I went today. I am a Wiganer and my town has just won the FA Cup for the first time ever. I think thats incredible and its worth celebrating.

Those of you (on both sides) with chips on their shoulders should just keep their gobs shut with all this tit-for-tat negitivity.

Well said mate..

He screwed Wigan RL over...FACT. There is no room for forgiveness. The man is a joke. Can you imagine the Latics playing an entire season and having an advantage ripped away so casually. . I for one never forget and never forgive. I hope they go down. Those that love everything about the town i can understand but I just love the Rugby League and what Whelan did was unforgiveable.

I don't know why they are changing their branding from cherry and white to blue and white. Surely if the old buses were cherry and white, they must be the towns colours. Even the two most importand sporting teams in the council area (Wigan and Leigh) play in cherry and white.

As a Salford RL and Wigan FC fan this was the first piece of major silverware I've experienced in my life time, amazing scenes. Never been so nervous in my life during that last 5 minutes.

Embarrassing comments on this thread (not Uncle Dave's). There are times when, if you can't find anything good to say, you say nowt.

True.

Well considering it was their FIRST ever major final, im not sure why that's an even an issue. It should be celebrated on a large scale, and don't see what is wrong with that. If they went as often as we have I doubt they would make such a big deal about it, but it was their first. Whether you like it or not the FA Cup is far bigger and far more global then the Challenge Cup. Fact is watching the news in Sydney this morning, the town of Wigan is getting quite alot of attention whereas if the Warriors won the CC, it wouldn't even get a mention.



Over 20'000 Latics fans, and some on here get all upset other one or two posters/signs. This thread is proof that both clubs have too many bitter fans who are more concerned with the other club failing. I know plenty of Latics fans and most will be happy for the club and town if the Warriors win a trophy. Both clubs have these fans who get so upset over the mere existence of the other.

Im glad they won and glad that my home town is getting mentioned so much down under.

nice to see the"little" bloke come out on top for once,too many clubs are bankrolled by big companies and it was great to see dave whelan smiling at the end, lets hope ken davy gets a chance this year to smile for all the hard work he has put into keeping hudds afloat

I read somewhere that the Man City starting 11 cost over £200 million, and Latics' cost £11 million. That is remarkable.

Exactly. There are some right paranoid fools knocking about on here.

Fair play to the Latics, they did Wigan proud yesterday!

We played ONE game on a neutral ground and we won.

Huddersfield played four a couple of years back.

Firstly congrats to Latics. I'm no great football fan, in fact it is the first time i have ever shown any emotion watching a club football game.

As for DW 'hating' us. Complete and utter nonsense. Without doubt his first love is the football club, as mine is the rugby club, but like me and the MAJORITY of wiganers he wants both clubs to do well.

Yeah I saw the banner too; we should try to ignore people like those. It’s sad to see personal jealousy drowning out the community pride for their home town. Well done Latics!

As a man utd fan i was hoping for one winner the latics,latics had a nailed on penalty turned down which the commentators soon forgot about which whelan later mentioned,now they can kick on do nal on tuesday and then do the villa last match.

Good luck to them. I think that any genuine supporter who follows his team deserves a bit of success..........unless it's St Helens!

Incredible effort from the latics club, just a shame the majority of their fans are absolute idiots.

You've got to laugh at the bitterness shown by some on here. I'm not a big football fan but I was jumping for joy when that goal went in because it is WIGAN winning something. So what if some of their supporters are as thick as some of ours?

You support two Super League clubs?

Thatcherite.

Gutted Wigan won. Only team in Wigan is the Warriors

Can't stand them, mainly because a large minority, maybe even majority, of their fans are unbearable. Hoping Arsenal beat them on Tuesday, which would send them down if I've done my maths right

Dave Whelan Thatcherite. Rot in hell

leaving aside potential political affiliations - which are irrelevent at a time like this, , i'm absolutely made up for whelan. without him latics would be nowhere. after what happened to him in the 60 cup final, this must be up there with the finest days of his life. this is a high point for latics that cant realistically be beaten anytime soon (certainly within whelans lifetime).
if latics go down (which is looking probable given that the need to win at the nal mid-week), how much appetite for the fight will he have left now ?
i know that he doesnt manager the team or pick the players, but i just wonder what the impact will be ??
we've seen it with clubs when cup finals have been quickly followed by relegation, and periods of lesser success (leicester, boro, west ham, pompey, bham ...)

anyway, whatever happens next, enjoy the success Mr Whelan. You deserve every second of it

Can't leave politics aside with this mon. Whelan idolised the woman who stood shoulder to shoulder with a fascist dictator who murdered his opponents. Kiss Whelans if you want. Wigan Latics. Wigans Tory club

Am a Saints fan but will testify to the opinions that so many Latics fans just drive me up the wall, they'll jump off the bandwagon in their thousands when they go down though. I like Martinez and can't help but feel happy for Whelan even if he's a bit of a pillock.