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* May 15 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff – 2004 Challenge Cup tournament won by St. Helens with a 32-16 win over Wigan Warriors in the final before 73, 734.

* October 13 at Manchester, England – Super League VI culminates in the Bradford Bulls ' 37-6 win against the Wigan Warriors in the Grand Final at Old Trafford before 60, 164.

* In Europe's Super League II, on Sunday 28 September, with the final of the Premiership was won by Wigan Warriors who defeated St. Helens 33-20.

They have played at the DW Stadium since 1999, sharing the stadium with rugby league club Wigan Warriors.

also rent the stadium to rugby league team Wigan Warriors, The ground cost £ 30 million to construct.

The next chairman, Stephen Gage, spent most of 1993 and 1994 trying to relocate the Latics to the then Robin Park Stadium ( now demolished ) until his plans were scuppered by Wigan Council when the local authority announced plans for their own ground involving Wigan Warriors.

* Wigan Warriors vs St. Helens

The Dragons went on to defeat 2010's Super League XV champions, Wigan Warriors in the 2011 World Club Challenge, but Bennett was absent, choosing to fly back to Australia days before the match to be with his ill mother-in-law, and leaving assistant coach Steve Price in charge.

Shaun Ainscough dives for the line to score a try in the 2009 Challenge Cup for Wigan Warriors | Wigan during their victory over Barrow Raiders

The song is also used as English rugby league team Wigan Warriors enter the field as well as during both the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2012 Twenty20 World Cup.

Salary cap problems led to Johns leaving the Knights and Australia at the end of 2000 to play a season with the UK based Super League club the Wigan Warriors.

* 1996 Wigan Warriors ( RL )

: For the former Wigan Warriors Rugby League chairman see Maurice Lindsay ( rugby league ).

Warrington has a local rivalry with Widnes Vikings, St. Helens, Wigan Warriors and Salford City Reds.

For 2009, the Wolves recruited Garreth Carvell from Hull for an undisclosed fee on a three year deal, along with Micky Higham from Wigan Warriors on a two year deal.

They had beaten St Helens RLFC home and away and beaten Wigan Warriors ' on the road ' in Edinburgh at Tynecastle.

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Despite initial concerns regarding the leadership of the Knights after the retirement of Paul Harragon, and even more-so when Andrews brother Matthew joined European Super League club the Wigan Warriors, Johns was given the responsibility of captaining the Newcastle squad.

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On 7 May 2011 in Aston Villa's home game against Wigan, Heskey barged in to referee Mike Jones and continued to argue with him because he did not award a free kick for an alleged elbow by Antolín Alcaraz.

He was widely praised for his performances in the two matches, with former England international Alan Shearer commenting, " Never in a million years did I expect to be discussing whether Emile Heskey should keep his place ahead of Wayne Rooney but the Wigan striker was outstanding over both games.

But as Boston's ground and facilities did not meet the Football League criteria for a League club, whereas Springfield Park did, Wigan Athletic were put forward for election to the league.

His appointment saw Wigan end their losing streak, but consistency evaded the Latics, although Bruce did soon achieve something neither Jewell nor Hutchings had managed previously – a 1 – 1 draw at Anfield against Liverpool ; the first time Wigan had taken points off one of the so-called " Big Four " Premier League clubs.

On 15 August 2009, Wigan won their opening game of the 2009 – 10 season, beating Aston Villa away, 2 – 0 The good form did not continue though, losing the next three games to Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester United and Everton before defeating West Ham United at the DW Stadium on 12 September 1 – 0 to claim three points.

Lampard missed Euro 2012 with a thigh injury, but did play all of Chelsea's pre-season games scoring against the MLS Allstars and Brighton and Hove Albion In Chelsea's first game of the new Premier League campaign, Lampard converted a penalty won by Eden Hazard as Chelsea brushed aside Wigan 2 – 0.

Warrington did make it to the final of the Regal Trophy in 1994 but lost 40 – 10 to Wigan at McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield.

Paul's form on the Junior, and then subsequently New Zealand team tour, did not go unnoticed by astute talent scouts in England and in the off season of 1993 / 94 he joined the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats of the English Rugby Football League Championship and was highly impressive, especially against the almost invincible at the time – Wigan Warriors, where he almost pulled off the upset of the century against a team of legends including but to name just a few – Dean Bell, Dennis Betts, Shaun Edwards, Andy Farrell, Martin Offiah and Va ' aiga Tuigamala.

Bramble has expressed his gratitude to Wigan manager Steve Bruce for having faith in him when no one else did and for making him the player he is today.

The arrival of Edman was a good deal for Wigan Athletic, since the club did not find a good replacement after the departure of Leighton Baines, the previous summer.

