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The second coming
So here it is, the worst kept secret in football was revealed on Monday morning as Gary Caldwell returned to Wigan Athletic. If anyone had any doubts about Caldwell’s return they only need to watch his two long form interviews with both the BBC and the official club website. Caldwell was as impressive as one […]
The more things change, the more they stay the same
“The more things change, the more they stay the same” So the post Lowe era began with less of a bang and more of a whimper – that’s unfair really, there was definite improvements but sadly not enough for a result on the night. Latics started off so brightly in contrast to the last few […]
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Wigan Pies for Wigan People
Here at the Pie At Night we believe in attending a football match (or indeed rugby) involves more than just watching the game. A pie, a pint, a chat with your mates are all part of the matchday experience. We have had numerous conversations about the standard of match day catering at the DW Stadium […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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Rosler out…
Out of time, out of ideas, out of favour, out of fashion, out of his mind, out of this world, out of luck…
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Next!
So silly season is fully underway and the press are doing a good job of painting Paul Jewell as a man in the throws of panic switching from one unsuccessful transfer target to the next. Today’s choice is Emile Heskey, the oft-maligned Birmingham City front man being tipped to be the subject of a £3m […]
If you know your history pt1
Everton will give you Dixie Dean, Newcastle Jackie Milburn. You’ve got Jimmy Greaves, Rodger Hunt, Geoff Hurst and I guess, more recently, the likes of Lineker, Fowler and Shearer. These are strikers whose abilities have faded into the mists of time and become mere myth and legend. The men who become the stopping off points […]