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Wigan Athletic actually drew their first match at the JJB Stadium 0-0 with Morecambe on 1st August 1999. The Manchester United game was on the 4th August.
Wasnt this originally going to be called the Tesco Stadium, with Tesco gaining the naming rights as part of its £20m deal to buy the former Wariors stadium Central park to develop as a supermarket while Wigan Warriors would use the money to build the new stadium. Then Whelan came along and bought the club and made it the JJB stadium with Wigan Athletic in the more dominant leadership role? Its stretching my memory back a decade but anyone have any sources to corraborate this? 86.143.190.127 (talk) 13:38, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Complete nonsense I'm afraid. The stadium was always planned to be Wigan Athletic's, built by Dave Whelan and his company JJB, with a possible sharing arrangement with Orrell RUFC.
When Wigan RL got into financial trouble, they sold Central Park to Tesco and were planning to possibly move to the Reebok. Whelan bought into the RL and brought them to the JJB.
It was always going to be a football stadium, and NEVER have I heard of it being called the Tesco Stadium - I think that may have been a joke by someone describing RL's former ground as teh Tesco Stadium, because that's what's there now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.74.109.69 (talk) 19:22, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
I remember the reebok sharing idea however the ground sale and planning application to build the new stadium were both done before Whelan bought into the club and it was the £20m tesco money that was used to build the stadium. Whelan merley redirected ownership into his own personal holding company. 86.133.227.49 (talk) 16:43, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
If the stadium is used for soccer and rugby, how is the ground changed to suit both? Anyone know?
For instance, How are the white lines changed? Where do the posts go? How long does it take to switch between events? Could the ground accomodate other sports (hockey, rugby union, ...)?
Is there a dominant partner? ie I believed that as Wigan Warriors were the bigger side at the time it would be Wigan listed before Wigan Athletic on the artivle. Alexsanderson83 16:03, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
If anyone is interested I can post this in the article.
For the game against Cambridge City, in which Wigan Athletic were technically the away team, they did NOT use the away dressing room. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.47.222.41 (talk) 16:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC).
OK, I'm out of ideas and I wouldn't dare have the arrogance to suggest I can copyedit properly. Unless a cross between north English and Asian slang is regarded formal English, that is. Time for an automated review to get suggestions:
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The 'Robin Park Stadium' (officially recorded title), is built on land held by the Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (the 'Metro.'). They are the 'freeholders', or landlords, of the property.
As well as owning outright the land it's built on, the Metropolitan Borough Council also own a share of the built stadium.
A 'controlling share' is held by a company which Dave Whelan is the 'controlling shareholder' (chairman).
Dave Whelan does NOT own the stadium. Plain and simple (to anyone with a brain)!
The 'Robin Park Stadium' is not in Wigan, it's in Pemberton. However, it IS in the Wigan 'borough'.
Please refrain from putting rubbish on Wikipedia.
JemmyH. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.239.71.235 (talk) 22:20, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Now Whelan has sold his shares, will the name be changed to the IEC Stadium? or will another sponsor be found? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.94.142 (talk) 16:41, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
If the stadium going to be renamed then shouldn't the article title be changed to the new name? with the current name page changed to a redirect page? The C of E (talk) 12:21, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
Why does 'Robin Park centre' redirect here? It is a separate stadium owned by Wigan Council and used by a number of sports clubs.92.239.88.53 (talk) 18:46, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Probably because the council are the landlords of this gaff and it's official registered title is 'The Robin Park Stadium'. The council own, outright, the land the stadium is built on. The council funded it's build through money obtained from Central Government as 'City Challenge Fund'.
DW Stadium and JJB Stadium are simply sponsors names tagged onto the stadium for a 10 year contract fee. When the sponsor pulls out, the name changes to the new sponsor. If no new sponsor was found, it would become what it's always 'officially' been, the Robin Park Stadium.
AND, it's in Pemberton, not Wigan.
Believe whatever you want if it makes you feel good.
Source of information? Wigan Metropolitan Borough annual accounts.
Jemmy Hanson, Bryn (Ashton in Makerfield)92.239.71.235 (talk) 18:51, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
Bit confused over the references to the stands. Should it be the South Stand or southern stand? Are they known as South Stand, North Stand? florrie 02:59, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Actually, NONE of the stands are in the 'south'. The stadium has sides facing south west - south east and north west - north east. A corner of the stadium points south. Then again, that's Wiganers for you, they haven't a clue about directions! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.239.90.145 (talk) 20:49, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
Get a new image, one with people actually watching the team playing --Tukogbani (talk) 20:47, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
There are two claims that have been added to the article in the past week, neither of which are verified nor attributed to any source. I have attempted to tag these appropriately, but it keeps being removed in place of weasel words. Repeated reversion of an article between two editors is known as an edit war, and is never allowed under any circumstances. When two editors are warring, as would be the case if the reverting were to continue, then consensus should be sought on its talk page. Failure to resolve difference through this medium will result in third party intervention.
The two claims in question are:
A source has been linked to the claim which confirms Wigan Athletic did indeed take Boston United FC's place in the Football League. This was never in question. What I questioned was whether Wigan Athletic fans really do jokingly refer to 'Boston' in this way. A simple Google search produces not so much as a newspaper article or a blog to support this statement. GW(talk) 22:27, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
I know im three years late to the party with this one...but surely they took Southport's place in the Football League, not Boston's? Narom (talk) 15:46, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Firstly, recognised by whom? Wikipedia demands that all claims be linked to reliable sources. To claim that something has been recognised without actually saying who it has been recognised by implies authority and thus violates this guideline.
Secondly, no source has been linked to the claim that Wigan Athletic fans were given a poll to decide on their player, or that Harry Lyon was voted, or that he was overlooked in favour of Springfield Park because he has already been honoured. Again, a simple Google search produces no results to confirm any of these claims and inferences. GW(talk) 22:27, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
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Now that the DW Stadium is officially known as The Brick Community Stadium, I suggest the article be moved to its new title. Seems uncontroversial to me, but I would welcome others' views. Paul W (talk) 11:13, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
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