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One last push
Last week I spoke about something being ‘so Wigan’, a chain of events being so unheard of that it could only involve Wigan. Imagine my horror as I checked the BBC Sport app on Tuesday night to see Rochdale 3-2 Wimbledon, the very same Wimbledon who couldn’t stop winning in recent weeks. I think I […]
Lucky Us. Us, Lucky?
I’ve been holding my tongue recently, specifically upon seeing comments online in recent games stating that Wigan Athletic have been lucky. Lucky? Us, LUCKY? You are joking aren’t you!! May I remind you that we were 13th in the Championship, when our owner tried to liquidate us. We were then relegated on the last day of […]
Other Stuff
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 […]
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 […]
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
This new lad “Debt” seems to be having a good game
It’s that time of year when geeks like me get excited and football fans become finance experts with the release of Wigan Athletic’s latest set of annual accounts. The good news is that the key stat of Wages to Turnover has reduced from 91% to 79%. This is due to increase in revenue from the […]
The best of Nick Powell [video]
Now the dust has settled on an eventful season for Wigan Athletic we can take the opportunity to look back on some of its highlights. Despite not appearing in those crucial games at the end of the season, Nick Powell certainly left us lots of memories. The video below is kindly shared with us by […]
Stoke City v Wigan Athletic ticket news
Stoke City v Wigan Athletic Sunday 22 May 4pm Britannia Stadium Wigan Athletic have received an allocation of tickets for the Barclays Premier League away fixture with Stoke City to be played on Sunday 22nd May 2011 at the Britannia Stadium (4.00pm kick off). Match tickets will go on sale to 2010/2011 corporate season ticket holders […]
Critical two week blog day 5
4am Lying awake in bed with a line of a song going through my head ( not you don’t get me i’m part of the union) but, “ i’m football crazy, football mad and football has taken away the little bit of sense I had.” Never a true word sung, this club takes over my […]