Beaten Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson conceded that his team was second best at the DW Stadium last night. Speaking after seeing his expensively assembled team torn apart, he said, “Wigan were the better team. They are a very under-rated team and we were completely dominated in the first half. We were second to every […]

We have six games to save the season, old cliché I know but now it’s time to stop feeling sorry for ourselves after the recent disgraceful decisions (again) and march on to eight in a row in the Premiership. Three at home, three away and no-one, not even the most optimistic Wigan Athletic fan can […]

We did expect it with his comments after the Chelsea match, were Bob said the linesman (sorry I can’t use referee assistant) Dave Bryan’s performance was “disgusting” & “horrific”.

It’s that time of year when geeks like me get excited and football fans become finance experts with the release of Wigan Athletic’s latest set of annual accounts. The good news is that the key stat of Wages to Turnover has reduced from 91% to 79%. This is due to increase in revenue from the […]

And so it begins.  Or maybe not, it’s been a while since I wrote anything and longer still since I wrote about Latics, but the time has come for me to get back on the wagon, bite the bullet and… well… just grab a bit of my time back.  As I type, I still don’t […]

This Northern Soul would like to propose a Wigan Athletic “Hall of Fame” Now many will scoff at this idea. Wigan Athletic with famous players ? What a joke! Well you only need to peruse the excellent  A-Z category   here at TNS to realise your mistake. (Humble pie freely available) Now it is an emotional issue […]

Wigan Athletic are sending a representative side to Bangor this weekend to play in a friendly as Welsh Premier League side Bangor City proudly celebrate the opening of their brand new stadium. The game at the Nantporth Stadium, will go ahead at 2.30pm and Bangor chairman, Dilwyn Jones, is understandably thrilled, he told BBC North West […]