The best moment of the day for me was when he came over to thank the fans. You can see just what it means to him, he is a true fan of the club.

He brought us Madge and has built this success in just a few years.

The guys promised final appearances and trophies and told us to be patient. We now have it.

Thanks Ian for taking our club back to the top of British RL.

Last years GF win told us we were back, todays win says we are here to stay - at the top.

WIGAN ARE WELL AND TRUELY BACK.

He told us to be patient, but in all honesty we haven't had to be really.

Yes, just watched the game again and the chairman enjoyed himself singing the Wigan song in the dressing room after the game.
Thank you Ian Lenagan, voice gone, arm aching after flag waving day, but what a day, nice to put faces to people's names on here.

Was nice to meet you, like you say it's good to put names to faces!

Lenegan has turned the club round imo, results and trophies speak for themselves!

Shame they wouldn't let him come over properly which I'm sure was his intention but none the less a good gesture.

Would have loved the team to have walked back out. The place would have gone mental.

I was a bit dissappointed they didn't, thought they might have as they must have been able to hear us.

I miss Mo.



It's boring not being able to pick apart how badly the club was being run and being proved right. Where's the fun in being a sensibly run, successful club, with an owner with a long term plan for success, rather than being obsessed with short-term, reactionary, big name signing that failed miserably?

Its ok we went to see them onto the coach and got a pictures with Madge, Billy Boston.....

AND...

Wait for it....

A CLASS PICTURE OF SAM TOMKINS HIMSELF HOLDING THE BRIGANTES FLAG

Ian Lenegan or Dave Whelan?

no contest.

thank you SIR IAN

Hope you wished him Happy Birthday

The whole crowd sang it to him as he got on the coach.

So that wasn't for me???


Feel a bit sad now

We need " There's only one Eric Pollard " we did it at Catalans before the play-off game a couple of years ago, IL had a great big smile after that.

It would have been early though.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONROY!

ian was loving it when he come out and we was all there singing...

Brilliant!! that would've been a tear jerker

Ws very emotional when Lenagan came onto the pich. He stated when he came to the club that it was his dream to walk his home town club onto the Wembley pitch, and know he can do it.

Well done Ian, you deserve it!!!!!!!!!!

IL is a great businessman and a big fan if the club. put the two together and I think success is inevitable. I do think it came a season earlier than I expected but long may it continue!

He clearly had a big mess to deal with when he first started. Didn't he mention at one of the forums that the club was in a far worse state than he'd anticipated?

But to turn things around so much in - what is it, four years? - is nothing short of amazing.

Looking back on it now, it seems astonishing that he was being dissed for not giving Nobby a new contract. Thank God he had the strength of his convictions and didn't give in to some very loud but very empty vessels.

In de cup for Wig-an

walked round OT of course, prior to the GF. Got a handshake and a 'we're going to do it' from him. Top bloke.

Doesn anyone happen to have his email adress at the club?

It'd be much appreciated

Lenagan is total class.

Clearly a huge Wigan fan but a business man first, which is exactly as it needs to be (for proof, Lindsay was the opposite).

He has totally transformed us off the field which in turn has brought succes on it.

He has to take as much credit for our revival as Maguire and the players.

Maurice is still a good business man, he just had a different philosophy, one that doesn't work in RL anymore.

He could still be very useful to the sport if he was head of international rugby at the RFL.

No arguments there. Lindsay is largely to thank for the SL but I think he let his heart rule his head in his final years as Wigan chairman.

Don't want to this thread to deviate away from thanking Sir Ian though!