“I have one ambition left in my life and that is to get Wigan back in the Premier League.” So said Dave Whelan just over a week ago. It seems like the FA Cup win has put a new lease of life into the Wigan owner, 76 years old. At times Latics supporters have […]
So the move back from London is done, last box made it back to Wigan this morning. There is some logic to my return; it’s got to do with Builders! The Extension is almost done at the back of my own HQ & the Big Blue Ribbon will be cut soon. Oh we’ll feature […]
The fifth edition of the UEFA Europa League begins with the draw for the first and second qualifying rounds at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on 24 June 2013. There are three qualifying rounds and a play-off phase before the group stage, which consists of […]
The Football League fixtures for the 2013/14 season will be released on Wednesday June 19. The season will kick-off on Saturday August 3 and will conclude on Saturday May 3 2014 with the Play-Off Finals being held at Wembley Stadium on May 24-26. The 2013/14 […]
Congratulations to the commercial depatment at Fratton Park.
thanks to “the official Latics site” for the press release. Shaun Maloney scoops Player of the Season, Players’ Player of the Season and Away Player of the Season at tonight’s annual End of Season dinner. Our great supporters and all of the fantastic people in this town helped us to create history […]
The week that brought Wigan Athletic its greatest moment in football has ended in sadness as the club’s eight-year Premier League history has been placed in the to-be-continued pile along with so many others. Few Wigan supporters will feel anything but overwhelming pride tonight despite being relegated, as an injury-plagued and thoroughly exhausted squad […]
The Corrigan Brothers the Irish band whose chart hits include the ten million you tube international hit “There’s no one as Irish as Barack Obama” as well as the most moving song about a cat ever , “I’m Pebbles Boyle ,Spare a thought for me”, the song that told the true story of how […]
. . . and that name is WIGAN ATHLETIC A BIG “This Northern Soul” thankyou to all the comments from across the football family on our FA Cup success. Supporters from other clubs including Orient, Derby County, Yeovil Town, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers, Hearts, Everton & Hamilton Academicals have taken the time […]
* this post was co-written by the father and son writing team, from the perspective of the Jakarta Jack, the father. My father loved Wigan Athletic Football Club. Hardly a minute would go by after the final whistle before he would launch into talk about the next match. Conversations – and in some cases, […]