Wigan fans are mental

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  1. Sim

    Simon De Montforte Well-Known Member

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    Looks a bit dodgy how they became members of the football league in the first place. Finished behind Boston in the Northern Premier League and replaced Southport who weren't even bottom of the 4th Division. I wonder if Southport fans still have any animosity towards Wigan since they haven't been back since.
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    Simon De Montforte, Oct 9, 2020
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    They can’t see the wood for the trees.

    No ones too bothered about BIG clubs being in debt, it’s old news, and it kind of works for them. They have massive support and illustrious histories of success, winning European and domestic honours with teams full of international players - they are worth watching.

    Bit different to Wigan.
     
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    I always thought it was only the bottom club who had to seek re-election, however looking at the league tables from that era it seems to have been the bottom four.
     
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    Wonder what the criteria/reasoning was, that relegated Southport instead of Rochdale who finished 7pts lower.
     
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    Hooky feller Well-Known Member

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    Guess so. Southport lost by 9 votes.
     
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    It's like the FIFA voting for World Cups, only much smaller brown envelopes :)
     
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    Reading up on it, it seems it’s a combination of things:
    Bottom 4 had to reapply
    Southport were on a dramatic downturn over a few years, including ground issues, 3rd time in bottom 4 etc, (Southport played a home game against Newcastle at Newcastle)
    First time Rochdale were in bottom 4
    And no doubt a bit of old boys club, if you take Wigan v Southport, the Wigan Chairmen visited every club personally, Southport sent a letter. Wigan also persuaded a member of FA to swap allegiances from Southport to Wigan.
     
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    Hooky feller Well-Known Member

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    Interesting looking it up. Based ( supposedly) on clubs finances. Fan base and the fact Southport finished in the bottom 4 in, 3 seasons during the last 4,
     
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    Beat me to it thanks.
     
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    Did you find the article, where a a fan at the time wrote about how the Chairmen had generally lost interest in the club, put no effort in and there was no backlash from the fans for either that or the resulting relegation?
    Couldn’t imagine that happening anymore.
     
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