The visit of Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday gives TNS the opportunity to remember a player whose stay in Wigan was rather brief, but also rather memorable. He played for the club at what is to date the height of their success and he is one of few former players who was never involved in a […]
The visit to Everton this weekend gives TNS the opportunity to heap praise on one of Latics’ greatest ever servants, Kevin Langley. Kevin, who was born in St Helens on 24th May 1964, was a painter and decorator when he wrote to the club in the summer of 1980 enquiring about the possibility of a […]
Four games into the Premier League season and already Manchester looks like being the pre-eminent town for challenging for the Premier League title with Chelsea, Arsenal et al being a very distant third, fourth etc. City with their obvious financial backing seem to treat the Premier League as their own personal fantasy football game buying […]
The subject of this week’s missive is arguably one of the greatest Manchester City servants, who finished his playing career at Springfield Park, Joe Hayes. Joe was an inspirational inside forward who used to score goals for fun. He was born in Kearsley on 20th January 1936 and like most young men of the time […]
In my (I think I can use the word now) long association with Wigan Athletic there have been a couple of, in not constant then at least regular features. Strikers who don’t score as many goals as we want them to and players on their way down who either aren’t as arsed or just aren’t […]
Well, it’s back. The regular feature that you didn’t know you’d missed and it’s a been a bit difficult what with very little going on, well at least very little on the Latics side of the fence. Today’s opponents have been a bit busier so with ne’er a do let’s get straight on with it.
Gino Padula was born on 11th July 1976 in Argentina. He is a defender who usually operated on the left and he started his career with his local outfit River Plate in 1996 before moving on to Hurucan the following year. Twelve months later he played for his first European club, Xerez in Spain. Gino, […]
Yes, we know what you thought, but we reckon this is worth a look all the same as This Northern Soul bring you the first set in a series of exclusive t-shirts for your delight, delictation and food stains. These three come with our classic TNS “Keep the Faith” logo, digitally printed on to 100% […]
The big kick off (no pun intended with regards to the current goings on around England) on Saturday will see the Blues hopefully fare better against Premier League newcomers than they did last season. Current manager Roberto Martinez will not be wanting a repeat of the Blackpool game at the DW Stadium that occured this […]
Latics XI may have lost last night to a late goal at Barrow away but a bright spot was the performance of trialist Nouah Dicko a 19 year old Mali footballer who has been playing in France. Nouah who scored the Latics goal shone all through the game and must have gone a long way […]