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Looking up
It’s been a strange old week. It started full of optimism after a very strong performance against Barnsley in the EFL Cup the previous Saturday that should have never ended in defeat. Being bridged in the middle with an awful first half performance against Cambridge but a fightback of sorts. Before a win in the […]
It’s never dull is it?
It’s never dull is it (c) Understatement of the century that particular Wigan Athletic phrase. Another twenty four hours, another episode of upheaval, another period of instability. We should be used to them by now, but each time this happens the more damaging the feeling among the fanbase. So let’s recap […]
Other Stuff
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
The TNS archive
Miller time at the DW as weary Wigan falter
A remarkable last stanza at the DW last night saw five goals scored including a fine late brace from loan striker Ismael Miller saw a fatigued Wigan drop two points in their chase for the play offs. A much changed Wigan side following the fine win at Ipswich saw Wigan with Nick Powell to […]
In search of consistency
Searching for consistency. I think that fairly describes the last seven days. At home we seem to have cracked it, two great home performances in the league have led to six goals and six points. Away from home? Still a work in progress clearly. That search for consistency has been hampered by an endless list […]
Professional
A midweek trip to deepest Nottinghamshire isn’t usually the way I’d plan on spending a Tuesday in January but thanks to last week’s second Ice Age it became a necessity. It was one of those nights where earlier in the season Wigan Athletic may well have crumbled, indeed when we played Mansfield at home. That […]
Them and us – Jimmy Naylor (Wigan Athletic and Manchester City
The visit of Manchester City on Monday evening gives TNS the opportunity to look back at the career of Jimmy Naylor, a player whose career briefly took in a spell at both clubs. Jimmy was a wing half who was born in High Crompton on 1st March 1901. It is fair to assume that his […]