fernandopartridge
Well-Known Member
No more than 10k for a club that "doesn't belong in league 1".
Set Mogga's boys off with some proper Sky Blue support! Come on!
anyone ever gone to a game on their own? someone bailed on me for saturday but really want to go...
"you are nailed on for promotion with your relative wealth"
Our wealth is a myth, Whelan (quite rightly) has run the club for the last few years on a break even footing with minimal investment from himself. This has seen the quality of the squad vastly eroded, hence the relegations.
We now have no money left and are unlikely to be bankrolled by anyone else. This is the next chapter in our clubs incredible story and there is much speculation between the fans as to where our "natural" home is. I'm hoping it's yo-yo ing between league one and the championship but it could just as easily be yo-yo ing between leagues one and two. The only pot we have to p!ss in at the moment is the replica of the FA Cupbut at least we (currently) have no debts and are running as a solvent business, unlike many.
Wigan fan here, I'd just like to pick up on a couple of things from this thread. Our successes over the last couple of decades has seen our average attendances, both home and away, increase significantly, albeit from a very poor starting point. I started watching Wigan during the non league years and so for me the speculation over whether we'll take 1000 or 2000 to Coventry still makes me smile. I've been on HOME games with less than a 1000 during my adult life and I'm only in my 40's. Wigan will always be in the shadow of other clubs, but it's not Wigan Rugby, who we have comparable crowds to, Wigan is a massive footballing town, the fans just don't support Wigan Athletic. We have utd and city half an hour east, Liverpool and Everton half an hour west and a host of other clubs within half an hour who were "top flight" whilst we were still in non league. This will always be our challenge but it's one we endure, we'll always struggle to get crowd sizes comparable to other teams. This is part of our DNA and many of us revel in this "small band of committed fans" feel despite the constant sniping from fans of other teams (many from Wigan) or the media who are too lazy or too stupid to research the numerous reasons why we face these challenges.
Inevitably, the increase in recent support has meant that we've attracted more than our fair share of numpty's along the way, one of whom appears to have posted on here. Believe me, those of us who have been around since the pre Whelan days have no "big time charlie" attitude to this division or any other. I think we'll struggle this year, most of my mates agree that a mid table finish will be something of an achievement, I'm just hoping to avoid another relegation battle.
Finally, I worked with a Coventry fan last year and got to know a little of what your club has been going through recently, so whilst I don't wish you luck for Saturday (obv), I wish you luck for the rest of the season and sympathise greatly with the plight that you have endured.
(0:0 for Saturday - I'd snatch your hand off now if you offered it)
Have your fans accepted that financial reality or are they like some of our fans who think it is their right that the owners should fund regardless to achieve success? Their suggested transfer targets are usually over rated has beens or simply players who are just not on our financial radar.
Wigan fan here, I'd just like to pick up on a couple of things from this thread. Our successes over the last couple of decades has seen our average attendances, both home and away, increase significantly, albeit from a very poor starting point. I started watching Wigan during the non league years and so for me the speculation over whether we'll take 1000 or 2000 to Coventry still makes me smile. I've been on HOME games with less than a 1000 during my adult life and I'm only in my 40's. Wigan will always be in the shadow of other clubs, but it's not Wigan Rugby, who we have comparable crowds to, Wigan is a massive footballing town, the fans just don't support Wigan Athletic. We have utd and city half an hour east, Liverpool and Everton half an hour west and a host of other clubs within half an hour who were "top flight" whilst we were still in non league. This will always be our challenge but it's one we endure, we'll always struggle to get crowd sizes comparable to other teams. This is part of our DNA and many of us revel in this "small band of committed fans" feel despite the constant sniping from fans of other teams (many from Wigan) or the media who are too lazy or too stupid to research the numerous reasons why we face these challenges.
Inevitably, the increase in recent support has meant that we've attracted more than our fair share of numpty's along the way, one of whom appears to have posted on here. Believe me, those of us who have been around since the pre Whelan days have no "big time charlie" attitude to this division or any other. I think we'll struggle this year, most of my mates agree that a mid table finish will be something of an achievement, I'm just hoping to avoid another relegation battle.
Finally, I worked with a Coventry fan last year and got to know a little of what your club has been going through recently, so whilst I don't wish you luck for Saturday (obv), I wish you luck for the rest of the season and sympathise greatly with the plight that you have endured.
(0:0 for Saturday - I'd snatch your hand off now if you offered it)
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