There are away days and there are classic away days and Saturday’s trip over to East Lancashire definitely falls in to the latter. After eighteen months without live football and a nine month period where the club’s very existence was at threat it’s an amazing feeling to be back in grounds again, Saturday was my […]
In the past there’s always been somewhat of an international hangover with Wigan Athletic and I don’t mean the kind brought on by those naughty Belgian ales (looking at you Neil Myers). No I mean that traditionally following an international break Latics have taken a little while to get back in to the swing of […]
International breaks are a real pain aren’t they? Don’t get me wrong, I love watching England and I enjoy international football. I’m not one of those who would do away with the international calendar. I understand why it’s so integral to world football. But nonetheless when an international weekend comes along and inevitably ruins a […]
It comes to something when the most disappointing aspect of the opening month of the season was a draw against Wolves Under 21’s in the Pizza Cup and a subsequent penalty shoot out defeat. There’s no point spending time worrying about Tuesday, the real business of the evening came off the pitch and as promised […]
Football is most definitely back! Not content with a last minute winner against Rotherham earlier this month so Latics went two better at Charlton with late goals from Tendayi Dawrika and the returning James MCclean to seal victory over Charlton. A return of seven points from the first four fixtures. Especially when you consider who […]
Four points from the first three games, not a bad return considering we ended last season with five contracted players. Not bad either considering everything our club had to go through last season to even get to this point of starting the season. This seems to be forgotten by everyone else in League One at […]
525 days, 525 full days since Latics last played a competitive match. Despite what was developing throughout the world in March 2020, I’m not sure even the most imaginative amongst us would have predicted it would take nearly eighteen months before we could go and watch a league match involving Latics once again. It’s been […]
What a difference a year makes, a year ago this week Wigan Athletic were facing up to the most uncertain of futures. The fourth of August has been an eventful date in the history of Wigan Athletic in recent seasons. It was the opening day of the season in both 2018 and 2019 with strong […]
The times are a changing. I’m not going to dwell on Sunday’s non-event. If it wasn’t for the most baffling refereeing decision you will ever see Latics would have won Sunday’s match comfortably. Instead a defensive collapse after Curtis Tilt’s dismissal led to Swindon taking the spoils. But we start next season in League One, […]
Safety with a game to spare, what was all the fuss about? Saturday was a bizarre day, the last year of following our football club has been bizarre but Saturday was the most bizarre of the lot. With so much riding on the result, in normal times there would be a convoy of Latics fans […]