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Title: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: Rossi on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 19:56:09 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wigan_athletic/7963855.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wigan_athletic/7963855.stm)
Personally I can't stand Dave Whelan and I can't stand Wigan. It's not like the DW Stadium is even a catchy name. Quote "The JJB Stadium has made Wigan known all over the world and now we can look forward to a whole new era as the DW Stadium," said Whelan. This really just sums up that he's living in a dream world. They are bottom of the list in the prem in terms of percentage of their ground that's filled each week and there's no atmosphere at all there (at least when I went there wasn't) Title: Re: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: Bogus Dave on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 19:57:27 haha
[url width=150 height=124]http://www.jcplive.com/Assets/Images/DW_flowers.gif[/url] Title: Re: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: yeo on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 19:58:02 If you had the money to redevelop the County Ground wouldnt you name it after yourself?
No, nor me..... Title: Re: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: Posh Red on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 20:44:24 Why are they naming their ground after our manager :D
Title: Re: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: reeves4england on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 21:09:28 haha Ace and skill[url width=150 height=124]http://www.jcplive.com/Assets/Images/DW_flowers.gif[/url] Title: Re: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: Rich Pullen on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 21:18:15 I remember that Alan Hansen documentary about life after football featured Whelan and he mentioned that he offers all the youth players I.T. lessons in case they don't make it and they always refuse - thought he was pretty sound.
But he was a bit of a numpty when Sven left England. Whelan was all over the media going on and on about how "the next manager had to be English" despite us lacking a seriously decent contender to the position. Steve McClaren came in was atrocious and you never saw Dave Whelan make the same statements during the following search for a new boss. Title: Re: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: michael on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 21:25:01 If I win the Stand Buy Me lottery then I will name the Stratton Bank after me :)
My major issue though is that this contest is not drawn until 2nd May, by which time the Early Bird deadline will have expired. I could well end up with a ST surplus on my hands. Title: Re: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: swindon_chick on Thursday, March 26, 2009, 07:16:25 Ooooo my initials...
Title: Re: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: Jamiesfuturewife on Thursday, March 26, 2009, 10:13:26 Was this the guy they were taking the mickey out of on Chris Moyles this morning? playing the Corrie music over his interview?
Title: Re: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: STFC_Gazza on Thursday, March 26, 2009, 10:26:28 I think The DW Stadium sounds good. I think we should rename the County Ground to "THE CG" to get with the times ;)
Title: Re: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: LucienSanchez on Thursday, March 26, 2009, 10:27:31 And maybe build a wall around it to create the illusion of a new stadium?
Title: Re: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: STFC_Gazza on Thursday, March 26, 2009, 10:55:11 And maybe build a wall around it to create the illusion of a new stadium? Nah that ship sailed... and sunk Title: Re: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: Nemo on Thursday, March 26, 2009, 11:06:26 My major issue though is that this contest is not drawn until 2nd May, by which time the Early Bird deadline will have expired. I could well end up with a ST surplus on my hands. Now that is a very good point. Title: Re: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: RobertT on Thursday, March 26, 2009, 11:54:03 And maybe build a wall around it to create the illusion of a new stadium? A club abroad actually did that. Gazza was ahead of his time. I struggle to see the hatred towards Wigan. They are doing well to stay up and don't have big debts suggesting they are living within their means. The crowds are good considering the local area, it's a Rugby League town and we can hardly talk given our average was only 11k in our season up there. Title: Re: Wigan to rename their ground the "DW Stadium" Post by: Spy on Thursday, March 26, 2009, 13:04:08 If I win the Stand Buy Me lottery then I will name the Stratton Bank after me :) My major issue though is that this contest is not drawn until 2nd May, by which time the Early Bird deadline will have expired. I could well end up with a ST surplus on my hands. ...yeah but they're totally transferable so you could sell it for £200-250+ |