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Context gentlemen, please
Ahhh Wigan. I foolishly thought last months financial results may have provided some much needed context to a club still reeling from two financial disasters in as many years, clearly I was wrong. The (internet) fan base reverted to type on Monday evening as we were DUN WI Maloney and Danson would be seeing THI […]
Never Again!
The release of last week’s financial accounts made for sobering reading for all Wigan Athletic supporters. Never again can this club be allowed to reach the state it did and never again can we allow those that don’t have Wigan Athletic’s best interests at heart to use the club in the way it had been […]
Other Stuff
A pathetic shopping spree
If you move in certain Twitter circles then you’ll have come across The Pathetic Casuals. Once they were young lads and lasses, touring the country in following the team they love, dressed up the nines and making sure they were seen and heard. Now, as age, parenthood, mortgages and world weariness catches up with them, […]
Dancing with Ghosts…
As you wake up with the fear from your work’s do and head towards the chaos of Mad Friday, Tony Topping reminds us that, sometimes, you do want to remember those Christmas nights out. Dancing With The Ghosts Of Wigan Casino, 1973 The cold December wind cut through the hole in the window and its […]
Blackpool calling
It’s New Year and that can only mean one thing, not a return to work not a set of un-assailable New Year resolutions but for me and over a thousand other people THE soul music event of the year. For the uninitiated let me set some context to this claim. Now in to a fourteenth […]
A very Soulful Christmas
In a Soulful Christmas Mood The Christmas song has been given a bad press in recent years, no doubt partly influenced by Simon Cowell and his legacy of X-Factor one week wonders that hijacked the Christmas number one for over a decade. Add in to that the various novelty Christmas songs and generic pop songs […]
The TNS archive
Wanted – Direction & Stability
It’s not been a good month for Wigan Athletic. September drew to a close with three wins in a row and news of a takeover finally being agreed. It seemed like things were finally looking up after a tumultuous few months, sadly this is Wigan Athletic we’re talking about and things are never that simple […]
Cup of dreams – Arsenal report
Latics 1- 0 Arsenal Carling Cup Semi-Final First Leg Tuesday 11th January 2006 What price European qualification? Some people will be quick to let you know that it wasn’t worth £20 and the loss of 2 of our 3 remaining strikers, but I’m not so sure. I’m the last to moan about people picking and […]
and so, the end is near – Arsenal preview
What has arguably been the most successful season the Latics have ever had is going to end with a party, yet another where you get the impression that everyone would much prefer us not to turn up. Then again this is nearly as important a game for us as it is for Arsenal, not least […]
Manchester City v Wigan Athletic – a little previous
Wigan Athletc travel up the East Lancashire Road on Saturday to take on local rivals Manchester City and will be hoping to maintain their unbeaten start to the season against a real life team of Fantasy Footballers. Robertio Martinez is expected to keep the faith with most of the team that finished the Queens Park […]