Them and us – David Unsworth (Latics and Everton) As Wigan Athletic prepare for their crucial clash against Everton at the DW Stadium on Saturday, TNS takes a look at the career of a man who served both clubs during an illustrious career. Current Preston North End first team coach David Unsworth was born in […]
If I’m honest, this selection was picked as a pre-Sunderland trio, but then my laptop blew up and… well it didn’t happen. I’ve got back online (sort of) today and reflecting back all three songs still work, albeit in different ways than they would have done on Friday. So, to save me thinking too hard […]
And in my case it’s probably a good thing because when I was nineteen we were getting tonked by the likes of Port Vale and Plymouth not Chelsea and Blackpool. I travelled to Bournemouth in a game where we’d already been relegated, spent 12 hours driving 500 miles in a battered old Toyota Corolla while […]
As a half hearted attempt to celebrate our national saints day I racked my little grey cells to come up with all the George’s who have played for Latics in the league.
Joe, who was born in Liverpool on 3rd December 1955, arrived at Springfield Park in August 1975 after being signed by Brian Tiler for a fee of £1,200 from South Liverpool. He had represented Kirkby Schools at Junior, Under 14’s and Under 15’s level before signing a contract at Everton without making the grade. A […]
This season for as long as I can remember we’ve been told our place or have been staring up at 17 or more teams. But for once, we can ‘just about’ have that destiny in our own hands! Wolves below us have a game in hand & before they play catch up against Stoke, all […]
So, a quick return to something that I started off back on notapatchon, but didn’t quite carry through, hopefully we can turn it into a bit of a regular feature here on This Northern Soul, but it wouldn’t be the first time that I’ve said that and failed. Anyway, so you get the Left Foot, […]
If I’d been given a pound to go with every snide remark I’ve read or heard about attendances at Latics then I’d probably have enough money to buy up all the spare tickets at the DW ensuring a home sell out for the rest of the season. I’m also guessing that I’d be too minted […]
STEVE ‘MANDY’ HILL – Blackpool and Wigan Athletic This weekend’s crucial game against Blackpool is an ideal time to look back on the career of former Blackpool and Wigan Athletic winger Mandy Hill. Born in Blackpool on 15th February 1940 Steve signed for his hometown club as a youth team player in the summer of […]
The trip to Chelsea on Saturday 9th April 2011 is an ideal opportunity to review the career of one of Wigan Athletic’s greatest servants, Ian McNeill. Ian, whose full name is actually John McKeand McNeill, was born in Glasgow on 24 February 1932. He will always be remembered as the manager who guided Latics into […]