We are Walking4Joseph this coming weekend from Morecambe to Wigan, coinciding with the fixture between the two clubs on Saturday 19th March 2022. We will be walking a tortuous 29.3 miles on the Friday but we will also be up early on the Saturday to complete the trek. This is an open invite to anyone […]
It’s been a while but we are back! The fixtures haven’t fallen too kindly for us this year but we have a plan. A plan to do a walk with a twist. Instead of walking to an away game, this year we are intending to walk to a HOME game. But we will be walking […]
As this is my seasonal debut on the ol’ 12th Man, I have a bit to say. There are three elements on my mind. Firstly, let’s talk about the squad we are building. I can’t help but find myself raising an eyebrow or two at our dealings. Let’s take James McClean for instance. On his […]
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 […]
Let me tell you what I can’t get my head round. Our young players. We simply haven’t brought a single bad egg through the academy. I’m not talking about ability here, I am talking about the fact that they are almost all, to a (young) man, superb human beings. They are a nice bunch of […]
Heartbreaking. That is it in a word. We are a boxer on the ropes, we have our hands behind our back and people are taking it in turns to repeatedly punch us. I have had periods of utter despair in my mind over the past nine months with what is happening to our football club. […]
Location: A parallel universe [phone rings] MYSTERIOUS VOICE: “Hi there, my chum runs casinos and gave me this football club. It’s losing £1m a month, I’d like to liquidate it please” PROFESSIONAL, EDUCATED VOICE: “Well, you could indeed do that. However, as a corporate and ethical professional (and a football fan), I should really advise […]
Well, it is character building if nothing else. Hear me out here, but just as every football club has their days in the sun, we’ve also got to accept our periods in the doldrums. Whether we deserved for it to happen in such a disastrous, malicious manner is a point for discussion, most Wigan Athletic […]
The term has often been used over the years but it is never more apt. Supporting Wigan Athletic is very much like being on a roller coaster, especially if you’re the sort of person who gets violently sick with a sudden shock, or if you get carried away with the occasional moment of jubilance, only […]
Another week in purgatory flies by, 206 days in total now. Not that anyone is counting. I’d like to perhaps talk about the on field activity this week but I can’t promise it will last, as one is inextricably linked to the other. Now, more so than ever. So when Rochdale went down to ten […]