: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:14 am  

Jeffersonthetiger wrote: Hi all, I am a Wests Tigers fan on a VISA here in the UK and from Australia. I am having my dream year of working 5 days a week in Leeds and going to Rugby League matches all over the North of England every weekend. I have always followed Wigan and just need some ideas on how i can best see the sight of where Central Park was. I am dissapointed that i will never see a game there but obviously there is nothing i could have done about that. If anyone has any idea where i can stand? or look so i can best have a Central Park experience? I am aware there is now a shopping centre there but i would like to know where exactly on this shopping centre i can stand so i can pretend i am Martin Offiah scoring awesome try lol. Any Ideas? JPB It's a tesco supermarket. Dunno how to direct as such not knowing how your getting to Wigan but the road next to is still called Central Park Way. There is a statue to commemorate the old place but its pretty dire. Anyways you can stand in the car park and dream if you wish. Map: http://wikimapia.org/664811/Wigan-Tesco Read about the place: http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/in ... page_id=48 Coming up to 10 years since we left in September!

Jeffersonthetiger wrote: Hi all, I am a Wests Tigers fan on a VISA here in the UK and from Australia. I am having my dream year of working 5 days a week in Leeds and going to Rugby League matches all over the North of England every weekend. I have always followed Wigan and just need some ideas on how i can best see the sight of where Central Park was. I am dissapointed that i will never see a game there but obviously there is nothing i could have done about that. If anyone has any idea where i can stand? or look so i can best have a Central Park experience? I am aware there is now a shopping centre there but i would like to know where exactly on this shopping centre i can stand so i can pretend i am Martin Offiah scoring awesome try lol. Any Ideas? JPB It's a tesco supermarket. Dunno how to direct as such not knowing how your getting to Wigan but the road next to is still called Central Park Way. There is a statue to commemorate the old place but its pretty dire. Anyways you can stand in the car park and dream if you wish. Map: http://wikimapia.org/664811/Wigan-Tesco Read about the place: http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/in ... page_id=48 Coming up to 10 years since we left in September!

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:17 am  

Might as well re-bump this back up for prosperity.

[JTB]

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:32 am  

Bilko wrote:

Might as well re-bump this back up for prosperity.

And posterity as well...

: Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:49 am  

Sad to say, and it only seems like yesterday, but we are coming up to 10 years since we left the old ground.

To mark this I'd thought I'd do a top 10 best games of Central Park countdown.

So I'm asking you for suggestions of memorable matches at Central Park. Some may be obvious but manbe their are other not so obvious matches?

I've planned all year to do the top 10 countdown in around a potential break for the Cup Final which falls just before the anniversary but obviously I'm hoping to be busy with a big week of Cup Final build up then so bugger knows when it'll appear on the site if that happens. But it will at some point.

: Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:59 am  

boltonlion wrote:

I'll always remember the 7's competition they used to hold before the start of a season!! They were fantastic days!!

Wigan Sevens Finals

* 1980: Wigan 15 Widnes 8
* 1981: Wakefield Trinity 28 Leeds 25
* 1982: Wigan 8 Leeds 14
* 1983: Widnes 46 Oldham 26
* 1984: Wigan 28 Blackpool Borough 18
* 1985: Swinton 24, Warrington 22
* 1986: Wigan 30 Leigh 16
* 1987: Wigan 20 Leigh 16

: Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:05 am  

one of my favourites is the cas game we won 26 - 25

Botica v farrell in the kicking to win department

many derby games to mention as well

: Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:58 am  

Watching us beat Manly in 1987 and seeing disappointed Aussies for once.

Going to the pre season tournaments.

Hearing Entry of the Gladiators before the match. Though it always seemed to fill me with dread at the time (I remember us losing more often than not when taking the field to it).

Henry Paul scoring against Saints when we had to drop out. Two of their players let the ball bounce and as it bounced up HP ran onto it and tore between them to score.

: Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:12 pm  

Can anyone spot themselves? I must in in there somewhere (no jokes refering to my height like oh there you are the floodlight please) as a young 12 year old. Probably kicking a ball at the other end.

: Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:49 pm  

YICKER wrote:

one of my favourites is the cas game we won 26 - 25

Botica v farrell in the kicking to win department

many derby games to mention as well

Definately, aswell because we went top that night after bratfut beating stains and having updates on the big screen. In the days of first past the post the tension was unbearable cos for parts of the game you thought this is our chance and we were messing it up.

Farrell kicking that goal cool as a cucumber from 40 yards as well...what a class player.

Other games would have to go down would be...

Wigan V Manly
Wigan V Stains (Last game at CP) obviously
Wigan V Stains (the 16-16 game in the 95 CC)
Wigan V Aus (in 94 i think, were we nearly came back to beat em i the second half after being down an out)
Wigan V Bratfut (During Mission Impossible)

: Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:36 pm  

Memony wrote:

Drunken fumbles with the laydees in doorways down by the river...

Ha ha.

You aint the only one pal. i once got rather Lucky (or unlucky) with a young lady who bore a striking resemblance to Peter Berdsley in the same spot!!!