You don’t always get what you wish for in football, however on Saturday it appeared that we got the exact opposite.

Wigan slumped to their fifth successive Premier League defeat (6 in all matches) in probably the most tame derby seen in the past seven seasons against a Bolton side seeking its first win in seven league games. Martinez opted to rotate the squad bringing in Alcaraz, Jones and Gohuri with Van Aanholt Figueroa and Stam […]

From our Guest writer Sigurd Sigurdsson It’s been said that you don’t win the championship in October, at the same time you can set the foundations for relegation in this period . Have to stick with the prediction in the Wigan season preview that they’ll survive again Wigan Athletic Fighting the Good Fight . For […]

That “Football Blogger” entry on my CV might be a little bit ambitious at the best of times, but a five month gap between talking about football matches is really pushing it into the “creative career history” category.  It might just be the longest lull I’ve had, although I have written articles inbetween, we have […]

Anyone remember Blackpool in April? What a fantastic day that was. What about Stoke in May, who could forget that? Two great away days where we turned up in numbers, we sang our hearts out, we waved flags and banners, we gave the team unwavering support, we had a party and we could have sold […]

“Whelan admits he’s looking to sell up” screamed Wish FM and a host of copycat websites last week. In other news, Germany have invade Poland and Freddie Mercury decides he prefers boys to girls. Quite.

It was 15th August 2009, a lovely Summer’s day at Villa Park when we turned up, passed the ball around with all the swagger of a monobrowed Mancunian and returned home with a 2-0 victory. It was a moment of beauty, a stunner from Rodallega; a goal from enfant terrible Jason Koumas: yes he’d even […]

This one is for lazy hacks everywhere, and you know who are … … Wigan Athletic’s game against Tottenham Hotspur this weekend drew an attendance of just 18,788. This is percieved as ‘appalling’ by yourselves, and you then also almost cream yourselves by reiterating the fact that (in your opinions) Wigan is indeed a rugby […]

A few reasons why #iblamerobertomartinez

Wigan Athletic showed a packed DW Stadium their worst side and their best side much to the frustration of the majority of the almost 19,000 spectators privileged or unfortunate (tick as appropraite) enough to be in attendance. Manager Roberto Martinez was forced into a few team changes with Steve Gohouri replacing the injured Emmerson Boyce, […]