Wigan (12 Viewers)

[wingy]

Our first game in L3 away at Yeovil sold out 2k, away end full.
No roof, glorious sunshine 1-1.
Nothing to shout about really, our gates weren't too much to shout about, neither are theirs.

 

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[Sky Blue Kid]

Coventry population is just over 337k. So only 20k more than Wigan. So NO Grendel, Coventry is not 4x bigger

 

[Sky Blue Kid]

So what? Then you need to add all the cv postcode towns on our area which extends to Southam and Nuneaton so the population is well in excess of 700,000

You were saying Grendel?.
[h=2]City boundaries[/h] Coventry forms the largest part of the Coventry and Bedworth Urban Area.
The protected West Midlands Green Belt, which surrounds the city on all sides, has prevented the expansion of the city into both the administrative county of Warwickshire and the metropolitan borough of Solihull (the Meriden Gap), and has helped to prevent the coalescence of the city with surrounding towns such as Kenilworth, Nuneaton, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Rugby and Balsall Common.

 

[Sky Blue Kid]

So what? Then you need to add all the cv postcode towns on our area which extends to Southam and Nuneaton so the population is well in excess of 700,000

I live in the county borough of Caerphilly which has nothing to do with Cardiff yet I have a Cardiff postcode... In your terminology.. So What!.

 

[Grendel]

[h=3]Local Authorities in North West ranked by population size in 2011 Census[/h]

North West	2011 population	2001 population	Change 2001-2011 (per cent)
Manchester	503,100	422,900	19
Liverpool	466,400	441,900	5.5
Cheshire East	370,100	352,000	5.1
Cheshire West and Chester	329,600	322,100	2.3
Wirral	319,800	315,000	1.5
Wigan	317,800	301,500	5.4
Stockport	283,300	284,600	-0.5
Bolton	276,800	261,300	5.9
Sefton	273,800	282,900	-3.2
Salford	233,900	217,000	7.8
Trafford	226,600	210,200	7.8
Oldham	224,900	218,500	2.9
Tameside	219,300	213,100	2.9
Rochdale	211,700	206,400	2.6
Warrington	202,200	191,200	5.8
Bury	185,100	180,700	2.4
St. Helens	175,300	176,800	-0.8
Blackburn with Darwen	147,500	138,500	6.5
Knowsley	145,900	151,200	-3.5
Blackpool	142,100	142,300	-0.1
Preston	140,200	130,400	7.5
Lancaster	138,400	134,000	3.3
Halton	125,800	118,600	6.1
West Lancashire	110,700	108,500	2
South Ribble	109,100	103,900	5
Wyre	107,700	105,800	1.8
Carlisle	107,500	100,800	6.6
Chorley	107,200	100,600	6.6
South Lakeland	103,700	102,400	1.3
Allerdale	96,400	93,500	3.1
Pendle	89,500	89,300	0.2
Burnley	87,000	89,500	-2.8
Hyndburn	80,700	81,500	-1
Fylde	75,800	73,300	3.4
Copeland	70,600	69,300	1.9
Barrow-in-Furness	69,100	72,000	-4
Rossendale	68,000	65,600	3.7
Ribble Valley	57,100	54,100	5.5
Eden	52,600	49,900	5.4

The town of Wigan has a population of just under 100k but the greater community takes it up to what you see in the chart.

Irrelevant

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

how many big followings have you
had at the richo....based on just home fans theirs not much difference at all,anyway enjoy your trip to the league leaders!

The average away support at the Ricoh this season has been 853.

The average away support at the DW this season has been 834.

So, basically the same.

 

[Grendel]

I live in the county borough of Caerphilly which has nothing to do with Cardiff yet I have a Cardiff postcode... In your terminology.. So What!.

Well you've said towns 30 miles from Wigan are relevant - not me

 

[Sky Blue Kid]

The average away support at the Ricoh this season has been 853.

The average away support at the DW this season has been 834.

So, basically the same.

The lad was taunting us by asking the away support figures to try and say they had a better home support than us but their stats fall some 5-6k less than us.

 

[Sky Blue Kid]

Well you've said towns 30 miles from Wigan are relevant - not me

No I have not! Wigan has a metropolitan borough of 317k. If you want to be pedantic, Wigan is 16 miles from Manchester and it comes under the "Greater Manchester area.

..........Sorry mate but you're talking out of your a**e

 

[Grendel]

No I have not! Wigan has a metropolitan borough of 317k. If you want to be pedantic, Wigan is 16 miles from Manchester and it comes under the "Greater Manchester area.

