Final preparations have now been made for the long awaited sponsored walk that is to be undertaken to aid Emma Hoolin and her family. On Saturday February 11th 2012, Wigan Athletic travel the short distance to Horwich to face Premier League rivals and near neighbours Bolton Wanderers. On the morning of the 11th Feb, prior […]
A few of us across the Wigan Athletic community thought it would be a good idea to set up a page in honour of Dave where Latics fans can make a donation to Cancer Research in Dave’s memory. You can view the page here Dave touched the hearts of many of us as Latics […]
Before you read on, I must beg for forgiveness, as it was written a good nine years ago when I was just a whippersnapper still in my 20’s and I wrote this account of the last time we went to Swindon of which there is a lot which I now slightly cringe at. It’s a […]
It was reported today in the West Country that 13,000 Swindon fans have bought tickets for this Saturday’s FA Cup 3rd Round tie against Wigan Athletic, an increase of more than 70% on their usual home gate and just under 5,000 less than Wigan Athletic get for a Premier League home game. It’s pay on […]
Wigan Athletic blogger Peter Walker from This Northern Soul gives Metro Sport his view on the season so far and discusses his hopes for the January transfer window – PLUS we bring you the biggest news, rumours and speculation of the month. Read more @ the following – http://metro.co.uk/thisnorthernsoul
The Premier League in conjunction with Brown Envelope Productions presents its 2011 pantomime Blunderella (Directed by Sir Alexander Taggart-Ferguson) ….A long time ago in a far off land the young pretenders were putting all in their way to the sword, […]
Wigan Athletic have this evening confirmed that Conor Sammon’s red card, picked up at Old Trafford for not committing a foul on Michael Carrick has been rescinded. The inept refereeing decision taken by Phil Dowd virtually ensured a Wigan Athletic defeat against Manchester United on Boxing Day, but at least now Conor does not have […]
1….Number of games won at home, a two nil win over QPR in August. 1 is also the number of strikers who have scored this season; Franco Di Santo. 2….Number of away games won this season,West Brom and Sunderland away. Also 2 is the number of red cards this season, Gohuri and Sammon 3…. The number […]
Totally unconfirmed and unsubstantiated rumours abound that the Premier League is contemplating introducing handicapping to secure the Premier League as the foremost football competition in Europe. The concern appears to surround the balance in games between the big top six clubs and the rest. The aim is contrary to expectation not to level the playing […]