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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 […]
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A very Soulful Christmas
In a Soulful Christmas Mood The Christmas song has been given a bad press in recent years, no doubt partly influenced by Simon Cowell and his legacy of X-Factor one week wonders that hijacked the Christmas number one for over a decade. Add in to that the various novelty Christmas songs and generic pop songs […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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Wigan Athletic – Austria bound
Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez and his charges will be jetting off to Austria on Sunday for another seven day training camp, similar to the one held in Sweden last week. Martinez has already put the squad through 25 fitness sessions and a 70 minute game against Swedish outfit Ostersunds, a game that resulted in […]
8 – Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic this evening, beat Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park 1-0 through an Alcaraz headed goal in the 87th minute. The win & the 3 points meant that Wigan moved to 40 points with their 6th win in 8 games and also moved to Premier League safety. The win also meant that Blackburn were relegated. […]
200 Up for No 17
Emmerson made his 200th league start for Latics away at Huish Park, he signed for Wigan Athletic from Palace for an initial £1m just in 2006 after we got into the greed league. An international for Barbados his career started at Luton Town and has become a firms fans favorite at The DW.
Spurs v Wigan Athletic – Thoughts from beyond
aka, Blackpool seafront So what with all the clichéd stereotypical nonsense that will be floating around under the guise of match previews and predictions this weekend, notapatchon decided to make a good use of NRP’s dinner break and send him down to see Gypsy Sammy Lee down on Blackpool prom to see if she’d get […]