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Can we go back to August?
All isn’t well at the Brick Community Stadium at the moment and it shows. First off let’s give full credit to Hemel Hempstead Town, The Tudors as they’re affectionally known should be the ones in the Second round – not us. Ryan Lowe admitted as much after Saturday’s game, I think without penalties Hemel would […]
We’ve had better weeks
Can two defeats in a week be described as a crisis? No of course they can’t. Can two defeats in a week be considered the end of Ryan Lowe’s honeymoon period? With the manner of the defeats, quite possibly. It’s been a long time since I came away from the Reebok, Unibol, Macron, Tough Sh*t […]
Other Stuff
Brut: not just an aftershave
With Saturday’s game against Sheffield Wednesday on the horizon, we’ve been turning our minds to things that would be worth going to Sheffield for, even if you didn’t want to pay £33 to get into a football match. Chris pointed us in the direction of one of Sheffield’s less expected landmarks and this article that […]
Wiggin Girls
Wiggin Girls ……… by T’ Pie Shop Boys. Sometimes when you’re in your shed, There’s a pie in your ‘and, it’s as heavy as lead Go on a diet, but tha’s just not able Too fat for chairs, can’t fit under tables, In a chippy, in a West Lancs Town Pudding Fish & Chips, there’s […]
Wigan Pies for Wigan People
Here at the Pie At Night we believe in attending a football match (or indeed rugby) involves more than just watching the game. A pie, a pint, a chat with your mates are all part of the matchday experience. We have had numerous conversations about the standard of match day catering at the DW Stadium […]
Puffers to Pemps
On the fifth anniversary of the demolition of one iconic Wigan landmark, we take in some 2009 memories of the place from Tony Topping… This summer a legend passed away, loved by some and hated by many. If your thinking Michael Jackson think again dear friend, the legend was Barbara Calderbank. My association with Barbara, […]
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The Drop-Cup Matrix
I have a fixation with trying to put real life situations into a four box matrix. There’s quite a simple one which sums up the Wigan Athletic situation right now. It’s got FA Cup on one axis and Premier League on the other. The trouble is that right now the LOSE-LOSE quadrant is ten times […]
The shirt of your back is wanted …
This is nothing new, appeals like this have been done before but if you are clearing out the drawers, shelves, wardrobes etc, etc & you come across those football/sport shirts you no longer want how about sending them to a most deserving cause? The FSF (Football Supporters Federation) have teamed up with their Euro counterparts The […]
Latics 0-0 Villa
The last nil all draw in the league came in the promotion season at home to Burnley, it was the sort of game that the phrase bore draw was made for. This one may not have been a thriller but it was far from boring. Jewell had it down as the best we’ve played this […]
Six to go, squeaky seat time
We have six games to save the season, old cliché I know but now it’s time to stop feeling sorry for ourselves after the recent disgraceful decisions (again) and march on to eight in a row in the Premiership. Three at home, three away and no-one, not even the most optimistic Wigan Athletic fan can […]