I've posted before that I wish to have the perpetrators punished.
But I find your final paragraph totally way off the mark. There might be the odd numpty who will claim that Warrington fans did nothing wrong in France, but the vast majority certainly don't. However, evidence will have to be gathered and the factors for what happened understood, before any progress can be made.
What concerns me mostly is we now have a reputation for violence, and violence breeds violence. From my experience of watching the game in the seventies, there was a tit for tat mentality with some groups of supporters at certain clubs. There was even a league table of who had the worse fans, which had the effect of the idiots from each club wanting to be top of it. Coaches being "bricked" became a regular occurrence, and I still keep my colours hidden when coming home from the stadium of an away fixture, because of the experience of that era. I sincerely hope that we aren't heading back to those dark days, but I fear that Warrington will now be a magnet for retribution from some groups of rival supporters wanting to teach Warrington supporters a lesson, making it more difficult to watch RL in a safe and orderly environment.
I agree that Warrington need to take action against any identifiable culprit (and for Catalans to do the same), but this needs time to so. This won't be done quickly enough for some folk, and the episode with the Saints coach may prove impossible for the club to be able to do anything about (hopefully the police can do something if the perpetrator(s) can be ID'd).
it's a poor situation for us to be in, but the "pitchfork waving" and misjudged claims that were blaming everyone else but ourselves, are not going help to resolve anything.

I've put this on VT:

'First of all, I'm not justifying the minority of Wire fans' misbehaviour in any way. Like most Wire fans, we're all quite ashamed that those people climbing up were representing our club as supporters.

Nothing's quite black and white though (no reference to Hull!). My Dad has just returned from France after watching the game. He's 68 and always gives honest, trustworthy opinions of things. He was 30m away, but had a reasonable view of events unfolding, not the best, but nevertheless valid. He said that some of the Catalan fans in the VIP area had started to throw glass bottles and glasses at the Wire fans. One of these hit a kid and it went off from then.

There's no excuse for the scenes we saw, but without making excuses, some of you may understand why it kicked off. Its not black and white. Like most things, it takes two to tango (pardon the pun), and so far from reports from friends who went, the Catalan fans played more than a part to causing this. Also, Ben Pomeroy has been mentioned by a few- I won't say anymore!

That said, those fans climbing up should be identified and punished. It's genuinely an embarrassment to me as a Wire fan and most others who are descent, respecting to fans like most of you. I would like to think that most other fans have a nice experience with our fans, as I do with you if I have the pleasure to meet you in the pub before or after games. A few years back when we played Cats at Widnes in the cc semi-final, the whole stand of Wire fans stood up and clapped when the few Catalans fans made their arrival. Nice one to the previous Hudds poster as well- our friendship and respect certainly goes the other way.'

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You'll be safe as houses when we play each other. Just say boo to them and they'll soon f off. They're just just nob-ends who've watched Football Factory and think their hard. Pure embarrassing. Most of us Wire fans are descent. The ones who aren't are just pathetic Green Street wannabes and will run a mile, I've seen it before. Like those idiot England fans who raise their arms at opposition fans, only to run a mile when they get some back.

Anyhow, you're looking better as the season progresses. I think you'll have our number next game. By the way, two great signings in Hastings and Burgess for next year- looking good for you guys.

But last week it wasn't black and white either, there was this imaginary kid who was hit with a bottle then vanished into thin air, as though his/her parents wouldn't be screaming blue murder about it. There will always be some reason it wasn't Warrington fans at fault.

We do have a few bell-ends. But you do have to wonder why those idiots did what they did. It's not an excuse, far from it as I know we have a number of toe rags. But, I've never seen in the 30 years of watching rl anything like that, certainly not from Wire fans.

But no excuses. I just hope that most of you know that most of us are descent. We need to weed the s out.

Last time we played Wire at our place there were several groups of Warrington supporters trying to start fights on the way to the carpark. The most embarrassing incident was when a teenager in a mixed age group was offering to take on allcomers shouted on by a couple of teen girls and a middle aged couple. They had managed to separate a mid thirties bloke who was giving some back. Eventually the young bloke got worked up enough to throw a punch and got lathered. Mum and sister/girlfriend went wild because sweet innocent Jonny got his ass handed to him. I could still hear them when I got to the other side of the pitches.

That's disgraceful and shameful. We need to weed these s out cos it looks like there's a few. Apologies on the behalf of the vast majority who have nothing to do with these embarrassments. I would like to think that if I was there, I'd try and stick up for the innocent fans, though easier said than done. By the way, I've never had any trouble personally from Wigan fans, always had a pleasant time in the locals, even with colours on- in 30 odd years.

