On five live straight after the cup win


"At the start, secretly I didn't think we could win. I thought we'd fight and we would be close.

"You cannot describe what it feels like when you get hold of that FA Cup. Now we want Wigan rugby league team to come here and lift the Challenge Cup, and then both the cups are in Wigan!"

Good to see how behind the scenes the clubs are very close as they should be, Well done Latics fantastic achievement, now over to us starting at HKR tomorrow..

Well done Wigan Athletic hope we can lift the Challenge cup as well .

All for congratulating Latics, its a great achievement for them and the town. But it'll be interesting to see how many latics fans will be supporting us and wanting us to win IF we get to Wembley like lots of Warriors fans have supported them.

Well done Latics - and I hope they stay up as well.

Unfortunately, I think this thread will only go one way

I know many that already do.

Fair play they deserved it well played , well said DW, I will be there tomorrow and want to see us lift that Cup at Wembley.
Good incentive to our players to see those scenes from Wembley after the game.
Would be a good double !

If we do, it would be bloody awesome....

Well done to the Latics today. Pleased for them as I like Martinez. As for the Challenge Cup going to Wigan, I'm not so sure

Great win - well done Latics. Put Wigan on the map.

[size=200Year of the wolfs[/size

Again

Incredible effort from them, you have to applaud it. A real once in a lifetime achievement and I know plenty who support grassroots amateur rl as well as SL level that are Latics fans too. it would be a pretty unique double having both cups in town.

another Latics thread?

im gutted they won tbh...hope they go down.

Not really, a thread celebrating a town constantly punching above it's weight maybe..I hope they stay up.

Wonder if cockney latic would have a similar thread to this if it was the other way around

Anyone spot the "one team in wigan" banner at the end?

They hate us, with a passion and would gladly see us tossed out of that stadium and on the scrap heap, trust me, I know enough of them. Go on that famous video site and watch the videos of them burning wigan rugby posters in the toilets when they played liverpool at home

I really like Martinez, he seems a really decent bloke. I never thought that Latics would beat City, but they did well all game and I guessed at half time that they'd win 1-0 and score at the end, it was just that type of match. Happy that City have won nowt

No they don't, Maybe just maybe, they have similar numbskulls that we have at our club, yeah i saw that banner and thought of people like pie man on here, the main people at both clubs don't think like that.

One minute i feel like this



The next i feel like this

As much as i would really like to be happy for them, there is a large proportion of their fanbase that i cannot tolerate.

I am happy for the town (even though i am only a naturalised Wiganer) and happy for the institute of Wigan Athletic and the players, coaches and backroom staff.

I can't bring myself to extend any congratulations to many of the supporters. Mainly because i can't stand them.

My point exactly, it will be interesting to see how many of them want us to win if we get to the challenge cup final or the grand final. I see so much hatred towards Wigan Warriors, its just hilarious. I take it as a compliment to how great our team, club and history is

No congratulations from me either, hate their fans with a passion

Really?

You obviously dont know as many as i do then. I only personally know one latics fan that doesnt have a deep bitter hatred for Wigan RL. Id say at least 75% of the wigan athletic fan base hate wigan rugby, thats how its always been. Venture into wigan tonight im willing to bet you any amount of money "theres only one team in wigan" is ringing out loud and clear in the pubs and clubs of wigan

"Now we want Wigan rugby league team to come here and lift the Challenge Cup, and then both the cups are in Wigan!"
No subtle sideswipe there then. Lets wait to see the council spending ratepayers money on posters IF we get to Wembley, nice for them to show their true colours at last, bit different from the stony silence that emits when WRLFC goes to Wembley.
I'm amazed that Whelan has not asked for tomorrows coach to Hull to pick up somewhere other than HIS ground. That man will never rest till he has destroyed WRLFC. That is MY view and I will be sticking to it, thanks.

Ok then, maybe just my hope for our sporting town..i'll leave the rest to Dave and IL's influence..

Brilliant day for the town, Very proud and as a fan of Both clubs I couldn't be happier. After going to the Swansea game on Tuesday night I feared for the worst.

What Wigan have achieved today is one of those upsets that will go down in History and is something that has put Wigan on the map on a global scale.. Something I doubt I'll ever see again in my lifetime.

And for all the people harping on about how "they all" hate us... I see it go both way's and I couldn't be more embarrassed by the whole situation. How much more supported could both clubs be if both sides didn't have such bitter fans towards each other.

Only one town in Wigan banner? who cares? I've stayed quiet for years when the "country roads" song is played.

personally I'll never forgive Whelan what he did in the playoffs. A whole seasons work made to play on a neutral ground. You dont see Hull and Huddersfield having that issue. He screwed us over and I want nothing but failure for him. As much as I love an underdog story and its good for the town, i dont want to that man have any success. Fingers crossed in 2 weeks his joy turns to tears.

I Know, i felt the same..it was a take..it won't happen again..i hope latics stay up.