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The season for giving
So much for my assertion last week that things were improving, things took a huge and somewhat worrying step backwards on Saturday afternoon. In seasons like this – where increasingly promotion looks beyond us the minimum that you would hope for is to succeed in the local derbies or at least put up a bit […]
Grinding out results
It’s looking better isn’t it? Latics travelled to Huddersfield on Saturday happy to be in to the hat for the FA Cup third round but not exactly buoyed by the performance against Barrow last time out. A conservative line-up in the Pennines saw Christian Saydee as Latics only recognised striker but you wouldn’t have known […]
Other Stuff
Puffers to Pemps
On the fifth anniversary of the demolition of one iconic Wigan landmark, we take in some 2009 memories of the place from Tony Topping… This summer a legend passed away, loved by some and hated by many. If your thinking Michael Jackson think again dear friend, the legend was Barbara Calderbank. My association with Barbara, […]
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 […]
Wiggin Girls
Wiggin Girls ……… by T’ Pie Shop Boys. Sometimes when you’re in your shed, There’s a pie in your ‘and, it’s as heavy as lead Go on a diet, but tha’s just not able Too fat for chairs, can’t fit under tables, In a chippy, in a West Lancs Town Pudding Fish & Chips, there’s […]
Brut: not just an aftershave
With Saturday’s game against Sheffield Wednesday on the horizon, we’ve been turning our minds to things that would be worth going to Sheffield for, even if you didn’t want to pay £33 to get into a football match. Chris pointed us in the direction of one of Sheffield’s less expected landmarks and this article that […]
The TNS archive
Left foot, right foot, head #1 – 02.07.10
We’re all football fans here, aren’t we? So you get the left foot, right foot, head thing? It’s your perfect hat-trick, it’s our new feature and just to be completely contrary, it’s got nothing to do with hat-tricks, goals or football particularly. It’s just another excuse for us to shove some music down your throats […]
Them and us – Joe Hayes (Manchester City and Latics)
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 […]
Austrian Journal part 2
Following on from Tuesday’s excellent outing in Michelhlob we drove to the match in Winklefeld and as usual we were early which gave us chance to explore yet another lovely part of a beautiful country. Looking into the ground we spotted the grounds man who came over for a chat thinking we were Austrians. When […]
Wigan Athletic vs AFC Bournemouth – Match Preview
Well the TNS office after a hectic start to the week; had a more relaxing remainder to the week. We’ve assessed the ‘Comings’ and ‘Goings’ with the January Window. We’d hoped Dave had been to B&Q for some WD40 for the doors at Wigan Athletic, with the fact we saw over 15 Transfers & Loans […]