As part of a piece of work I am doing at school, and in an attempt to find out just how weird we are, I was wondering if anybody would be prepared to share any pre-match ritualistic behaviour. The sort of thing you feel you have to do because if you don't then a loss will be inevitable. Or just odd things that have become habitual.

For instance, before every game I go to, I spray all of my replica shirts with aftershave, even if they're staying at home in my wardrobe. I can't remember when I start doing it, but it was probably a time when I couldn't decide which one to wear. Now I do it compulsively before every match (even when I am staying at home watching on TV). It stinks my wardrobe out and costs me a fortune in aftershave, but I am always certain that if I don't do it Wigan will lose.

Anybody got any others?

Predict the first try scorer with everyone I sit with. If we don't do that Wigan get cock slapped.

Is this part of the ritual?

Only when we play Huddersfield away.

No it's just his fantasy, the bigger the better apparently!

Wear the same shirt as the last if we won if not change shirt.

I do the same pal....its got more to do with pulling it from the wash at the last minute cos it hasn't been done from the week before rather than superstition tho!!



On a serious note the only ritual I can really think of is downing a few pints before kick off......does that count?

We always cross at the same zebra crossing on Ormskirk Road by the bookies. Then we have to do a sweepstake for first Wigan try scorer. I usually end up getting Fielden though

I used to do something similar in that I would wear the exact same outfit.

Got to the point in 2003 that I had to wear two shirts cos we were on a massive unbeaten run. (the 2001 and 2003 home shirts) I was actually glad when we finally lost cos i'd been sweating like f*ck.

If Wigan are playing on the tele, I ban my Grandma from watching as every time she watches Wigan on the box - we lose.

Soon as the music starts and the players are ready to come out.

I rub my hands constantly and wisper "come on lads, come on lads" untill the first tackle.

Im always being ask am i ok

Since 2007 in the play-offs I have always worn that shirt at every game.

As soon as Vangelis starts I always ask my mates if it's the Ghostbusters tune, I'm not sure why I started but I can't shake the habit.

I masturbate for each try I believe we will score. Sometimes, when facing lowly opposition, I have to get up extremely early and take a number of supplements before arriving at the game exhausted.

you and the other 4.5 thousand in the pop side at Knowsley Road

I always point out where Paul Deacon lives/lived when we go past it hahaha done it for about 2 years since we beat Catalans 30-0 at home

its not wigan but blackburn (football sorry, but for the sake of helpping someone do their work) i always eat a candburys double decker before a match.

It start when me and my brother always got the train from warrington to blackburn every saturday and when changing at preston my brother would always buy me a chocolate bar, being my fav i always wanted a double decker. The couple of times we didn't have time to get one or i fancied a change we seemed to lose. My superstition was clinched when i had one before a manchester united game at old trafford and we won (first time in 60 years), but didn't have one against middlesborough and we lost!

now my mum gets me massive packs from costco just so i can have them on match days, seems everyone i know buys me them on matchday now as well.

I always tell my brother if you dont buy me four pints we'll lose

i aint a fat porker either i only have one a week and thats it, no other junk.

Whe we are on our line I shout 'keep em out Wigan' and they never score amazingly!

Also every game I go with one of my mates Boz we always lose 2001 GF, 2004 CC, Catalans 2007 CC semi as well as a boat load of league games.

I only clicked on in 2006 when we went every game and never won a game so I stopped going with him and went with my girlfriend and we went on that amazing run of winning games so I always go to games with 'our floss' now and I've banned my mate from going.

That sounds pretty epic



Every game I have taken my mate andy to, we have won

i used to have a stuffed frog i took to every match, and i kissed it on the nose before kick off, and we always won.

yes i have banned my cousin from coming wigan games, he hasn't seen a live game that we have won since the early 90's, he went all the millenium magics and didn't go murreyfield. He went the saints cup final in cardiff (2004 i think), he went to brewery feilds this year and we all know that result and he came the grand final v bradford (2003 i think).

He has now been banned. He threatened to come up for the grand final if we made it, i'm convince fate heard him say it and made sure we lost in the semi. He also came this years cup final with the tickets being bought before the semi, and low and behold we got beat in it, same happened in 2007 with catalan. Fate knew he was coming so acted quickly.

He's the biggest jinx in the world.


Before you all think he's a glory fan to be fair he lives in cardiff, hence why he can only make the occasional game.

my ritual involves me going for a cr@p .

and i wipe my bum with the number of sheets of bog paper that i think we will win by.
when we play saints i dont bother wiping it.

After having shower i write the score on the steamed up mirror..always get a telling off because u can see the mark for ages after lol