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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
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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“He should have done better” – goal scoring at Wigan
“He should have scored.” “He should have done better.” How many times have we heard comments like that coming from our television football match commentaries? Typically it is the ‘expert’ who makes the comment, an ex-player who through his prior experience is assumed to have a grasp of the tactical and analytical side of […]
Them and us – Steve ‘Mandy’ Hill (Latics and Blackpool)
STEVE ‘MANDY’ HILL – Blackpool and Wigan Athletic This weekend’s crucial game against Blackpool is an ideal time to look back on the career of former Blackpool and Wigan Athletic winger Mandy Hill. Born in Blackpool on 15th February 1940 Steve signed for his hometown club as a youth team player in the summer of […]
Magnificent Wigan secure famous victory
Wigan fans could be forgiven to likening home wins to buses in that you wait for one for months and then two come at once. Victory is the more sweet in that prior to tonight’s game, Wigan had never taken a point off their illustrious opponents and the victory was thoroughly deserved, as Wigan totally […]
It is results that matter
Of course we would ALL like to watch a Ajaxbarcabrazillianesque style of football week in week out but in truth it is the end result that matters the most. Forums, Twitter and phone-ins are awash with angry folk when their team suffers a defeat not with what the style of the 1-0 victory was like. […]