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Would I Lie To You?
In the past there’s always been somewhat of an international hangover with Wigan Athletic and I don’t mean the kind brought on by those naughty Belgian ales (looking at you Neil Myers). No I mean that traditionally following an international break Latics have taken a little while to get back in to the swing of […]
Who wants a break?
International breaks are a real pain aren’t they? Don’t get me wrong, I love watching England and I enjoy international football. I’m not one of those who would do away with the international calendar. I understand why it’s so integral to world football. But nonetheless when an international weekend comes along and inevitably ruins a […]
Other Stuff
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 […]
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, […]
A pathetic shopping spree
If you move in certain Twitter circles then you’ll have come across The Pathetic Casuals. Once they were young lads and lasses, touring the country in following the team they love, dressed up the nines and making sure they were seen and heard. Now, as age, parenthood, mortgages and world weariness catches up with them, […]
The TNS archive
Dart Of Soul – QPRFC vs WAFC
Ten minutes past four on the Sabbath 6th of April as the sun begins to think about going down under the yardarm Wigan Athletic will be looking for three-in-a-row to consolidate Premiership safety. QPR for all the money they have spent, for all the bullish behaviour towards us sit seven points behind the Latics, […]
Spoilt – Ipswich Thoughts
I know that I was supposed to be embarrassed by all those defeats over the last four seasons, the 9-1, all those drubbings against United and Arsenal and the countless cup exits to lower division sides. I know I was supposed to be but, by-and-large, I wasn’t. Just as I wasn’t when Paul Jewell was […]
OFK Ostersunds v Wigan Athletic – a little previous
Wigan Athletic will take on Ostersunds in a pre season friendly on Friday evening at 7.00pm local time. It will be the second time that the teams have met and on both occasions it is the first game in which the team actually get a game of football under their belts following a week away […]
Johnson to pull rug from under Wigan
Stories coming out of Merseyside this morning are suggesting that Everton are the third club to have a bid accepted for Crystal Palace striker Andy Johnson. The suggestion is that Everton’s bid meets the £8.5 million bid that Latics and Bolton made, but has more similarity to the Bolton deal as the money will not […]