..........Sorry mate but you're talking out of your a**e

No you are. The equivalent catchment area of coventry would be a similar boundary reconstruction of 1974 and is 850,000

If you seriously think Wigan has a higher population than coventry you are deranged. The town is not much bigger than Nuneaton and the metropolitan borough includes towns as far away as Stratford Nuneaton Leamington kenilworth and Bedworth are to us.

So you either go on the county size or the town size - either way our catchment in 3-4 times bigger than theirs.

 

[Sky Blue Kid]

You were saying Grendel?.
City boundaries

Coventry forms the largest part of the Coventry and Bedworth Urban Area.
The protected West Midlands Green Belt, which surrounds the city on all sides, has prevented the expansion of the city into both the administrative county of Warwickshire and the metropolitan borough of Solihull (the Meriden Gap), and has helped to prevent the coalescence of the city with surrounding towns such as Kenilworth, Nuneaton, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Rugby and Balsall Common.

Yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Read this again

 

[Sky Blue Kid]

Yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Read this again

 

[Sky Blue Kid]

I'm not replying to anymore of your comments, you moan about proof put in front of you, yet do f**k all to back up your argument.

 

[Grendel]

Yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Read this again

I have and I fail to see the relevance of the 1974 act which created a borough

Coventry as a city has a 3-4 time catchment of Wigan - if you take the borough as a catchment we have the same catchment.

If you really believe other wise it's ridiculous.

It's like saying a town with a football club in the borough of Wigan - let's say Leigh FC have the same amount of support potential as coventry as their borough has 300,000 inhabitants.

Lol

 

[Grendel]

I'm not replying to anymore of your comments, you moan about proof put in front of you, yet do f**k all to back up your argument.

In other words you realise you've made a prick of yourself and have gone underground.

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

2011 Census:

Wigan Population: 97,000
Coventry Population: 337,428

I'm with Grendel on this one.

 

[Sky Blue Kid]

2011 Census:

Wigan Population: 97,000
Coventry Population: 337,428

I'm with Grendel on this one.

Local Authorities in North West ranked by population size in 2011 Census

North West	2011 population	2001 population	Change 2001-2011 (per cent)
Manchester	503,100	422,900	19
Liverpool	466,400	441,900	5.5
Cheshire East	370,100	352,000	5.1
Cheshire West and Chester	329,600	322,100	2.3
Wirral	319,800	315,000	1.5
Wigan	317,800	301,500	5.4
Stockport	283,300	284,600	-0.5
Bolton	276,800	261,300	5.9
Sefton	273,800	282,900	-3.2
Salford	233,900	217,000	7.8
Trafford	226,600	210,200	7.8
Oldham	224,900	218,500	2.9
Tameside	219,300	213,100	2.9
Rochdale	211,700	206,400	2.6
Warrington	202,200	191,200	5.8
Bury	185,100	180,700	2.4
St. Helens	175,300	176,800	-0.8
Blackburn with Darwen	147,500	138,500	6.5
Knowsley	145,900	151,200	-3.5
Blackpool	142,100	142,300	-0.1
Preston	140,200	130,400	7.5
Lancaster	138,400	134,000	3.3
Halton	125,800	118,600	6.1
West Lancashire	110,700	108,500	2
South Ribble	109,100	103,900	5
Wyre	107,700	105,800	1.8
Carlisle	107,500	100,800	6.6
Chorley	107,200	100,600	6.6
South Lakeland	103,700	102,400	1.3
Allerdale	96,400	93,500	3.1
Pendle	89,500	89,300	0.2
Burnley	87,000	89,500	-2.8
Hyndburn	80,700	81,500	-1
Fylde	75,800	73,300	3.4
Copeland	70,600	69,300	1.9
Barrow-in-Furness	69,100	72,000	-4
Rossendale	68,000	65,600	3.7
Ribble Valley	57,100	54,100	5.5
Eden	52,600	49,900	5.4

 

[Grendel]

Why are you including towns not in Wigan but arguing any town outside coventry as a city is not part of the catchment area?

So does a town like Leigh have the same catchment as coventry as it's in the borough of Wigan?

Are you saying Wigan is 70% the size of Manchester?

 

[Sky Blue Kid]

https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Council/Data-Statistics/Census2011.aspx Oooooooh look! population Census made by WIGAN COUNCIL!!!

 

[Grendel]

https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Council/Data-Statistics/Census2011.aspx Oooooooh look! population Census made by WIGAN COUNCIL!!!

That's not the town of Wigan though.

 

[Grendel]

So what you are basically saying is the 1974 act and where the population sits in that act is the captive market for a football club?

So as Warwickshire is defined as such Warwick fc have a bigger catchment than CCFC

Is they what you are saying!