The two main reasons were because he did not play enough games for Wigan to trigger a clause in his contract and also the impossibility of receiving a visa for his stay in England due to his international retirement with Australia.

However, he did return in time for the 2000 – 01 Division Two play-off semi final against Wigan Athletic.

He was rested for the final three games of the season due to a minor injury, and also because he was " scoring too many goals ", as if he reached 18 he would have to return to Sevilla automatically, something he did not desire ; thus, he moved to Levante on a permanent basis with the likes of Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Wigan Athletic and Reading all tracking his progress, with Levante apparently keen to balance the books for the new season and cashing in on one of its star players.

Raper did however enjoy his first piece of English rugby league silverware in 2002 when he took his Wigan Warriors side to victory in the Rugby League Challenge Cup.

He played his professional debut for the club in a home loss to the Huddersfield Giants, although the mental illness that had ended his season for the Parramatta Eels and lack of match fitness did produce some concern about his ability to play rugby league in Europe's top-flight competition, which was reflected in the terms of his contract to the Wigan Warriors, despite his claims that his bipolar condition was now under control:

A key factor was that the Rugby Football League allowed Chairman Ian Lenagan to became owner of his home town club Wigan Warriors in 2007 but did not force him to sell his controlling share.

This figure remained a record for a total cash transfer until Wigan beat their own record, paying £ 450, 000 for Stuart Fielden from the Bradford Bulls in 2006.

Wigan later made a third for the player, a revised figure of £ 700, 000.

Orwell's research for The Road to Wigan Pier led to him being placed under surveillance by the Special Branch in 1936, for 12 years, until one year before the publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four.

The location was originally the junction of the main roads to Preston, Liverpool and Wigan, and was marked by a market cross until it was replaced by the current clock tower in the nineteenth century.

This area is a hotbed for Rugby League with St Helens, Warrington, Widnes, Wigan and Leigh being neighbouring towns, however the town never had a rugby league team until recently, when in 2002, Newton Storm ARLFC was formed.

He later said he would stay at Wigan and see out his contract until the summer of 2009.

Most notably, having never defeated any of the traditional " Big Four " in the league until their win over Chelsea ( and with only one win over any of them in cup competitions ), Wigan ended the season having defeated three of them at home.

Wigan Athletic's club crest, used until 2008

By virtue of the title of Baron Wigan of Haigh Hall, the Earls of Crawford and Balcarres sat in the House of Lords until the passage of the Peerage Act 1963.

Hindley was a Roman Catholic born in Wigan ( Lancs ) in 1701 it is not certain who he was apprenticed to he made clocks in Wigan in 1726-1730 and moved to Petergate York in 1731 and moved to Stonegate York in 1741 until his death in 1771, he was succeeded by his son who died in 1775 ref Loomes ' Watch and Clockmakers of the World ' NAG Press London, 2006 ISBN 0-7198-0330-6.

Wigan Casino had a much larger capacity than many competing venues and ran its events from 2am until 8am.

Three further matches, each involving Wigan, were staged in the early 1990s. 1997 World Club Championship | 1997 tournament trophyWith the outbreak of the Australian Super League War in 1995, the World Club Challenge was not staged again until 1997.

He was soon downgraded to non-Nazi " B " status, following, which he was taken to PoW Camp 50 ( now Byrchall High School ) in Ashton-in-Makerfield, a small town in Lancashire between St Helens and Wigan, where he stayed until 1948.

From 1319 until its dissolution in 1536, Whitwick Church was an endowment of the Benedictine priory of Upholland, near Wigan, Lancashire.

It would not be until 2 June 1978, however, that Wigan would have a side in the Football League once more.

New council offices were opened in 1904 and Hindley Urban District Council continued until local government reorganisation in 1974 when it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.

* Not so much a playoff tradition, but in the back end of the Super League season in 2007, Wigan Warriors made a pact after losing 43-24 to the Warrington Wolves, a result which left their playoff hopes hanging in the balance, to grow moustaches until they lost another game.

On 1 February 2010, Hutton signed for Sunderland on loan until the end of the season, and made his debut in the 1 – 1 draw with Wigan Athletic.

Throughout the Wigan's match, Jones was not used in substitute and yet to debut for Wigan until on 13 September 2011, Jones made his debut in a Wigan shirt as Wigan lost 2-0 to Crystal Palace and made his league debut coming on for Jordi Gomez on a 71st minutes in a 3-1 loss against Everton.

Kathryn Drysdale ( born 1 December 1981, Wigan, England ) is an English actress best known for her role as Louise in the BBC comedy series Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps from 2001 until her departure from the show in 2009 alongside Sheridan Smith.

On 16 February 2011, Wm Santus ' Dorning Street factory produced the two-billionth Uncle Joe's Mint Ball, which was encased in resin and placed on display at the Museum of Wigan Life until March 17.