Drewtg

On the whole we were tough, working-class kids. No worries about being "bashed"

This is so much fun! The longer this thread goes on we will have the whole top 500 on it. My top ten dislikes is a lot smaller than my top ten loves.

Wigan was appaling. The management treated everyone like cash cows. The DJ's played some insulting music for a so-called Soul Club. The place was a dump and Marshall et al never spent a red cent on anything. The vast majority of teenagers were off their box on amphetamines and in later years anything else that was to hand. If you didn't keep an eye on stuff it WOULD get nicked. All this is true. I was a Soul fan before it was called Northern, and I still am. I have travelled the UK and a lot of the world. Unfortunately, nowhere comes close as far as raw atmosphere is concerned. It was of it's time and place and it has gone, like an old dangerous mistress, fondly remembered but you wouldn't want to spend your life with her. Would you?

Hi there, could you guys help spread the word about this, we only have a week left, Cheers. https://www.justgiving.com/local/project/wigancasino

Sorry to disappoint you Boot, but I designed the badge. They made it almost exactly to my drawing which was a surprise as I also did the 2nd anniversary badge which they butchered to save costs. I cant remember what I won, maybe £25, but my favourite was the 2nd anniversary when I won £10 plus a backstage pass to meet Tommy Hunt in his dressing room.