, depending on the rent. But we are making do with sellers inside the south stand why cant the stadium store be dual use?

Quote ="Orrell Lad"Who cares, really? Let 'em have it.'" what??? and watch wigans most hated rake it in??? anyway....heres the planning application and some phone numbers to voice objections kinnear.wigan.gov.uk/planapps/Pl ... A/09/72382 planit@wiganmbc.gov.uk e mail addy for Mr K Foster...planning name of applicant Clem Turton Limited Agent's Address PO Box 513 Wigan Gt Manchester WN1 9AJ Ftao Mr John Ashcroft

Quote ="Orrell Lad"Who cares, really? Let 'em have it.'" what??? and watch wigans most hated rake it in??? anyway....heres the planning application and some phone numbers to voice objections kinnear.wigan.gov.uk/planapps/Pl ... A/09/72382 planit@wiganmbc.gov.uk e mail addy for Mr K Foster...planning name of applicant Clem Turton Limited Agent's Address PO Box 513 Wigan Gt Manchester WN1 9AJ Ftao Mr John Ashcroft

"The supporters deserve a club shop they can be proud of."

DESERVE!!!

Got to be the most laughable comment i have ever heard, unless he is referring to the 1,000 who used to turn up every week watching them 10 years ago.

They will all have their United and City tops back on as soon as they get relegated.

That 5,000 was just in the South Stand, how many had Liverpool tops on under their jackets in the home stands.

It's got nothing to do with me!

Indeed. In fact this is one of the reasons why there is trouble year after year in the East Stand for this particular fixture.

A shop is well overdue for both clubs. Whelan decides to put the Latics one at the stadium, fine - I'm sure it will do well.

Having the opportunity to buy rugby merchandise at the stadium and at an outlet in the town centre seems about right to me.

Surly one in the town centre would be better, and just set up stalls on the 14 or so days that we actually have a match at the stadium.

Wooooooow

Thats it were doomed. the towns finally turned blue .how will we ever survive knowing the tics have a shop in the stadium

we have warriors world, and surely a shop at the stadium would benefit fans who go down to buy tickets.

what is the problem with stocking the shop with both teams merchandise?

has whelan got the monk on because hes not creaming owt off our shirt sales?

I agree with that totally.

It has always been ridiculous that the football team has not had a club shop and has had so little for it fans to buy, clubs a couple of leagues down have more for pitys sakes!!

That said I hope that we do have a shop in the town centre imo the current shop is way too small. If we did have a shop in the town centre the facility to sell tickets for our games would be something I think the club should consider.

doesnt this bit of the article set the alarm bells ringing??

Further announcements on future developments are expected to be made, "as the club looks to establish itself further as a Premier League property", the statement said

paint the stadium blue and white?
remove the red seats and replace with blue?
football posts a permanent fixture?

got me worrying

Who cares where our shop is, and what the latics are doing. We are Wigan RL and we have a history to be proud of, latics will have afew more years in the premiership and then get relegated and no one will give them a big money take over because the crowds are not big enough, they will become a very average side in the championship.

Ditto Pie Man

Some people have some very short memories when it comes to crowds. We went from getting 3 or 4 thousand a game at the start of the 80s in the second division to getting 14 or 15 thousand 10 years later, yet some are criticising the Latics support for pretty much the same thing that happened to us.

Yet another thread where some people's enormous insecurity about the Latics is there for all to see. I really don't know why some are threatened by them?

Exatly, like the one they used to have in the soccer dome thing that was the official club shop of both teams