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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 […]
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 […]
Other Stuff
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 […]
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, […]
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
Wigan Athletic vs Blackpool Match Preview
Match preview vs Blackpool So to yet another Championship match, as I’ve mentioned in an earlier article, with Wigan’s recent form, its all Doom & Gloom here in the Wigan TNS Offices. Even though Steve’s got his new Year Book, he’s not at all happy. Neither is Peter, nor Alan (even though England beat India), […]
Things that make you go mmmm – Birmingham City away
There’s not been that much chatter ahead of the trip to St. Andrews. It’s partly due to Latics’ form, partly that it’s not the most inspiring fixture, partly because of events elsewhere, but I reckon, mostly because no-one really dare think how we might feel come tea time tonight. Any way, here are the five […]
Wigan Serve Up Belated Halloween Shocker
Yesterday was more likely to be associated with bonfires and fireworks but for Wigan fans trooping away from Gigg Lane last night it was definitely a case of witnessing a late Halloween horror show so inept had been the Latics performance.
Reasons to be cheerful?
Like pretty much everyone who claims to follow ‘WAFC The Religion’, I was rather disappointed by last week’s result at Hull. Off the back of a defeat of Chelsea, I’d say we’d have certainly been looking to claim a point at the very least. Things looked to start well enough, Latics dominating first half possession. […]