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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
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
The TNS archive
Wigan Athletic vs Huddersfield Town – Match Preview
So January, I always find it a long month after the excitement of the Festive Holidays, made even longer by the dull Wigan weather & of course the dull football on the pitch. But something happened with Malky’s Half Time Team talk against Blackburn? The 2nd half for Wigan Athletic we saw a spark, something […]
Who Dunnit
Righteous indignation. It’s worth writing just for the sound of it, but it pretty much sums up the feeling following Sunderland’s snatching of Lee Cattermole from Latics’ care yesterday. By any measure, and barring the Leaving Latics Curse striking next on Teesside, Steve Bruce has got himself a bargain. At the lower end of the […]
Sheffield Wednesday vs Wigan Athletic – Match Preview
So well, that was a week! Even last night Wildheart was dispatched from the TNS office to go & report from outside the DW ground, as we’d heard an ITV News Crew was there. Excited at what could be massive breaking story, he returned a little miffed, drenched from the rain to find out the […]
Help James McArthur to help Yorkhill Children’s Hospital
This time last year James McArthur and the rest of the team donated a million pounds to help with the building of the Wigan Youth Zone. This time round James will be physically helping another place close to his heart. McArthur, a friend and his uncle are raising money and awareness for Yorkhill Children’s Hospital […]