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Wigans attendance at the weekend against Hull, not that they are the greatest football fans ever but that is terrible!! The second lowest out of all the cup ties played only beaten by Torquay.

 :D that is dreadful.
Although its only the cup would expect a lot better.

out of interest westcountry, where did you get that picture in your avatar?

The Official Website, i got more on my Facebook as well which i could post on here?

ahh didn't see any of the fans on the OS. Yeah please, or add me on FB and ill have a look from there?
Craig Lea in Bristol network I think

This is what I dont get about teams like Wigan. They are top flight, theyve never won a major trophy. These few years with a top flight team are the best chance they will ever have.

But they arent interested.

Probably staying in the top flight is their highest priority!

My old man has supported wigan for 50 odd years,the massive problem they have up there is that they are still a rugby town, until they win something big to grab the attention of the locals i think it will stay like that for the foreseeable future.

I hate Wigan fans! just because they're shit!!

Yes, thanks for that Sippo. Obviously it is top priority for the board and maybe the playing staff. But it shouldnt be for the fans. It doesnt set anything down in history.

Look at how proud we are of the 1969 League Cup win 40 years on? Only club in the West Country to win a major trophy.

Fair play to Pompey. Theyve had it. But they had a top team, and theyve got the silverware to prove it. In an argument Southampton can no longer compete!

Whits, Wigan Athletic? Formed in 1979?

Wigan entered the league in 1978 but were formed in 1932.

ah, sorry whits.

he spent a lot of time watching non-league football in his earlier years. Wigan fans on the whole aren't great but in a way i'm glad for him as hes seen them when they were really shit. (i remember watching wigan shrewsbury in the early 90's at springfield park and a few others and when martinez starting playing there with the 3 amigos!) and now he gets to see them against man utd, chelsea and all that jazz.

Lets be honest its what every fan wants, to see there club from the early days get to the top league that they can.

Wigan did get to the League Cup final a few years ago, in their defence, but I agree with you in principle.

Reading under Coppell were another example, fielding reserve teams in the FA Cup and not wanting to qualify for Europe when they had the best squad they will ever have. And look at them now.

All I can remember about Wigan is going when they won the Second Div at a canter (we lost 2-0 I think).  The place was mostly empty and the fans that were there were awful.  Probably the worst home support I've ever seen.

It's a rugby town though isn't it really? They sell out the DW for Wigan super league games.

Remember that too.  They could barely be bothered to celebrate their goals.  Wigan (and Fulham to a lesser degree) are a waste of a Premiership place.  Without Mr J D Sports or whatever he'd called, they would still be slugging it out with Rochdale to prove which was the North West's most poxy outfit.

I was at that game. Drove up from Wantage to Edinburgh stopping off at the match on the way. My brake pads wore through half way up the M1 and by the time I got to Edinburgh stopping was majorly difficult and noisy as the brakes scraped against the discs. We did lose 2-0 and there were about 100 Swindon fans there that day.

Thats the big problem, i don't think most people in wigan could afford to watch both so they have to choose. Football still isn't that fashionable up there. They also suffer with the close proximity with Liverpool and Manchester, its all to easy to go there as opposed to struggle in the lower halfs of the prem

Yeah, but you could argue Leicester is a rugby town (best supported rugby club in the land), but I don't think you can say Leicester fans don't turn out and support their team.  Beyond that, even if the turn out is poor the ones who are there should still make some noise.  I think its because they eat too much pie.

the pies are good though

I like a good pie, of course.  A good mate, who just crashed his car into a lamppost outside our house is from St Helens, and always calls them the pie eaters.  He likes rugby league.

What do meat pies have a hole in the top? So Wiganers can carry 4 at once.

They where called the pie 8ters when they won the challenge cup final 8 years on the trot. (fa cup of rugby league)

went a fair few times and yes they hate st helens :)

 :D  He'll like that.  I'll text it to him.

Dave Spikey is the king of Wigan jokes.

They had to shut the Pioneer shop in Wigan, people kept coming in asking "Can I get a pie in here?".

Where do Wiganers buy their pies? Pies-r-us, Piekea, MFPies, Thomas Cooks... Pies.

What an accolade. :D

Remember going to Wigan in the playoffs years back...two down early on we came back Jimmy Quinn styly i think...and won 3-2.....drew 0-0 at home.

Did he do that whilst you were typing that post?

  :D It does read that way...but no.  Happened earlier.

I would be dissapointed with this attendance at a Swindon match in League One against Carlisle on a Tuesday night