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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
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 […]
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 […]
Dancing with Ghosts…
As you wake up with the fear from your work’s do and head towards the chaos of Mad Friday, Tony Topping reminds us that, sometimes, you do want to remember those Christmas nights out. Dancing With The Ghosts Of Wigan Casino, 1973 The cold December wind cut through the hole in the window and its […]
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 […]
The TNS archive
The Wigan Athletic Glory Years: Bolton/Tottenham preview
Whatever happens at the DW Stadium this week, I urge you to lighten up, try to forget your troubles — no matter how hard that might be — and get behind the lads, even if we’re losing 2-0. After all, things could be far worse – we could be facing point deductions, liquidation or even […]
Which bus are Latics on?
If Sky Sports decided to re-write Aesop’s Fables, I suspect one of the moral lessons would involve a football team that travels away from home, scores an early goal and then spends 85 minutes with the bus well and truly parked only to come unstuck right at the end. So you’ll have to forgive me […]
A Summer in Wigan & Messi Bookcases
Well it has been some time! For me it’s been over 12 months since I’ve been in the TNS Offices here in Wigan, in fact my last work was a Barnsley Match article, oh how we lived! There are some new faces at new desks that we’ve been able to fit in to the office. […]
Defeat to Wolves leaves Wigan hovering over relegation abyss
A narrow one nil defeat to play off chasing Wolverhampton Wanderers yesterday, left Wigan Athletic facing the real possibility of relegation by next Saturday. Latics were the dominant side in the game and could point to two key referring decisions in the second half which may ultimately cost them their Championship status. Wigan made one change to the side which secured a first home win […]