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Not impressed one bit if i'm being totally honest. You fight all season to gain home advantage and then basically throw it away. Has the defeat in the challenge cup to Hull KR not sunk in with the club yet. Lets here all the do gooders now proclaiming that its good for Wigan and the sport blah blah

A brave decision to play there.

Works for me. I'm moving to London late August

I know we'd never hope to fill the larger stadiums, but Millwall ?! Jellied eels anyone?

You obviously do not know the area.

Agreed, let's hope we do not lose this game and miss the top 4 or the top 2 by 2 points, not a nice place to go as a football fan, nothing apart from riot police around the ground , can not see the great and the good from London travelling to the Den to watch this game, we shall see Mr Chairman.

why the hell do wigan want to play home game in London.?some right comedians running the game now.no wonder its going down the pan.

I can understand local fans' irritation, but I think it's just about on balance a move by the Club worth supporting. Perhaps I *would* say that, as London is nearer to me than Wigan (but still 100 miles away), but I'll be going, and encouraging my son and his friends, who live in London, to go. Everyone knows someone who lives in London. If we all encouraged our friends to go...

As for the area, there'll be no need for riot police for a SL game.

I'm surprised the club are offering free travel as I'm sure Lenagan mentioned that wouldn't be happening a while ago.

It does state that the free travel with have 'limitations' though on the official site so it may be the first 1,000 or similar.

In terms of throwing home advantage away- If we can't beat the travel sick French in London or any other place outside of France then we can't complain (although I appreciate our away form isn't sparkling).

Agreed. We should be able to beat Catalans in England. At least it's a Saturday, so can make a weekend of it in London.


The Den not that well served by the Tube, I see (like much of South London). I'll rely on my son's local knowledge for the buses.

Total disrespect to Wigan fans and season ticket holders from your Chairman.

He should fund this crazy venture himself.

Would think the limitations will be that free travel will be from the Wigan area only . Cant see them putting a bus on for me and the Lad lol .

Never mind Flights down and up on the same day already booked . Giants on the Thursday is a bigger pain in the backside .

Regards , EW

I'm all for it , I think it's a great idea and we should be more positive about this.
We have to move the game and the club forward and we can't do that without taking risks and backing what the club is trying to do.
The pre-season match in London on a Friday afternoon is a prime example of thinking outside the box and it's proved popular and a success.
We should get down there in numbers and support the team and the club in this latest adventure.

Why? Why should we do this what does it bring to the club? what does it do for the fans and more so where will it end?

London Bridge station (rail) is a bit of a nightmare at the moment due to redevelopment but you should be able to get a train to South Bermondsey - this is next door to the Den and I think there's a direct walkway to the ground.

You can also walk it from Surrey Quays (London Overground East London line) in about 15 mins - but watch yourself round there. There'll be plenty of unfriendly locals only too happy to set about anyone from outside an SE1, SE16, SE8 postcode who's strayed onto their manor.

Im glad Wigan have done it. I'm looking forward to watching a Super League game in London. The Den is a short walk from South Bermondsey Station which is one stop out of London Bridge.

take it from the post you would not advise travelling down in the car and parking near the ground then

Ignore people saying it's rough (I live 10 minutes walk away). Granted it's not the most scenic place in the World but any potential for problems are restricted to football really (although I can vouch for the intimidation factor of the football games) - otherwise just exercise normal common sense and it'll be fine, there are far worse areas in Wigan.

Logistically it's reasonably accessible, there's a train station next to the ground as mentioned, and the Overground (a train that stops as often as an Underground tube for the uninitiated) is about a 10/15 minute walk away. In fact it's much more accessible from Euston than any of the venues London Broncos have used in the past decade or more. It's half surrounded by an industrial estate so for a smaller event parking shouldn't be a problem.

There aren't many great boozing options though...

Still think Loftus Road or Craven Cottage would be a better option for RL in London.

Actually, lived in Southwark for 5 years of the 12 I was in London, so nearly neighbours. Although I do admit the only time I've been to Millwall was in the late eighties when they were at home to West Ham. That [iwas [/ian interesting day.

Well I wouldn't leave mine there

Was that at the Old Den? Cold Blow Lane? Can't remember when it was that the 'Wall moved to Zampa Rd. '88? I'd moved from the area by then.

The benefits to Wigan as a club are laid out by IL in the announcement (blue chip companies, wider talent pool).

As a businessman he's obviously weighed up where he can make some gains outside of the normal activities the club are engaged in. All of this will be underpinned by plenty of research and plenty of groundwork put in before the decision was made.

In regards to 'where will this end' question the fact we've been running with friendlies in the capital for a while and we've just launched the business club project suggests it's a long term kind of thing.

The only thing I have an issue on is IL saying our goal is to be the biggest club in the world. I'm a BIG IL fan but I just don't think he truly means it. If he does then he needs to see that for all the potential good this will provide us with its all undone by the current attitude towards the first team.

If he wants us to be the best in the world why doesn't he bring in a proper head coach, invest in some more top quality players or stop the jobs for the boys culture? The fact we are constantly looking to the juniors or for that next project signing like Gelling makes a mockery of stuff like this imo.

Can't remember exactly - it would have been very late eighties: 88/9. I do know it was against West Ham though. (I [iwas [/ipersuaded to go (dragged along) as part of a double-date so memory is a little hazy - except for avoiding the inevitable (let's just say) "disagreements" in the crowd at full time).