Did you wait til you was a fully fledged adult before you chose which sports teams you support? I', not just talking about kids, I'm saying people will have chosen a sccessful club to support as a youngster, and then switched away from them to Latics when Latics started doing well.

I do. Some of my closest friends support Latics. When the new season starts I will take the mick out of them and tell them they're going down, and if we get knocked out of the cup they will do the same to me. It's banter, but in all seriousness they hope we do well, and congratulated us when we won the league, just like I congratulated them when they stayed up last week.

I know what your saying and the influence comes from the media and parents when your young for which team to support, if any? But when youre in your 20's 30's 40's you should have really made your mind up, shouldnt you?
Wigan RL all the way for me pally.....ah George Fairburn those were the days...

I dont think youre grasping the idea of the argument are you?

Given the way you're getting so worked up about this I've obviously been teaching Fergie a thing or two about mind games. I don't need to have any examples, you're the one making statements up that you can't possibly back-up - I've not said either way, just that you don't have a clue whether what you say is right or wrong.

You've made the ridiculous statement of the vast majority of Latics fans supported someone else, yet can't back it up - because nobody can. Yet you still want to make it based on a few people you know, which means the rest of the people you've worked with over the last 20 years have and therefore the "vast majority" of 12,000 must therefore have supported someone else as well. And you wonder why I know you're talking rubbish.

Now were have I seen Andy post 'youre getting so worked up'? Ah I remember now, its in nearly every argument he gets involved in...see Andy I know you think you should be in the Senate, but you'd be more suited to the House of Lords, so we can all have a kip whilst you try and bore us to death....

Can I have the last say, please, please, please. Why argue about something that doesn't concern you, you claim to not care about and obviously know rag all about? Que another reply along the lines of 'youll give your self a heart attack' 'calm down dear'....get over yourself Andy!!

Catalancs I got drawn in by Martin Buckleys comments on 7, I do apologise. But youre spot on why has this borefest not been locked.

i agree with you mate.........why a thread about football hasnt been locked or removed is beyond my comprehension.

as is praising someone for winning naff all.

its like heaping praise on wakefield for not getting relegated.......

Who'd have thought me asking one simple question could have led to this?

Im with owdpopularsider on this, I work in a plumbing suppliers and you would not believe the amount of men who claimed to be die hard Liverpool/United Fans that suddenly became Mr Wigan Athletic when they went up. Its the whole attitude that does me, the hatred they have towards not only us, but it seems RL in general, the whole "its a bunch of fatties chasing an egg" and all that garbage they spout when they come into my workplace, I respect a very small percentage that HAVE supported them since the old days, but I have absoulutely no time for the rest of them. Also the shame they bring on the town time and time again, for example I was told on the day of the game at Stoke, hundreds of "latics fans" were jumping around King street, jumping on people's cars and even urinating on cars at the traffic lights. Iv never liked them and there pathetic attitude and yes, I believe the majority of them are the same from what I hear and see both in the workplace and in and around Wigan.

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You still here Andy? Who'd have guessed?

Oh dear I feel another Andy sermon coming on....

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I know one bloke that wouldn't!!

If me asking you a question can wind you up so much, I dread to think what the people at work can do to you.

I forgot you were still winding me up, ah well here I go.....im going outside to kick the dog clean over into next doors garden all because of you Andy, i do hope youre happy with yourself?

Good. I'm just worried about those 2,000 other people at work who've been winding you up the past 20 years. How many dogs have you been through?

Woooooo hang on a minute..its been moved to other sports not 'other perversions'.
Ah is that how you get your kicks Andy lad?

Unfortunately I get my kicks from simple things like women, alcohol and fast cars. However I'm going to add asking questions about the Latics to the list if the spontaneous combustion over the last two pages is anything to go by.

Sorry pal I can believe you're a artist and a bloke going through a midlife crisis but I fail to understand any female being interested in a bloke with such a self righteous personality...and I ain't joking!!

Can you stand your Jim Jams at the side of the bed or do you use the curtain??

Best calm down talking about women and booze, I can't imagine it's good for your blood pressure the way you get worked up.

Anyway got to go, I'm a die hard Man U fan this weekend - oh bugger shouldn't have said that around you - BANG!

Will someone call Owdpopularsider an ambulance please, thanks.

No no I'm having the last say
Watch out I'm gonna blow

With you all the way Owdpopularsider. I could take you in the East stand and point out 4 grown men with Everton tatts on their arms and shoulders. 2 with liverpool tatts who went following the scousers all over Europe in the eighties. They claimed when challenged and embarrassed about the sudden change of allegience that the tics are their 2nd team and like to watch prem football at a cheap rate. I went to a few games with a genuine Tics fan a few years ago, i smirked at the anti Rugby songs and the anti Rugby talk on the concourse at half time. FFS talk about obsessed. I was then approached by an ex workmate and his cronies who asked what the feck i was doing in THEIR stadium as i was an eggy. I told him that not long ago he was an eggy as well and had been to Wembley on several occassions, as well as many Wigan RL home games. he denied this in front of his mates stating he was only working on the doors at Central Park and went to Wembley for the craic and a weekend away. Spineless barsteward. Never been to a Latics game since, still good mates with the true Latics supporter who incidently agrees the Johnny come lately brigade are glory hunters but admits the football club needs all the support it can get.

I own a horse.

You have clearly been outed as a bulter who likes his own version of facts.

Latics had 8-9000 attending in the early 80s. As the novelty wore off in the 90s, it dwindled down to 1500-2000. So maybe the extra fans you claim supported "other clubs" were actually those who had turned their back on Latics (and football in general). And maybe they take their kids too now.

Same for the rugby. They used to get crap crowds and then people fell in love with the game again.