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Night and Day
Night and Day, no not the infamous Oldham Street Manchester venue but the difference between the Wigan Athletic performance against Stockport and Sheffield Wednesday. There was much trepidation heading over the Pennines after the previous Saturday but all of that was dispelled by arguably the best performance of the season. Latics arrived at Hillsborough rock […]
Don’t call it a comeback
In which, after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus, Jimmy, Alan and Chris carry on like nothing has ever happened in the hope that no one will notice. If they even listen at all, that is. There’s been plenty of water under the bridge since the last time we took to the airwaves and Jimmy bravely starts by […]
Other Stuff
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The TNS archive
Late Wigan winner puts the kybosh into the Posh
A fine win in an entertaining game away at Peterborough last night saw Wigan extend their unbeaten run to seven games in a match which had fans on the edge of their seats until the very end. Unsurprisingly Gary Caldwell opted to retain the side which destroyed Colchester on their last outing, the only changes […]
Alarm bells ringing as Wigan slide to woeful defeat
Wigan’s pitiful run of only one home win this season from ten matches played continued at a windswept DW Stadium leaving Roberto Martinez and his team with a massive task if they are to secure Premier League football for another season. Martinezalready robbed of his captain Caldwell through suspension surprised the fans by opting to […]
The TNS Top 50 All time Latics players: Number 48 – Bert Llewellyn
We’re up and running and time with another name in our Top 50 Latics players rundown. The problem is with things like this is that older fans pour scorn on the focus that is put on today’s Premier League prima donnas who have barely played 50 games yet younger fans don’t want to read about […]
Derby Preview
Another home game, something that fills most Wigan fans with dread at present with a winless home run stretching back to August the 30th last year, a run that has been largely instrumental in Wigan finding themselves firmly ensconced in the bottom three.