Re: Looking for better training facilities : Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:22 pm  

Ends always swapped . The south stand seemed more popular for home fans.
When it rained everybody make a quick run to get under cover.
Also the local boot boys liked it.

Re: Looking for better training facilities : Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:09 pm  

I seem to remember the south stand was where all the flags etc were

Re: Looking for better training facilities : Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:15 pm  

I like the look of Vastman 2nd option and with the terrace it seems to fit Matt Ellis’s description a bit better too

Re: Looking for better training facilities : Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:21 pm  

lampyboy wrote:

Ends always swapped . The south stand seemed more popular for home fans.
When it rained everybody make a quick run to get under cover.
Also the local boot boys liked it.

Yes back in the day, the home/away support was less evident as the fans tended to mingle far more. But you are correct ,swapping ends seemed to be the big factor and it happened at all grounds to some extent.
At Belle Vue it could take about the whole of half time to just get through the tunnel at the back of the old main stand.

The reason the South was so popular was that it was the only covered standing area.

Re: Looking for better training facilities : Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:47 pm  

lampyboy wrote:

The south stand seemed more popular for home fans
Also the local boot boys liked it.

Long line of Policemen down the middle, Fev fans one side, Wakey the other. Happy days.

Re: Looking for better training facilities : Tue Jan 02, 2024 4:03 pm  

Prince Buster wrote:

I think Wigan have some form of link with Orrell

Whelan gave Wigan the ground in Orrell when he booted the Union team out, in the last couple of years Wigan have moved into Robin Park Arena, next to the DW Stadium. Leneghan pumped a lot of money into doing the place up, and it now serves as the club's training facilities, pitch for the non 1st team games, club shop & fan village on match days.

I'm sure I read someone say Matt Ellis had been looking at the setup at Wigan as part of the dual registration negotiations, but I may have imagined that.

Re: Looking for better training facilities : Tue Jan 02, 2024 4:04 pm  

CM Punk wrote:

I'm sure I read someone say Matt Ellis had been looking at the setup at Wigan as part of the dual registration negotiations, but I may have imagined that.

He would be daft not to, and he doesn't strike me as a fool. He's also been looking at Leeds' hospitality offerings too.

Re: Looking for better training facilities : Tue Jan 02, 2024 4:19 pm  

Maybe we can buy the cemetery behind the West Stand

Re: Looking for better training facilities : Tue Jan 02, 2024 4:35 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

Maybe we can buy the cemetery behind the West Stand

Too many skeletons.

[PopTart]

Re: Looking for better training facilities : Tue Jan 02, 2024 4:40 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

He would be daft not to, and he doesn't strike me as a fool. He's also been looking at Leeds' hospitality offerings too.

What I like about Ellis is he's focusing on the elite.
Wigan training and pathways programme is top notch as is the hospitality at Leeds.
Some would just go to one club for it all but he targets the best.