10 Wigan-Saints facts

The first ever Derby match played between Wigan and St Helens under the Northern Union following the breakaway in 1895-96 was on 16th November 1895 at Knowsley Road, St Helens with the game ending in a 0-0 draw in front of 3,000 spectators.
The first home game for Wigan v St Helens was on 24th March 1876, Wigan winning the game at their then Frog Lane ground in front of a 4,000 crowd.
The first meeting of the two teams in the Challenge Cup was on 3rd April 1897 again an away game with Saints winning 11-0. Saints went on to win the Cup in that season.
Wigan’s longest winning run against St Helens is 14 matches from April 1920 to December 1926.
Wigan’s biggest victory over St Helens came on 26th May 1997 at Knowsley Road, St Helens by 65 points to 12.
The largest crowd for a Wigan – Saints game came on 27th March 1959 at Central Park, Wigan with a total of 47,747.
The largest crowd at the JJB / DW Stadium was recorded as 25,004 ironically on 25th March 2005.

The largest away crowd at Knowsley Road was 35,695 on 26th December 1949.
The largest attendance at the new Totally Wicked Stadium is 17,980 (capacity of 18,000) – this has been achieved on three occasions – 6th April 2012, 25th March 2016 and 30th March 2018.

Wigan won the final matches at both Central Park on 5th September 1999 (28-20) and at Knowsley Road on 2nd April 2010 (18-10).

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