Well with Halloween and Guy Fawkes fast approaching the festive feast will also soon be upon us as well. The fans of FC Santa Claus who were founded just a short while ago in 1993 following the amalgamation of the Rovaniemen Reipas and Rovaniemen Lappi football clubs have had an early present this season. Over […]
Bill Nicholson once said “ We must always consider our supporters for, without them there would be no professional football. Its better to have more fans watching football the way they liked it played than have a few watching football the way we’d like it played.” If by some remote chance someone in authority in […]
We all know about the bidding for Russia & Qatar, the rumours, the alleged payouts, coupled with the shadowy conscience of the suits in FIFA HQ. All was supposed to be brought to the public domain by the lawyer Michael Garcia, his brief was to nterview as many witnesses as possible, turns out it is […]
FA Cup Winners 2013, The Premiership for eight seasons but just a few Sky Sports Yearbooks nee Rothmans editions past, Wigan Athletic were proud members of the Northern Premier League in the 1977-78 season. A lot of glory and huge disappointment’s has been seen by the Springfield Park and latterly the JJB/DW faithful, that is […]
Unless you lived under a rock for the last 10 years, you’ll know that Wigan Athletic is renowned for empty seats! It’s a stigma we’ve had to live with for years, first brought to the attention of the media, when Wigan had the audacity to have empty seats in the Premier League in 2006! Sacrilege […]
The England Manager has called up Emile Heskey, after such a terrible time for England and their torrid run of recent results. Yes, we too at the TNS offices in Wigan are surprised, though not truly shocked with Emile’s recent run of form in the Wigan team. Now this Manager is not Roy Hodgson who’s […]
How the mighty are fallen. “In Rosler we trust” was the catchphrase just a few weeks ago. Since then criticism and doubt have come raining in. There is an old saying that goes to the effect that football managers are only as good as their results. But despite a win over Blackpool on Saturday, Rosler’s […]
Okay, Okay, I know a Wigan Athletic Web Site and we are reporting on another club! A club not even in the same league & also one we’ve not really got a decent relationship with! If you remember it was at the DW stadium that Liverpool players supported Suarez after his race issue with Patrice […]
Now this isn’t a rant about “the good old days” and they should always wear black boots, however the mould was broken when ginger head Alan Ball wore white boots whilst at Everton back in the mists of time. (Under 30′s ask yer Grandad) The opening match this season Latics against Reading saw all 22 […]
Non-League Day, the campaign to promote semi-professional and amateur football, returns for a fifth consecutive season on Saturday 6th September 2014. The event, which regularly features on SKY Sports, Soccer AM, 5live and The Non-League Football Show, always coincides with a break in the Premier League and Championship calendar, giving a wide range of fans […]