In Defence of the Council Tea If you follow some of the same people I do on Twitter, you’ll have recently spotted the #councilteathursday hashtag, pioneered by “friend of the mag” @barcajim. In general, people have jumped on the idea like Latics fans on a slightly off form performance, but amongst all the potato waffles, […]
As we enter the festive period we’ve ducked into the Mudhutter archive for this post from Issue 45 of The MFE. Issue 65 is available now from all the usual places, plus www.mudhutter.co.uk. Don’t thank us until you’ve tried it… It was one of those daft news stories, like the “World” Pie Eating Championship, something […]
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 […]
There are two things I usually do this time of year. One, write an article where I pretend I’ve only just realised that the football season has started and two, try and sum up where the transfer window has taken Latics. So, here goes… September? It’s September already? How did that happen, how are […]
Euro 16 is just around the corner and you’ve got four blokes preparing to record a (sort of) football related podcast, so what do their thoughts turn to? That’s right, beer, specifically European beer. And where better to find it than Wigan’s very own bottle shop The Northern Beer Temple. After a few polite enquiries, […]