Re: Watched Warrington thrash Widnes and go top of the leagu : Thu May 31, 2012 6:07 am  

sally cinnamon wrote:

It's worse in football. A lad I flatshared with at uni supported Forest and he never shut up about how they were a bigger club than Arsenal because they'd won the European Cup.

This is quite true, and a couple of successes are often just a blip in a mediocre existence.

Re: Watched Warrington thrash Widnes and go top of the leagu : Thu May 31, 2012 9:26 am  

Smooth Stu wrote:

I just don't get this obsession with calling a club 'big'. Sport is cyclic, RL especially so, and some fans find it hard to give credit to another club. Wigan were nearly relegated 6 years ago, Saints and Leeds have fought over the Grand Finals and Challenge Cups, Wire won two Challenge Cups recently. All clubs have history, some more than others, but that isn't necessarily any indicator of what will happen in the future, or how 'big' a club is.

What he said. Best post on this thread.

Re: Watched Warrington thrash Widnes and go top of the leagu : Thu May 31, 2012 7:28 pm  

Famous wrote:

Additionally Wilderspool was a dump

Wilderspool Tuesday Night..........

Look at the lovely lush turf better than your footy ground.....

Central Park Tuesday night

wow Ariel Liqui tabs a fiver.......

shame you didnt experience Central park otherwise you would have realised it too was a dump as was every other Rugby ground that I visited from 1979 onwards. Don Valley stadium in 1991 being the first decent ground.

Re: Watched Warrington thrash Widnes and go top of the leagu : Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:47 am  

the flying biscuit wrote:

Wilderspool Tuesday Night..........

Look at the lovely lush turf better than your footy ground.....

Central Park Tuesday night

wow Ariel Liqui tabs a fiver.......

shame you didnt experience Central park otherwise you would have realised it too was a dump as was every other Rugby ground that I visited from 1979 onwards. Don Valley stadium in 1991 being the first decent ground.

made me chuckle!

Re: Watched Warrington thrash Widnes and go top of the leagu : Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:32 am  

the flying biscuit wrote:

Wilderspool Tuesday Night..........

Look at the lovely lush turf better than your footy ground.....

Central Park Tuesday night

wow Ariel Liqui tabs a fiver.......

shame you didnt experience Central park otherwise you would have realised it too was a dump as was every other Rugby ground that I visited from 1979 onwards. Don Valley stadium in 1991 being the first decent ground.

central park wasnt in that bad a state, you can go to wakey, cas, bradford, HKR, and Leeds now and central park was in a better state than them all. You obviously havent seen the pitch at the DW for a while if you think it isnt in a very good state. You would still be at Wilderspool if it wasnt for Tesco and the ariel liquatabs so I would keep that one under your hat flower.

Re: Watched Warrington thrash Widnes and go top of the leagu : Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:26 am  

Pieman wrote:

central park wasnt in that bad a state

Read the chapters in John Monie's book about the final years at Central Park to find out how bad a state the ground was in.

Re: Watched Warrington thrash Widnes and go top of the leagu : Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:10 pm  

Paul Youane wrote:

Read the chapters in John Monie's book about the final years at Central Park to find out how bad a state the ground was in.

I dont need to I was there....

Re: Watched Warrington thrash Widnes and go top of the leagu : Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:23 pm  

The old girl was in bad shape by the end, it's true, but CP was a special place.

No other ground in RL even comes close to the aura that CP had. Anyone that's been on that ground when it was full or close to full and starts to think about it will feel the hairs start to go up on the back of their neck. The atmosphere was incredible. It was a venue of legends.

I'm too young to have seen Boston and his generation play but to go there as a lad and watch Hanley, Edwards, Gregory, Bell and the rest was a privilege.

The people I feel most sorry for are the Wigan fans who are too young to have been able to sample the atmosphere at the greatest rugby ground in the world. They have been denied their heritage by the failure of the management of the club to protect its greatest asset.

Still, better to have loved and to have lost.... Enjoy your memories of Wilderspool...