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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
The TNS archive
One for all, all for one !
Bear with me on this but ….. if and I know it is a big if ….. by some means and it is not impossible, improbable yes but not utterly & totally beyond achievable if our club Wigan Athletic actually qualified for the Champions League.
Lee-ding the way
It was easy to dismiss the stories earlier in the season that linked Lee McCulloch with a move to Charlton. Based on the fact that he hadn’t featured in the first eleven for a few games, they never really rang true not least because his absence was due to injury. In any case, if we […]
Paderborn Preview – an important fitness test
Tonight Wigan Athletic travel to face SC Paderborn, newly promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time in their history. In May, Paderborn clinched second place in the Bundesliga second division with a 2-1 win in the last game of the season at home to Aelen. As with Latics entering the Premier League in 2005, the […]
Wembley the first time
The Spurs result from Staurday might have help the dust settle on last week’s League Cup exit, but there are still plenty of fans bitter about losing out on what they reckon was likely to be our best chance to make it to a Wembley final for some time. So what better chance to delve […]