Wigan (A)

[YorkshireRoyal99]

I am going to this one as I haven’t been to the DW Stadium before and I’ll be up in Chesterfield. Stupidly, I thought it would be about an hour on the train, but now I have bothered to check it’s going to be a bit of pain. I can’t be bothered to drive so it’ll be trains, buses and taxis.

I would have thought doable with one change in Manchester? EMR tren to Manchester, Manchester to Wigan. May need to change stations in Manchester. But looked on trainline and .. well I'm glad I'm starting further north that day. Godspeed.

Anyway, IN!

I had a look myself and it appears you have to do Chesterfield -> Sheffield -> Manchester Piccadilly -> Wigan North Western and get to the ground after that. Google Maps reckons you'd have to leave at 10:11 to get to Wigan North Western at 13:03, plus a half-hour walk to get to the ground.

There appears to be an alternative route that goes Chesterfield -> Derby -> Birmingham New Street -> Wigan North Western where you'd have to leave at 10:48 and get to Wigan North Western at 13:37. Route 1 is 2 hours, 52 minutes; route 2 is 2 hours, 49 minutes - so basically the same.

The most direct train from Reading appears to leave at 10:15 and get to Wigan North Western at 13:37 (with a change at Stafford); 3 hours, 22 minutes - so only around 30 minutes longer.

Seems a complete joke that Reading to Wigan is somehow only 30 minutes longer than Chesterfield to Wigan by train.

It's all the change overs, Manchester is notorious for it, can't say I'm surprised there isn't a direct train. The walk to the ground isn't great either, a newer ground on an industrial estate it's well out of the way of the town centre. Luckily, parking isn't that bad I haven't found before. Might go to this game if I get the opportunity, Wigan away will live long in my memory after Puscas' 5 minute hat-trick. Everything before that was basically a standard Reading away day, drab.

[LUX]

well, I saw us win there 2-0, with two Nicky Forster goals quite a few years ago. 2004 best guess?

[Brogue]

Looks like only about 100 tickets left. Might need a second allocation. Which is a fantastic effort in just a day and half of being on sale

[Clyde1998]

Looks like only about 100 tickets left. Might need a second allocation. Which is a fantastic effort in just a day and half of being on sale

I make it 429 sold, which would be less than 100 left. I imagine there will be on the day sales.

[Brogue]

46 tickets left

[Clyde1998]

About 488 sold now. I'd guess a couple hundred seats will open up if they sell within the next day or so.

[Clyde1998]

Listed as sold out on the club's ticketing site now - I imagine that means we've sold all 512 tickets of our initial allocation.

[Royal_jimmy]

Might be our last ever game as a club so fans probably scrambling to be there

[Royal_jimmy]

IN - looking forward to my 6th visit to Wigan

[Brogue]

No more tickets to be sent but you can pay on the day at no extra cost

[Royal_jimmy]

Imagine 100 or so will travel on the day and buy them there

[PieEater]

Already here. After heavy snow yesterday it's all pretty well melted away on the roads.

Just returned from the Spoons in Wigan where they had £1 a pint Doombar, not sure that will last till Saturday but the equally nice Ruddles was £1.77 a pint

[stealthpapes]

Already here. After heavy snow yesterday it's all pretty well melted away on the roads.

Just returned from the Spoons in Wigan where they had £1 a pint Doombar, not sure that will last till Saturday but the equally nice Ruddles was £1.77 a pint

I'm in Manc, looking out over the ship canal.

It cold.

[John Smith]

Already here. After heavy snow yesterday it's all pretty well melted away on the roads.

Just returned from the Spoons in Wigan where they had £1 a pint Doombar, not sure that will last till Saturday but the equally nice Ruddles was £1.77 a pint

Absolutely superb behaviour

[Clyde1998]

Just a heads up to anyone travelling up without a ticket tomorrow: tickets are available from the ground, but are cash only.

[Sutekh]

Just a heads up to anyone travelling up without a ticket tomorrow: tickets are available from the ground, but are cash only.

Cash? What's that

[stealthpapes]

Some local info.

The walk to the ground from the station goes past Wigan Pier but don't bother. it's quicker to go to the left where the road splits and go via the canal tow path just over the bridge than go right on the road and around Asda/Retail park.

I would have suggested a detour to Trencherfield Mill but sadly it's currently closed.
https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Museu ... ngine.aspx

For Papes, my pub of choice in the centre is the John Bull Chophouse but en route is the Swan - a tatty old style pub that will probably close soon, and Wigan Central, a relatively newish real ale house in the railway arches.

chophouse - great, bunch of younger RFC fans seemed pretty happy (Thwaites IPA)
tap and barrell - bus station micropub, really cosy (tiny rebel clwb tropica, pork pie)
the anvil - proper pub, very wigan (ossett silver king)
swan - lovely pub (2 x bass draught)

also

train up - from victoria, cancelled, so a rail replacement bus through phoenix nights country

lovely little bus ride that.
train back - quicker one but terminated at Oxford Rd, so had to change stations by foot.

[PieEater]

Some local info.

The walk to the ground from the station goes past Wigan Pier but don't bother. it's quicker to go to the left where the road splits and go via the canal tow path just over the bridge than go right on the road and around Asda/Retail park.

I would have suggested a detour to Trencherfield Mill but sadly it's currently closed.
https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Museu ... ngine.aspx

For Papes, my pub of choice in the centre is the John Bull Chophouse but en route is the Swan - a tatty old style pub that will probably close soon, and Wigan Central, a relatively newish real ale house in the railway arches.

chophouse - great, bunch of younger RFC fans seemed pretty happy (Thwaites IPA)
tap and barrell - bus station micropub, really cosy (tiny rebel clwb tropica, pork pie)
the anvil - proper pub, very wigan (ossett silver king)
swan - lovely pub (2 x bass draught)

also

train up - from victoria, cancelled, so a rail replacement bus through phoenix nights country

lovely little bus ride that.
train back - quicker one but terminated at Oxford Rd, so had to change stations by foot.

I came on that train line from Parbold. Just went to the John Bull, it was packed with wierd aging punks with spikey hair, although they were still play Led Zep on the juke box!