Yep

I did notice a change in atmosphere at yesterday's game, beyond the normal rivalry into one of outright foul abuse. There seemed a lot of kids there well tanked up, a lot of them smoking. With the potential new ear of friendly spectating which the Olympics have introduced, RL must be careful that it is not seen to be out of its time by a press always keen and eager to stick the knife in.

I didnt tbh. I was in town pre match and all seemed fine. Other than the pint pot thrown when Hock scored, I didnt see anything untoward and even the two police officers I spoke too said all had gone off ok.

Me neither. We were in the Irish Club pre match and had a really good general RL chat with a few people in there.

The Warrington/Wigan games have always had incidents though with the fans (both sets). The last Wigan/Warrington game I went too there was quite a bit of fighting outside the stadium between the two sets of fans. This was a few years ago and I have not and will not go to these games anymore.

Its come to the stage now where its real hatred. We all say we 'hate' St Helens but there is nothing to this scale at those games - the opposite in fact.

I thought there was a noticeably good 'atmosphere' pre-game, lots of fans mingling without any of the usual tense air this fixture generates. Certainly in and around The Rodney.

The main question should be - why didn't Wolfie show us his ar$e?

TBH i don't think it helps having opposite fans segregated into home & away stands ,where the mob mentality of safety in numbers takes over & a bit of banter soon escalates into outright hostility, then spills over to after match trouble. I think life on the terraces was so much better when supporters of both sides were mixed together & meaningful discussions took place on the terraces.

The Locker Cup games used to be bloodbaths.

You weren't the artist I was talking to in the Irish Club were you? That was one of the things that we discussed.

Nor is it a very good idea to allow groups of fans to mix when it comes to Wigan/Warrington games. It'd be a mass brawl.

I've never had any trouble at any RL match I've ever been to (I've been going since 1989/90) but for years I've seen all this stuff on these forums about how dangerous it is and how there are bloodbaths between fans.

To be honest though I do look badass and I presume its because of that when the troublemakers see me they know what's good for them and behave themselves hence me being able to enjoy my sport in peace.

No i wasn't in the Irish club & i was only on pop.

Heaven forbid we get to the stage where fans of one club have to be kept in the ground to let visitors get safely away. That is football not Rugby League.

Our fans have gone down a long way recently.
I used to have a season ticket but work means I can't anymore. Anyway the first game I could make this year was wire at home. The abuse and foul language from the fans there was so bad I haven't actually been to any other game this year because I haven't wanted to as all my rugby going mates are in that stand (we used to be in the east what's it like in the east now?) it's all since there became two of these fan groups one is a good group and the other is just trouble. Im not going to say which is which to avoid confrontation but I'm sure you all know.

They certainly were on the pitch...better than most of the rest of the seasons league games .

There's two of them?

- wolfie does it every week,its just banter between the crowd and wolfie,we ask him to show his ass and he does,quite funny really,hes the best mascot in sl

Yeah. The ones he doesn't want to mention and a fictitious group.

You seriously haven't been to another game because there was foul language!? Don't talk soft! You obviously get idiots at every game but I've been to 100s of games and had nothing but minor incidents. My elderly nanna has been to a few games this season and loves it. Of course you're going to hear bad language and a bit of banter flying about (if there are actually any away fans) but it's nothing to keep away for!! What do you want quiet applause and people shouting "jolly good show chaps!" ?????

Deffo wasn't the real Wolfie yesterday

I can't understand these who no longer go to games because of bad language/trouble. I go to our games at your place and ours now for years and seen no trouble despite the chanting and banter inside.

Now the 70's was a different matter.

Oh yes it was !!!

That could quite possibly be the strangest thing I've ever read on here!

Are you Wolfie in disguise,Are you Wolfie in Disguise..

It wasn't just foul language there was racist language too and people starting on each other.