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Positivity rising
It’s amazing how quickly the positivity levels can return. A hard earned point, that really should have been all three in London was followed up by one of the performances of the season, and a win to upset the form book at play-off chasing Lincoln. After a handful of poor performances following the international break […]
Context gentlemen, please
Ahhh Wigan. I foolishly thought last months financial results may have provided some much needed context to a club still reeling from two financial disasters in as many years, clearly I was wrong. The (internet) fan base reverted to type on Monday evening as we were DUN WI Maloney and Danson would be seeing THI […]
Other Stuff
Blackpool calling
It’s New Year and that can only mean one thing, not a return to work not a set of un-assailable New Year resolutions but for me and over a thousand other people THE soul music event of the year. For the uninitiated let me set some context to this claim. Now in to a fourteenth […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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Blackpool thoughts
Blackpool 4-1 LaticsWednesday 26th August 2009You can take positives from any game? Well to sum this one up, I stayed dry and warm, didn’t have to dash for the train and didn’t have to be in Blackpool for any period where I wasn’t being paid. I don’t think I’ve ever been really glad that I […]
The Ten Point Plan
1. Sack Mackay Or agree to terminate by mutual consent. It’s not worked. It’s never worked and it never will work. Those charges hanging over him are preventing him from doing his job. He has not moved up north by all accounts and is not likely to either. We have made mistakes in the past […]
Them and us – Dariusz Adamczuk (Wigan Athletic and Poland)
TNS continues the theme of looking back at the career of Wigan Athletic Olympians and so step forward Dariusz Adamczuk. Dariusz, who was born in Szczecin on 20th October 1969, joined Latics on a three-month loan deal from the original Glasgow Rangers on 9th August 2001. He made his Latics League debut two days later in […]
Hesk of his former self
In the bigger scheme of things, I’m a Latics fan first, a football fan second and an England fan last. It’s nothing to do with pride in your country or any of that balderdash; it’s just that international football has never grabbed me in the same way as club football did. Don’t get me wrong, […]