New regime up and running, and before England’s World Cup chances faded it hadn’t been a bad afternoon by all accounts. A trip to Millwall is never an easy one, indeed not for Latics. Our record there is questionable to say the least but things started off on the right track for Kolo’s tricky tics […]
This is Wigan, we do things differently here …
It’s been a while hasn’t it? At the time of writing 25 days to be precise, the first winter World Cup has provided a relief of sorts but nothing to ever replace the domestic football that it so foolishly replaced thanks to Fifa’s grubby decision making over a decade ago. With the bottom two divisions […]
Here’s to you, Leam Richardson
‘It’s never dull’ they say, I wish it was. Just one normal footballing season for Wigan Athletic Association Football Club, that’s all I ask … Will never happen. Tuesday felt different, I don’t know why. Same line-up, same decent first half, same end result. Same as it’s been for a while but the end result […]
A route out?
At what point does this become terminal? I’m sure I wasn’t alone thinking that on Wednesday evening. After the inevitable L was posted alongside Wigan 0-1 Stoke. Once again a half decent performance was rewarded with nothing, but perhaps it’s all we deserved? I’m not sure, all I do know is Blackburn apart Autumn has […]
Where do we stand?
How do you begin to describe the goings on of the last few days? With great difficulty I imagine. As always with these things, they break when you least want it to. I’ve been away with the kids for the last few days and without a match until Saturday thought it safe to turn off […]
Back on the road
Back to the grind it is then, I don’t have an issue with International football but it certainly ruins the rhythm of a season. None more so than this season where a month long break is quickly approaching. It also doesn’t help when you’re heading in to that international break on the back of a […]
It’s getting better (all the time)
As Paul McCartney once sang ‘It’s getting better all the time’, eighth place in the table, three wins (consecutive away wins) and four draws with just one defeat. If anyone tells you they wouldn’t have taken that on our return to the Championship they’re lying. This is arguably the best Championship campaign we’ve had in […]
Mixed bag on HMS Latics
It’s been a mixed week on the old ship Wigan Athletic, with some of the ship mates just stopping short of a full mutiny. Well if that hashtag is anything to go by at least. Burnley was always going to be a tough task, matches against the Premier League relegation class of Sheffield United, Norwich […]
Something special brewing
There’s some games that you know, even early on that they’re going to be remembered fondly. As Saturday’s match went on you felt something special was brewing. Latics had struggled to get to grips with Birmingham in the opening ten minutes or so, when Joe Bennett was incorrectly sent off it felt like it was […]
They don’t like it up em
Three games, three points. The frustrating thing is it could and probably should have been even more, in each game so far we’ve arguably had the better of the play, even against the supposed favourites for the league we had chances to win it. But to be unbeaten, three weeks in to the season is […]