Depression reigns at Wigan. Dreams of getting back into the top flight are now a thing of the past. The harsh reality is that League 1 is getting scaringly close, following a woeful 1-0 home loss to Huddersfield Town. Is Malky Mackay the right man to get Latics out of the relegation mire? Mackay’s […]
OK, let’s get a few cards on the table before I launch into another tirade against a misfiring club. I’ve supported Wigan Athletic for a quarter of a century, most of those as a season ticket holder and have seen us fighting against relegation out of the league and the glory of an FA Cup […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3dS6M6Wyh8?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent%5D His last appearance for Latics had been as a substitute at Derby in late October. Despite that William Kvist made a successful return, playing the full 94 minutes against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday. Why had the Denmark captain been left out in the cold for so long? Can he become a regular […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mQ6wXCPrOw?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent%5D He came with rave reviews from Rotherham. Uwe Rosler was excited about his new signing saying that: “…… he is still learning and, at just 22, I feel that we can provide the right sort of environment for him to grow and develop into a really important player for this club.” Can James […]
“ Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” So said the guru of leadership studies, Professor Warren Bennis. A couple of years ago my wife and I went on holiday to Vietnam. Walking the streets in the humid and sultry heat of Saigon around midday I was taken by surprise. There were four […]
Well what a half season that was, as I sit here surveying the league table showing us to be four points clear of our nearest rivals, on an unbeaten run of ten games with manager Uwe Rosler picking up consecutive manager of the month awards, with a cup semi final tie in the Carling Cup […]
First up, all the best for the forthcoming year to everyone past & present who have frequented this safe haven of Latics on the net, from the hard working team here at “This Northern Soul” No doubt like us, you will be glad to see the back of 2014, at least in WAFC footballing terms, […]
“Our luck was in today”. So said James McClean, the architect of Wigan Athletic’s first win since October 25th. McClean’s cross led to a Leeds own goal after 11 minutes, then he sealed the win with a powerful finish in the 82nd minute. Mackay got his tactics right this time around. He brought in […]
There may be trouble ahead (as the song goes) but never forget that you are a supporter of the best football club in the world. A team who achieved much, much more than many, many bigger and more established clubs could ever dream of……
In the 1960s Latics signed a promising goalkeeper called Gerry Barrett from Fareham Town. According to the Lancashire Evening Post (as it was called then) the young man was renowned in the Hampshire League for his prodigious kicking of a football. His reputation proved to be justified. Springfield Park had a big pitch but Barrett’s […]