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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 […]
It’s never dull is it?
It’s never dull is it (c) Understatement of the century that particular Wigan Athletic phrase. Another twenty four hours, another episode of upheaval, another period of instability. We should be used to them by now, but each time this happens the more damaging the feeling among the fanbase. So let’s recap […]
Other Stuff
Brut: not just an aftershave
With Saturday’s game against Sheffield Wednesday on the horizon, we’ve been turning our minds to things that would be worth going to Sheffield for, even if you didn’t want to pay £33 to get into a football match. Chris pointed us in the direction of one of Sheffield’s less expected landmarks and this article that […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
Sunderland vs Wigan Athletic Preview (12/13)
This will have to be quick as I’m expected back in London next week. I’ve now got 2 TNS desks, 1st here at the Wigan offices, the 2nd at the new London branch. I’ll get to do some match previews from London, they’ll no doubt have a divserity of culture feel to them
Wigan Athletic – increase in crowds maintains ‘biggest club in Wigan’ status
Sources at Wigan Athletic have revealed that the club’s seasonal average with regards to match attending supporters has risen by a whopping ten percent. Last season’s average of 18,633 represents the biggest rise in Premier League attendances apart from that of new boys Swansea City. With season ticket sales now ongoing, it is hoped that […]
Spurs (a) report
Spurs 2- 2 Latics Sunday 19th February 2006 A impressive performance and a brace of nicely taken goals from Andreas Johansson were not enough to win this game, but the Swede will be hoping it was enough to give Paul Jewell a selection headache for next week’s League Cup final. The makeshift forward’s second and […]
Spurs v Wigan Athletic – Thoughts from beyond
aka, Blackpool seafront So what with all the clichéd stereotypical nonsense that will be floating around under the guise of match previews and predictions this weekend, notapatchon decided to make a good use of NRP’s dinner break and send him down to see Gypsy Sammy Lee down on Blackpool prom to see if she’d get […]