just heard that the latics away game with blackpool 14th August switched to DW because blackpools grounds not ready
we play Huddersfield on 13th August so as in past situations like this we will have to switch days or grounds
nothing on the Wigan rugby site to confirm this

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ah well happens , we will beat them on robing park if we have to

Just been announced on Radio Lancashire our game changed to Sunday.

I'm getting really fed up of our club being treated as lodgers in a supposed shared stadium, shared would suggest there's give and take on both sides.

From what I can see it seems everything goes in Latics favour when there's a fixture clash.

Fans arrange holidays around fixtures to ensure they don't miss any games and when games are switched like this it ain't fair supporters have shelled out money for tickets they can't use.

Latics should have respected our fixture has been planned for months and played their game on Monday evening ... but that would have involved giving a little. A concept which appears alien to our co-habitees at DW.

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 811230.stm 1 minute 18 seconds. "Wigan had a rugby game on the Friday, which they've had to move".

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 811230.stm 1 minute 18 seconds. "Wigan had a rugby game on the Friday, which they've had to move".

I dont see the problem really, weve moved to sunday thats all

Were second fiddle to the Latics, lets face facts. We all should know that after the 07 playoff 'debacle'

Like he said though, maybe some people have booked their holidays around the fixtures (like I did). They may have been able to seen the match live on the Friday before flying out on the Saturday, now missing the match completely due to move to Sunday.

We are lodgers - Latics now own the stadium.

It's pretty obvious why we've agreed to do this - we'll expect no problems come the play-offs and any potential fixture conflicts.

You really think so?

This really stinks this, why cant the stupid roundball play on the sun as our game as been set since nov.

Premier League conspiracy against Wigan RL to add to the Latics and RFL ones?

To be fair to our knuckle-dragging neighbours, its a Premier League ruling that the Statics would have to comply with.
Keep the faith....All this nonsense about moving fixtures / poor relations / lodgers etc etc, will soon be a thing of the past.
Just how long do you think such a garbage team, with no support can keep riding their luck in the top league??


And who the hell [ireally[/i wants to see them there anyway!

oh well can see a nice big version of WIGAN ROADS on fri.

Any chance of the "erection squad" putting the flags up on the Friday by mistake

Does IL need a backbone to stand up to DW and tell him where to go and say we have had a game on that friday for 9 months, this just makes the divide between the fans/clubs wider.

As much as it's another slap in the face in terms of us having to move the game i'm in Cornwall until the Sunday and thought I may have to miss the game. I can now try and get an early dart back and hopefully make the game if we leave early...........this time only it'll do for me!

Rubbish, bloody rubbish. I'd be able to take some consolation if I really thought this latest incident of rolling over for that lot would mean a smooth ride for our play off fixtures, but let's face it that's not going to happen. There's absolutely no reaason why this game couldn't have been played on the Sunday given the original fixture was supposed to be in Blackpool which in itself was a farce given that Blackpool had already asked for their first few games to be away from home.

STINKS!!

I'll add a Latics one to the mix

We defo need a stadium of our own. I know with Latics we are just waiting for the bubble to burst but even if they were in the Conference they would still be playing on the same pitch as us. We should have a Holy pitch, touched by no one apart from RL players.

Non Refundable hotel and travel reservations for the Friday down the tubes.
Not a happy bunny





Just as well me and my son are well into this or they could shove it .



Lost a good few quid over the last couple of seasons on travel plans because of Sky shafting us with re-aranged kick-off times , but when it is closer to home it stinks of P**S

Pies?

At least it proves we can have a home game on a Sunday after them s have a game on a Saturday. That means we shouldnt have any problems for the playoffs i guess? The Premier league have gone on record thanking us for our help so they owe us a favour

I cant see what the fuss is about. The football absolutely had to be played at 3pm on Saturday so that those millions of Blackpool and Wigan fans in such far flung places as Tibet and Easter Island could watch it on TV - it wasnt chosen for UK broadcasting because, frankly, nobody would be interested. Usually, a club's first ever game in the premiership would be a nailed on Sky fixture, but their avoidance of this one speaks volumes about what they and, presumably, their viewers, think of the opposition!

Also sky havent announced their Superleague games for that week yet, so it was possible that they would have moved it. It would be great now if sky did cover it, so the club got a few extra quid because of the Premier League's ineptitude in giving Blackpool a home game when the specifically asked for an away one!

Nice one