You won't with most wiganers but last year me my older brother and my 15 year old niece were set upon by about a dozen wire fans for no reason causing damage to the drivers door of my Jaguar XJ which i worked hard for i don't drink or smoke and i take pride in my car and motorbike i am probably not going on Friday even though I'm a season ticket holder as i don't want my present car damaged i will watch it on TV

It is obvious that many of the supporters making defensive comments for Warrington on this subject were not around in the seventies when their supporters were regarded as the worse in the league due to the amount of trouble they caused on their visits to other grounds. It was like going to a Latic's match with the amount of Police involved.

It was so bad at the time that many supporters of other clubs including Wigan would never go to a game at Warrington, especially at the time they played at Wilderspool.

The recent trouble has been nothing like those day's.

Some have short memories on here.

It wasn’t too long ago we had fighting almost weekly in the South Stand and at some away games. So to sit there and label Warrington a “dump” and their fans as “vile” really is rather hypocritical.

I work in Warrington and to be totally honest it’s a very nice place to go and work in. It’s town centre shames ours. Is there rough areas? Of course. Same as there is in Wigan. That comment from a previous poster calling Warrington a dump was totally off track and a great deflection tool.

99% of Warrington fans I’ve met and spoken to, before and after matches (including OT) were highly respectable and good people. Sit and tar them all with the same brush if you will but don’t try and portray all Wigan fans as a shining example of how fans should behave; just remember we have our fair share of idiots also. The pot has called the kettle black numerous times on this thread.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/9718136/ ... e-referee/ Dragging the sport through the dirt and can't accept they have an issue. How are the apologists going to excuse this?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/9718136/ ... e-referee/ Dragging the sport through the dirt and can't accept they have an issue. How are the apologists going to excuse this?

Was reported in the Warrington Guardian in June... He got banned by the
Club and reported to the police... Shock the Sun dragging stuff up to get a
Few views

You are right, nothing can justify reading that "newspsper"

I see the culprit already met with Hicks and apologised. Wire issued him with a suspended ban. A line already drawn under the episode.

The Sun sensationalising again.

Its come about cos of this article. https://www.rugby-league.com/article/55 ... me-message

Its come about cos of this article. https://www.rugby-league.com/article/55 ... me-message

The sad thing is that the Sun is the most bought newspaper in the country.

You only have to remember their disgraceful news coverage of the Hillsborough disaster when 96 Liverpool supporters lost their lives.

It might have something to do with inbreeding. They should have made an example of the clown.

Poor week for Wire...we must strive to be a model club like Wigan.

Yiou should change the name to "Rubber Tortoise" you have been hiding in your shell for long enough. Couldn't stay off the site when things were going well.

Anyone calling people "Scum" is out of order
Anyone who deflects blame for a problem that has festered within a club (And Warrington is the only ground that my wife and kids wouldn't go to due to a series of unsavoury incidents going back 10/15 years so they have their reasons that I agree with) is burying their head in the same and open to criticism so don't be surprised

However
The biggest question is this

How's that Bet on staying unbeaten for rest of season going on?

Well said pal
I have been home and away this season watching my beloved warriors and away at Warrington and never once felt intimidated or threatened in any way and that was before and after the game whilst mingling with supporters from both clubs
I agree that every club will have a minority of amoeba brains and Wigan is no different as I saw at several matches where someone in the crowd thought it was acceptable to let off flares and one was even thrown onto the pitch at Castleford just behind the cas players
These are highly dangerous pyrotechnics and can burn up to 18000 degrees(the marine flares) so to throw them or even set them off in a close proximity crowd where there are young children present just beggars belief

I have 35 years of experiencing the warrington fans and although they are not as bad as they were that hooligan element is still active and always will be,also our supporters use smoke bombs and not flares,i once remember at the ZOO as wilderspool was called back in the day Henderson Gill and ellery Hanley being subjected to monkey chants and throwing bananas I'm not really sure what Dessie Drummond made of all this i once remember him going into the crowd at widnes over some racists and how he was criticised at the time by the idiots in charge of the RFL

Forget that. He can clean up just from tonight with them @ 9/4 on SkyBet

What i don't like about going to the Wigan games is that we (Wire) seem to attract young ,intoxicated people who tend to stand near the top of the stand & soak everyone else in beer. Perhaps matters at games are not helped by the cheap booze available to these cretins who don't know when they've had enough. Supermarkets & early opening pubs don't help matters when coupled with the demands of sky schedules for evening fixtures. At the semi final at Bolton there was a gang of idiots blocking the steps & concourse & setting smoke flares off under the stands.

I actually feel sorry for the proper Wire fans, and I know a few of them who are good people. We always go into The Irish club on Orford Lane pre match and have always had a bit of good craic in there, never any problem. The morons are giving their club a bad name and need to be identified and weeded out.

The throwing of beer happens with most fan bases, the retards that need to be in a big group that need to show their emotions that are probably pent up from the last big game they went to.