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The more things change, the more they stay the same
“The more things change, the more they stay the same” So the post Lowe era began with less of a bang and more of a whimper – that’s unfair really, there was definite improvements but sadly not enough for a result on the night. Latics started off so brightly in contrast to the last few […]
Not a fit for Wigan Athletic, then, now indeed ever
Two months too late but finally the decision that should have been made has been made. Embarrassing that it took a 6-1 mauling to do it. Rather than any sort of recognition of the malaise we’ve found ourselves in for the majority of this season. A club legend last season who hadn’t seen us in […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 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, […]
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Anybody seen our 12th Man?
Well, this column is called the 12th Man and maybe it is time for the 12th Man to come to the fore again. Not so much the Reading game but I have been peering with some interest at the three fixtures which close out February for some time now, and it would seem that they […]
Get a life
The goal that never was saga rolls on. The referee has come out and said that he thinks the ball was over the line and that his linesman got it wrong. What a wet lettuce, where’s the collective responsibility? What about you missing the decision on Shearer’s foul on De Zeuuw? Maybe you could write […]
Back to it
It’s been a welcome respite from the stress and strain of the league over the last couple of weeks. Normally I would be perplexed at the thought of an international break interrupting our season but if a break could come at the right time I think this was it. Come Saturday afternoon I’ll be desperate […]
Board rigid
The internet is a wonderful thing, an always open source of information; somewhere for people to share experiences with people they’ll never meet; a soapbox where opinions can be put forward and discussed, many different things to many different people. Wiganers, being the strange creatures they are have decided it’s just another place to moan […]