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The DW Stadium is a stadium in Robin Park, near Wigan, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The ground is owned and managed by Wigan Football Company Limited, which is 85% owned by Wigan Athletic and 15% owned by Wigan local authority. It is used by Wigan Athletic football club and Wigan Warriors rugby league club, the rugby league club having a 50 years lease on tenancy to play games at the stadium. Built and opened in 1999,[1] it is named after its main sponsor, DW Sports Fitness.[5] In UEFA matches, it is called Wigan Athletic Stadium due to UEFA regulations on sponsorship.[6]

The stadium architect was Alfred McAlpine.[7] Wigan Athletic and Wigan Warriors moved into it from their long-term homes of Springfield Park and Central Park respectively. International rugby league matches have also taken place at the venue.

Its current capacity is 25,138—seated in four single-tier stands—and its record attendance was on 11 May 2008 when 25,133 people watched Wigan Athletic play Manchester United in the final match of the 2007–08 Premier League season.[8]

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Odd coincidence was on Springfield Park when they played their first ever home league game against I think it was Grimsby also at the JJB for their first ever Premier league game against Chelsea
Used to go on a regular basis when they were based at Springfield Park saw some memorable games on their, first time ever encountered the Pies was a Northern Premier League cup tie against Chorley at Victory Park, Chorley probably to this day one of thE best games I've ever seen Chorley won 5-4 after extra time in front of 6500.
Friday nights game although a friendly will mean the first time I have seen North End in action since March 2020
Squad wise suspects those who play will probably be the ones who will not be incontention against Hull when the real thing kicks off.
On the Saturday it's United be interesting to see if they sell the 16000 tickets will miss the Reds game but the pre season is almost at an end the season is just over a week off as I write this, been a long time.