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Don’t call it a comeback
In which, after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus, Jimmy, Alan and Chris carry on like nothing has ever happened in the hope that no one will notice. If they even listen at all, that is. There’s been plenty of water under the bridge since the last time we took to the airwaves and Jimmy bravely starts by […]
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 […]
Other Stuff
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
The TNS archive
A few words about the fine young men of Wigan Athletic FC
Let me tell you what I can’t get my head round. Our young players. We simply haven’t brought a single bad egg through the academy. I’m not talking about ability here, I am talking about the fact that they are almost all, to a (young) man, superb human beings. They are a nice bunch of […]
328 people lost their lives
The worst ever football stadium disaster, the BBC have done a short video with the brief outline of what went on, it is just a very small insight to what happened, however folk were actually shot dead outside the stadium. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27635664 The whole tragedy was covered up by the Peruvian authorities, as governments do, especially the shooting. “Some lads […]
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 […]
Latics supporters ready to holler in the little Horwich hamlet!
Wigan Athletic supporters are set to arrive in the little village of Horwich for Saturday’s game against Bolton Wanderers in vast numbers for what is an absolutely crucial rekegation ‘six pointer’. The Latics faithful have already snapped up close to 2,000 tickets for the game and as such the team knows it will be urged […]