: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:51 pm  

The game at Central Park where we lost but it was a cracking game.
An end of season play-off game in I think 97 or 98.

I took my (rather posh) work mate to the game and she did ok picking up the rules of the game and the general etiquette of watching games at wigan until trying to order a pimms at the bar under the stand. I don't think they'd ever ever been asked for a pimms in the long history of central park.
I still miss going there

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:04 pm  

A 9-0 win at Central Park in 1990 - Premiership semi final....

....Only to go on and get battered against Widnes in the final

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:14 pm  

33-2 Regal Trophy final. The greatest game ever.

[Bullseye]

Re: Happy memories vs Wigan : Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:26 pm  

af wrote:

I wasn't there to see Ellery Hanley get sent off at Odsal, maybe someone can tell us about that one. Otherwise, feel free to expand upon mine or add your own.

I remember that game. Our new scrum half Brett Iti had a superb game scoring one try and running rings around Wigan. Big prop Craig Richards rampaged through a few times too. Oddly, both players went from displaying huge potential to being nowhere in 18 months. Whatever happened there?

On the Ellery send off he seemed to say something out of turn to Whitfield on the way off the pitch at half time. Whitfield signalled he was "off" and the popular side went doo-lally! It was a great day.

Re: Happy memories vs Wigan : Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:39 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

I remember that game. Our new scrum half Brett Iti had a superb game scoring one try and running rings around Wigan. Big prop Craig Richards rampaged through a few times too. Oddly, both players went from displaying huge potential to being nowhere in 18 months. Whatever happened there?

On the Ellery send off he seemed to say something out of turn to Whitfield on the way off the pitch at half time. Whitfield signalled he was "off" and the popular side went doo-lally! It was a great day.

Wasn't it rumoured that Hanley said something along the lines of "I'll see you in the 2nd division for that" (after the sending off) and Whitfield ended up being demoted for a week!???

[Bullseye]

Re: Happy memories vs Wigan : Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:40 pm  

Wigan Bull wrote:

Wasn't it rumoured that Hanley said something along the lines of "I'll see you in the 2nd division for that" (after the sending off) and Whitfield ended up being demoted for a week!???

Dunno, but I wouldn't be surprised. Wigan did have an awful lot of influence with the RFL and that increased with Lindsay moving there later.

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:58 pm  

The Volcano's 5 tries in the 2004 season opener. I was watching in the Lass O Gowrie in Manchester...

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:10 pm  

The first ever game at the JJB in 2000.

The 12-12 draw was just magic.

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:12 pm  

AndreaB wrote:

The game at Central Park where we lost but it was a cracking game.
An end of season play-off game in I think 97 or 98.

I took my (rather posh) work mate to the game and she did ok picking up the rules of the game and the general etiquette of watching games at wigan until trying to order a pimms at the bar under the stand. I don't think they'd ever ever been asked for a pimms in the long history of central park.
I still miss going there

1996 mate

Wigan 40 - 32 Bradford

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:24 pm  

I never saw a game at Central Park .

I go shopping there a lot now though.