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 […]
Unfortunately, a downpour of heavenly proportionate meant that for only the second time in ten or so years of selling at the DW/JJB, our fanzine sellers had to beat a hasty retreat to the warmth of the pub last weekend at around 11.30am. The rain subsided and one or two of our sellers skulked back […]
In my (I think I can use the word now) long association with Wigan Athletic there have been a couple of, in not constant then at least regular features. Strikers who don’t score as many goals as we want them to and players on their way down who either aren’t as arsed or just aren’t […]
Wigan Athletic are delighted to confirm that lightning quick Spanish winger Albert Crusat has signed from Almeria, for an undisclosed fee. The 29 year old underwent a medical at the DW Stadium on Monday and has put pen to paper on a two year contract, with the option of a third. Crusat is 29 years […]
Wigan Athletic have been handed a home tie against Middlesbrough should they overcome Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on 13th September. The full draw is as follows… Aldershot or Carlisle United v RochdaleAston Villa v Bolton WanderersArsenal v Shrewsbury TownBlackburn Rovers v Leyton Orient or Bristol RoversBrighton and Hove Albion v LiverpoolBurnley v MK DonsCardiff […]
Well, it’s back. The regular feature that you didn’t know you’d missed and it’s a been a bit difficult what with very little going on, well at least very little on the Latics side of the fence. Today’s opponents have been a bit busier so with ne’er a do let’s get straight on with it.
Continuing our celebration of the oval ball game and our trawl through the archives, here’s an article from the (occassionally) respectable Johnny Bogroll recalling a story that would be enough to put you off anything, let alone playing with funny shaped balls. Why I hate the rugby. Reason #437: They illegally dispose of dead bodies […]
So, it’s the (assume cut class ‘posh northern’ accent) Silk Cut Challenge Cup final in that London this weekend and, as you may have noticed the other day, our thoughts have turned to our near neighbours, the Wigan Warriors. Of course, by kick off, you’ll be sick to death of hearing just how muchof a […]
Issue 33 of your loved and loathed in equal measure Mudhutter hits the streets this weekend and this is a customary note designed to further heighten your interest in said product. We’ve kept the price at £1.50, well we’ve had to, there’s a RECESSION ON but somehow attempted to retain the quality and this […]
I started by calling us Latics because that’s what they call us. And what’s wrong with that, after all it’s our nickname? Well you see that’s not the reason they call us ‘Latics’ – the real reason is that they simply can’t bear to call us Wigan Athletic because they want Wigan to themselves […]