Re: The decline of the local derby : Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:47 am
Its more about the decline of widnes than anything else. They were never really a well supported club when they had Davies offiah etc and we're breaking Wigans league dominance. ..even back then our biggest game was wigan....Come on where else would you wish to be on new years day .....!!
Yes sally is right Wigans biggest game is Saints.. but Wigan and saints have a larger boundary where the two fan bases can overlap and it creates that better banter between fans.... wire and widnes don't have that boundary apart from a row of houses at cuerdley cross....and the two sets of fans genuinely don't like each other.
Let's not forget every time a big over seas signing joins Wigan the same line is always rolled out...."ive been told if we have to win one game all year is got to be saints ".....
Yes that would be nice to see.... lost 28 won 2
It matters not one jot to me that a Wigan fan might come on this board and churn out that point of irrelevance towards us.
Its still the best game on the calendar for me. ....always has been..
Apart from that year they were in the second division...obviously