Rugby League thread

Warrington...The Wire... whatever you want to call them.
Never been a 'big' club and never will be.
 
Nascent Blues said:
My 73 yeard old dad, a long standing Salford supporter, has been to every Challenge Cup Final for the last 45 odd years and he was there, with my mum, in 69. He took me to my first when I was 11. The only one he has missed in all that time was 17 years ago after quite a severe stroke (still has no use of his left arm and drags his left leg). I can't fucking believe the one time Salford get there and he can't go. Fucking gutted for him but we will be watching it together.
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I’m from Warrington and watched them with my dad, he died at 79 and went to his first match at 7 by being smuggled in with his mates, helped by the blokes in the crowd. I’ve been to the Willows many times, and Wire always won, and was gutted the other day when Salford forced those last two tries. I hope the Red Devils lift the cup, (the originals, not that shite who stole the name off Salford, and named their crumbling shithole after Lancashire CC).
 
Ancient Citizen said:
Bollox, when I first went crowds were 30,000 plus, and I’ve seen them win, and lose at Wembley, a frustrating side for sure, but no tiddlers.
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No tiddlers I agree,but couldn't come close to the Wigan team for decades,the team everyone wanted to beat,but couldn't,seems even to this day Warrington still don't.

And as for 30k fans at Wilderspool.........you might have been to games with those crowds on,but was probably at Central Park not at home that's for sure.
 
meeesh said:
No tiddlers I agree,but couldn't come close to the Wigan team for decades,the team everyone wanted to beat,but couldn't,seems even to this day Warrington still don't.

And as for 30k fans at Wilderspool.........you might have been to games with those crowds on,but was probably at Central Park not at home that's for sure.
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Ellery Hanley lives near me and we occasionally have a chat about Rugby League. We don’t discuss Wigan too much because I don’t mention their name and call them “your lot”. Still they were the best British team in my lifetime.

I find Wigan fans get the balance right, say spending two thirds of a match celebrating their own team and one third taking the piss out of the opposition. I find the plastic Scousers used to be good, humble fans but have got very giddy after winning a few trophies in recent years.

It is good that Warrington / Moran have grown the Club so there are enough contenders for titles after Bradford’s demise. That said, Salford have been brilliant over the last 18 months, even after selling “the myth” to Wigan
 
DazWA9 said:
Warrington...The Wire... whatever you want to call them.
Never been a 'big' club and never will be.
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We’re big enough that Saints fans can’t ever stop talking about us.

And who cares about being a “big club”? It means precisely nothing! No normal sports fans wake up in the morning and raise a smile because their club’s “big”.

Saints fans are the rugby league equivalent of Liverpool and United fans. So insecure! “Look, NO, LOOK, we’re big and you’re not!”
Being a City fan I’d have thought you’d stay away from that Liverpool/United way of supporting a team but Saints fans just can’t help it.

We don’t get anywhere near as much shit from Wigan fans, and historically Wire-Wigan was the big North West derby before anyone had heard of Saints before the 1950s. Maybe Wigan fans aren’t insecure, who knows?
 
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meeesh said:
No tiddlers I agree,but couldn't come close to the Wigan team for decades,the team everyone wanted to beat,but couldn't,seems even to this day Warrington still don't.

And as for 30k fans at Wilderspool.........you might have been to games with those crowds on,but was probably at Central Park not at home that's for sure.
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Sorry, buddy you’re wrong about crowd sizes, Wigan has certainly had higher averages over the years, but go back to the 50’s and earlier, the place was rammed.
 
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