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Signs of life
So then, who would have taken four points from the next two at 1pm on Saturday afternoon? I know I would, and I suspect most of us would. Two performances from Latics that were good for different reasons saw us rise to the heady heights of 21st (but hey, it’s a start) and finally there […]
Have I missed anything?
There are podcast episodes that begin with a slick intro, a silky fade-in, and the unmistakable whiff of professionalism. This is not one of them. tPAN EP085 – “Did I miss anything?” opens in the rubble of a previous episode that apparently contained the best content ever recorded — except, crucially, it wasn’t recorded. So […]
Other Stuff
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Buyer beware
I sat down thinking I was going to write a cautionary tale about the dangers of playing weakened teams and then I realised that the example I was basing this on was more than a little flawed. Manchester City, despite making eight changes for our league game on Saturday still managed to lose their FA […]
Late night shopping
It’s amazing what a night out can do for you. As I set out at Friday tea time, Bent and Bouaouzan in Chris Hutchings’ shopping trolley at the expense of Caleb Folan, things are looking alright on the transfer front. A visit to the exotic nightlife of Earlestown (don’t ask, although I think you may […]
Here it comes again
It’s hard to work out what exactly will give us a good result tonight. Obviously a win, or even a draw, would fall into that category, but after 2 consecutive 4-0 drubbings those two outcomes may be setting our sights too high. As with all these games, against the top few sides, it’s more a […]
62 problems but an empty seat aint one
Empty seats. They’re the hottest topic in the world of football right now, and for once Latics are coming out on the good side of the equation. Mainly because it’s not any empty seat that we’re talking about, it’s 900 of them in a particular corner of North London, with an alleged combined value of […]