Had a printer/scanner bought for me as a birthday present over the weekend, I also have a stack of old Wigan pictures (my dad used to take his camera to games throughout the 80's/90's).

Will add them as I go on, got loads of Wembley 84, Wembley 85....even one of Rocket Ronnie Brathwaite in full flight.



First up is Wigan versus Castleford (around 1983) - Gary Stephens scoring for Wigan. Notice the lack of Cherry & White paint along the top of the Douglas Stand, in addition - No Sponsors.

This was my 2nd season watching Wigan.

Another thing that alarmed me was the padding on the posts.....imagine Amos hitting those buggers last season.......ouch!!!




Has anyone else got any old pics knocking about?

[uWigan v Yorkshire. (Friendly)[/u

Rocket Ronnie showing his skills.

[uSalford v Wigan (Early 80's).[/u


Wigan in Blue with white stripe.
With regards to the Willows, nothing much has changed in that photo in nearly thirty years.

[uBramley v Wigan - Challenge Cup Rd 1.[/u

[uSunday 12th Feb 1984[/u


Drew 10-10........Wigan were VERY lucky to scrape a draw, however battered them 34-4 in the replay.

Lovely little stand, yes I was one of the 3,968 there that day. Will have to try and dig out some actual photo's of the game.

Good pictures, can't believe how low the crowd is as well! Not often you see pictures of central park like that, most pictures in 'Central Park Memories' show the ground either jam packed or empty without a match on.

Quality pics. Can I add them to the Central Park page on the site?

I did have another pic of the same game (Cas game), the Popular & Douglas stand was pretty well attended....still think there was 6-7k on that day.

Of course. No problem at all.

Have many more, will get them on over the next few hours.

So in that case the cas fans didn't turn up



Shows just how poor some crowds were during that poor era, even if it is right at the end. Its madness that the 2 years after that they were at wembley and became world champs 4 years later!

Great pics! Keep them coming! Nice to see some fresh ones, only last night I was looking through all my books of Wigans history.

I bet there is some crackers from the 85 final

Halfback combination was Edwards and Holden IIRC

Oh yes!

Probably common in those days. The Late 70s/Early 80s crowds were dire pretty much everywhere. The sport was seemingly dying, that was until they increased the points for a try from three to four and it all seemed to lift from there. Perhaps Wigan being good again helped that? I'm too young to answer that one.