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Beginning to build
As weeks go I think we can consider that one a success – we spoke last week about avoiding the potential banana skin of Boreham Wood in the Cup and Latics didn’t just do that. They systematically outplayed their opponents making the gap between the two divisions look every bit as big as it was […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
The TNS archive
Captain Morgan adds spice to Latics comeback victory
Wigan produced a tremendous fightback from two nil down at the DW Stadium on Thursday night with a last minute of injury time winner from captain Craig Morgan after Wigan had seemed dead and buried against a Gillingham side who thoroughly deserved their two goal lead and could have been further ahead had Bradley Dack […]
Bored… bored… BORED!
Wigan Athletic 2 – 0 Millwall 12th March 2005 I started this match off slagging my mate for choosing to spend the afternoon drinking in the lakes whilst I dragged myself of my sick bed to watch the latest instalment in the promotion bandwagon. I ended up thinking that Ambleside wasn’t far enough away. Dull […]
Who would be a football manager ?
Well would you? On reflection it seems a silly question, we all love football or we wouldn’t be looking at football website and who wouldn’t on the face of it like to get very well paid for training and managing a bunch of footballers. Sounds simple doesn’t it ? But look at the other side […]