Ali Al Habsi off in January
The popular goal custodian, Wigan Athletic’s Ali Al Habsi will be leaving the DW Stadium in January 2015 to go and play in Australia. Oman are one of thirty two countries to have qualified for the Asian Cup “down under”, they have been drawn in Group A along with hosts, Australia, Korea Republic & Kuwait. […]
Another whitewash from FIFA
We all know about the bidding for Russia & Qatar, the rumours, the alleged payouts, coupled with the shadowy conscience of the suits in FIFA HQ. All was supposed to be brought to the public domain by the lawyer Michael Garcia, his brief was to nterview as many witnesses as possible, turns out it is […]
We were once a non-league club not long ago
FA Cup Winners 2013, The Premiership for eight seasons but just a few Sky Sports Yearbooks nee Rothmans editions past, Wigan Athletic were proud members of the Northern Premier League in the 1977-78 season. A lot of glory and huge disappointment’s has been seen by the Springfield Park and latterly the JJB/DW faithful, that is […]
Day 10 …….Sunday 3rd August 2014
No breakfast for once as we had to get ready for our trip home. We took the train back to Dusseldorf airport and flew home on time back to Manchester having had an eventful and enjoyable ten days in Germany and were now all set up for the Reading game. A German Sojurn…..a diary of […]
Day 9…..Saturday 2nd August 2014
Breakfast was followed by leaving Paderborn on the train back to Dusseldorf. On the train we encountered two Latic’s fans who had missed their flight home due to a very late night. We then booked into a hotel near the station for a few hours much needed sleep and then went to the old town […]
Day 8 ……..Friday 1st August 2014
Match day, after breakfast at the hotel we went for another walk around the festival calling in at a bar for some food and drink. We hen visited Paderborn Cathedral, a beautiful 13th century Roman Catholic Church and is the burial place of St Liborius the patron saint of a “good death”. We then walked […]
Day 7………Thursday 31st July 2014
After six nights at the hotel Maxim we decamped and made our way on the train from Dusseldorf to Paderborn . We checked into the Hotel Ibis and then spent a few enjoyable hours absorbing the sights of the Paderborn festival to commemorate St Liborius ending the day with some food and more beer.
Day 6……..Wednesday 30th July 2014
A rest day in Dusseldorf, a leisurely breakfast was followed by a walk around the city and an open top bus tour in wonderfully hot weather. We topped this off with food and more drink at the longest bar in the world and then off to bed ready for our trip to Paderborn the next […]
Day 5……Tuesday 29th July 2014
An early start at 6am saw us on the train to Gutersloh for the open training session which stared at 11 am. The session lasted two hours and then followed by an photo session with Uwe and the team. his was in place of the game which the club decided to cancel and was a […]