Alex BP' wrote:True.
However, remember the last time we trained there? Those smackheads were fighting each other.
It was great to watch.
i remember when they used to play cricket on there....wigan grammar i think.
i digress.
there are plenty of places for kids to go. Rosebridge runs its own youth club as well as rugby teams. There must be more round wigan.
the days of the "boys clubs" are long past.
youth clubs are usually run in conjunction with other sports (see above)
boys brigades and brass bands are becoming defunct as kids find other things to do.....like go to night clubs like the top spot and caff.
only people to gain from this are Whelan, Ainscough, and a few drug dealers who will spy it as an outlet.
leave the field alone and go pump money into the community some other way.
im a member of a financially struggling cricket club who take kids off the street in a deprived area.
we would welcome a donation from messrs whelan and ainscough.