BuckleyStreetWire wrote:I only ever lived in Warrington for three years of my life and I've only ever met two Widnes fans in my life. I don't really feel anything towards Widnes. No animosity nor hatred. I certainly don't like them and I want to beat them when we play them but only like I do Salford or Huddersfield.

For me it's a pick between Saints and Wigan. I'd probably say Wigan. But they have each other. But teams can have rivalries that aren't just their most local rival and more than one rival. Different fans can have different feelings of hatred towards a rival to someone else. I know fans of United in association football who hate City most but also know some who hate Liverpool most.

I don't know. Do we even have to have a biggest rival? You can't just make one up.

What I will say is that a close rival in the league table for a few years or a collection of finals against teams or even just a few memorable games with a team can spark a rivalry. Look at Chelsea and Leeds in association football again; they don't have a geographical rivalry, but they hate each other.

rubber duckie wrote:Here's 2 pieces of trivia.

Warrington have beaten Wigan more times than any other team.
Until sometime around the early 1990s, Warrington had beaten Wigan at Central Park more times than they had beaten us.
I think that tells you who Warrington, over the years, regarded as the biggest rivals.