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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 […]
The second coming
So here it is, the worst kept secret in football was revealed on Monday morning as Gary Caldwell returned to Wigan Athletic. If anyone had any doubts about Caldwell’s return they only need to watch his two long form interviews with both the BBC and the official club website. Caldwell was as impressive as one […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Doing us proud
I said on Friday night that whatever happens over the next few weeks Paul Cook and his players had already done the club and indeed the town proud. That was clear again on Saturday as Latics battled manfully against a Barnsley side who knew that failing to win meant near certain relegation. Barnsley’s next three […]
The morning after – Chelsea memories
There’s more to come on Saturday’s game, but until then, a little bit of slightly smug reminiscing. It was January 1980 and an eight year old Perm was woken in what felt like the middle of the night by a Perm snr, smelling of ale, and telling him that Latics had beaten Chelsea. What was […]
Still in our hands – just!
Preston North End 1-1 Latics Saturday 30th April 2005 You can put the calculators away now. The position at one o’clock on Sunday is simple. A victory against Reading takes us to the Premier League regardless of what happens elsewhere. This point, obtained despite yet another disappointing performance was enough to keep the club’s destiny […]
Derby double strike hastens MacKay’s demise
Goals in the second half from Chris Martin and Darren Bent prolonged Wigan’s winless home run, a defeat which was the catalyst for the club’s decision to dismiss Malky Mackay with the club perilously close to a second relegation in three seasons. Wigan made two changes to the starting line up from the side which lost […]