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One step forward
One step forward, three steps back. It’s been Latics season in a nutshell and how frustrating it’s becoming. Earlier this week a league table of the most miserable fans in the EFL was produced, with Latics only appearing in third place. After this week there’s no doubt that Latics will be at the top of […]

Clicking, gelling, building
Clicking, gelling, call it what you like but it feels like there’s something special building with this side now. For the last four matches Wigan Athletic have definitely been the better side, across both halves. Now that’s been more successful in some matches than others. Bolton was just a gloriously professional performance from minute one. […]
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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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Talk talk!
I’ve just found the source for the recent spate of comments from Chairman Dave. It would appear that he’s keeping a Premier League diary for the Manchester Evening News. Yesterdays offering was the gospel relating to Michael Owen. We did make a bid, we spoke to is agent and it wasn’t a publicity stunt. Owen […]

King Kone
Anyone know how Mauro Boselli is getting on at Palermo? More to the point does anyone care? It’s still a subject of considerable consternation amongst most Wigan Athletic fans that we paid a reputed £6.5m for an Argentinian who has barely played for the club. It wasn’t exactly Roberto Martinez’s finest ever piece of business […]

Only because I have to – Portsmouth thoughts
I know what I said in my match preview, but I didn’t really mean it when I said that Pompey were a shoo-in to win this game. I definitely didn’t mean it when I said that all Paul Hart needed was to find a striker in need of a kick start and he’d get goals. […]

Up and running
Up and running, not that we’d know judging by the reaction of some on Saturday. After two straight defeats and a cup exit on penalties to Barnsley a win, and a win by any means was all that was needed on Saturday and Latics did it. Numerous stats were pulled out post match on Saturday, […]