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Wigan Athletic – we do things differently here
April 9th saw Wigan Athletic travel to Lincolnshire to face Lincoln City, a 3-1 win over Michael Appleton’s side coupled with defeat for Rotherham at Charlton would see Latics strengthen their grip on top spot in League One. It had been a strong seven days for Leam Richardson, a hard earned draw over the best […]
One last push Wigan
Nearly there Wigan, nearly there. One last push is all it will take, one last stretch through tired legs and those legs are tired now. Don’t let anyone tell you this Wigan Athletic side aren’t deserving of promotion if it does indeed come this Saturday. A team that had four contracted players at the start […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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2 Wigan games in one afternoon
Our nearest & dearest neighbours over at The Arena “The Robins” will be playing AFC Liverpool BEFORE Latics take on West Ham United at The DW on Saturday. This is a great opportunity to take in two Wigan games in the one afternoon and you will be helping the North West non-league scene as well. […]
Them and us – Nathan Ellington (Wigan Athletic and West Bromwich Albion)
The visit of West Bromwich Albion on Saturday gives TNS the opportunity to look back at the career of one of the best strikers this club has ever had. Nathan was born in Bradford on 2nd July 1981 and began his career in the youth team at Tooting and Mitcham for whom he played one […]
Aghah do do do
Stories are breaking tonight that Shakhtar Donetsk forward, Julius Aghahowa has been in Wigan since Wednesday ironing out his ‘dream’ move to the Premier League. The Nigerian international has apparently agreed to join Latics with only the need for a work permit holding up the deal. The 25 year old travelled about a bit in […]
Heart and Soul
How’s everyone’s nerves? Shot? Yeah mine too. In the nearly three weeks since we entered administration I think I’ve encountered every emotion possible and following Saturday’s last minute equaliser for Charlton I felt as deflated as I have throughout this. As the clock ticked to 90+2 we were four minutes away from picking up an […]