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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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
Playing Away – Jimmy does Jesmond
Barcelona crossed with the Chuckle Brothers Every now and again, here at TNS we get asked to answer a few questions by the team we are about to play. On this occasion, Newcastle fanzine True Faith got in touch with the Mudhutter editor Jimmy to ask his opinion about this Saturday’s fixture. From Northern Soul […]
Comebacks hide flaws
Everton 2-2 Latics Saturday 16th September 2006 Last season, this was the fixture that really announced Latics’ arrival in the top flight following tepid results in the first three games of this one, Paul Jewell would have been hoping for a similar effect as he took his team to Goodison to face a revitalised Everton […]
Reading fall to Spanish Masterclass
Injury ravaged Wigan gave Chairman Dave Whelan a birthday present to remember producing an exciting enthralling performance to seal a last gasp victory with Jordi Gomez very much the hero. Roberto Martinez was forced into several changes from the side which started against Liverpool last week with Jones, Gomez and Stam starting for Watson, Di […]
Sixy Talk – The Royle Family
We’re all a bit on the last minute this week and haven’t had time to logically source an Oldham fan to interview. That was the excuse we got from NRP when we asked him, but we think he might he might have been scared of the reaction he’d get from asking the big “Who’s the […]