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

Local Authorities in North West ranked by population size in 2011 Census

North West	2011 population	2001 population	Change 2001-2011 (per cent)
Manchester	503,100	422,900	19
Liverpool	466,400	441,900	5.5
Cheshire East	370,100	352,000	5.1
Cheshire West and Chester	329,600	322,100	2.3
Wirral	319,800	315,000	1.5
Wigan	317,800	301,500	5.4
Stockport	283,300	284,600	-0.5
Bolton	276,800	261,300	5.9
Sefton	273,800	282,900	-3.2
Salford	233,900	217,000	7.8
Trafford	226,600	210,200	7.8
Oldham	224,900	218,500	2.9
Tameside	219,300	213,100	2.9
Rochdale	211,700	206,400	2.6
Warrington	202,200	191,200	5.8
Bury	185,100	180,700	2.4
St. Helens	175,300	176,800	-0.8
Blackburn with Darwen	147,500	138,500	6.5
Knowsley	145,900	151,200	-3.5
Blackpool	142,100	142,300	-0.1
Preston	140,200	130,400	7.5
Lancaster	138,400	134,000	3.3
Halton	125,800	118,600	6.1
West Lancashire	110,700	108,500	2
South Ribble	109,100	103,900	5
Wyre	107,700	105,800	1.8
Carlisle	107,500	100,800	6.6
Chorley	107,200	100,600	6.6
South Lakeland	103,700	102,400	1.3
Allerdale	96,400	93,500	3.1
Pendle	89,500	89,300	0.2
Burnley	87,000	89,500	-2.8
Hyndburn	80,700	81,500	-1
Fylde	75,800	73,300	3.4
Copeland	70,600	69,300	1.9
Barrow-in-Furness	69,100	72,000	-4
Rossendale	68,000	65,600	3.7
Ribble Valley	57,100	54,100	5.5
Eden	52,600	49,900	5.4

Come back when you have the population data for the town of Wigan.

For your data:

The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. It is named after its largest component town and former county borough, Wigan and includes the towns and villages of Leigh, part of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Ince-in-Makerfield, Hindley, Orrell, Standish, Atherton, Tyldesley, Golborne, Lowton, Billinge, Astley, Haigh and Aspull.

 

[malkitccfc]

Who gives a fuck about the population of Wigan?

 

[Grendel]

Who gives a fuck about the population of Wigan?

I made a point that arguing we have more fans is a bit foolish given our much larger fan base.

SBK then made some laughable attempt to prove me wrong which ended with yet another ostrich egg on his head - that's two this week.

That's it really.

 

[ccfcway]

Who gives a fuck about the population of Wigan?

this .

 

[tommydazzle]

The real shocker is that the population of Wigan is going up!

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Wigan will come straight back down next season, Caldwell is a poor manager who has been masked by having a massive budget due to still having premier league parachutes. Once the parachute payments dry up and with attendances in decline I expect Wigan to drop over the next 10 years to their natural position of league 2 or below.

 

[tommydazzle]

Never really associate Wigan with football rather that inferior rugby code where 13 thick Yorkshiremen walk in a line and frequently fall over as they advance in tedious progress down a muddy pitch.

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

Never really associate Wigan with football rather that inferior rugby code where 13 thick Yorkshiremen walk in a line and frequently fall over as they advance in tedious progress down a muddy pitch.

Are the 13 Lancashire men that play for Wigan thick as well?

 

[wingy]

Are the 13 Lancashire men that play for Wigan thick as well?

Jeez you're tough.
I would have gone Cheshire. :wave:

 

[wiganlad123]

attendances declineing ??? hardly amount of fans from other clubs saying we would be getting 5 6k this season....laughable.. and to the idiot who thinks cov average 5 to 6k more home fans than us that would mean you get 15k home fans hahaha have a day off

 

[CV22SBA]

That's not the town of Wigan though.

Seriously bore off (and your other mate) wish I'd never asked which pubs people were drinking now

 

[wiganlad123]

enjoy your big day out son

 

[CV22SBA]

attendances declineing ??? hardly amount of fans from other clubs saying we would be getting 5 6k this season....laughable.. and to the idiot who thinks cov average 5 to 6k more home fans than us that would mean you get 15k home fans hahaha have a day off

You've passed 10K (just) on 2 occasions all season both local derbys. We were getting 17K when we were in the top 4. You can bore off aswell with the council politicians arguing about populations

 

[Brylowes]

Seriously bore off (and your other mate) wish I'd never asked which pubs people were drinking now

The pubs in Coventry are 4 times the size of the pubs in Wigan.