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The season begins on Saturday (again)
It’s been a truly horrific start to the season for Wigan Athletic, there’s no way around it. We’re staring relegation to League Two in the face unless we start picking up results and picking up those results on a regular basis. The last seven days have been a perfect example of how our season has […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The TNS archive
Maloney holds the key to promotion
Who was the best “playmaker” in the Premier League last season? Big names from big clubs quickly come to mind – Juan Mata, David Silva, Santi Cozorla, Eden Hazard, Wayne Rooney, to name but a few.
Toffee tinted glasses
I’ll not be at the game today. I’ve plenty of reasons, but I’ll regret it. There’s not many experiences like a trip to Goodison left in the game. As much as there’ll be those who complain about the views and the ground in general there’ll be those who’ll fondly reminisce as they approach the old […]
Will the cockerel be crowing at the DW ?
Wigan Athletic face a resurgent Tottenham side currently in fifth position, desperate to reach the top four and a thereby gain a place in the lucrative Champions League. Very difficult opposition for a team like Wigan, in the relegation zone. The nerves will be jangling for both Latics and Spurs, with so much at […]
Gallant Wigan, out but not down
Wigan Athletics’ spirited defence of the F.A.Cup which has seen them defeat three premier league teams ended yesterday in the cruelest way possible when they went out on penalties after matching their more illustrious opponents stride for stride. Yes Arsenal played the smoother football and created more chances but for heart, effort and endeavour, […]