Do you feel pleased with yourselves?  Well you should do, because, as far as supporting Latics goes, no victory is too small and when an initiative that started in the fanbase with and was whole heartedly backed by fans achieves something then it’s jolly well time to jump up and down and make it known.  And […]

It has been ‘Latics’ Home on the Telly’ for many years, but from January 2010, it shall be no more. 517, the number so embedded in the brain of many a Wigan fan, shall soon be forgotten like a bad season or ill-informed Dave Whelan rant, consigned to the bin of history as but a […]

Trotting When Springfield Park was built in 1897 the architect ‘s plans show it had a trotting track skirting its perimeter. As well as the football pitch it was also used by the local athletics club as it also had a concrete cycle track and a half mile running track. In its early years Springfield […]

Ben Jones This it is not about football but it does have sporting links with Springfield Park and Wigan. It is intended to pay tribute to one of Wigan ‘s Olympic legends. In the early part of the 20th century Ben Jones was one of the most famous racing cyclists in country. He was Wigan […]

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It says something about what being a fan of Wigan Athletic Football Club does for you.  It takes a hefty dose of cynicism to not believe that a player’s signing is guaranteed, even though the two clubs have agreed a fee, he’s accepted a contract, passed a medical and had a work permit approved.  If […]

On a rain-drenched pitch, Wigan Athletic’s first half team included no natural strikers, with Cywka acting as a lone up-front man.    It was half an hour before Wigan Athletic created a chance that resulted in a corner, coming from some marvellous work from N’Zogbia who was, in the first half the best man on […]

THAT SUMMER PART OF ME DIED As a Child———-The summer of 1999 was not like any other it was the year we lost Springfield park.———————————————————————————-As a child me and my friend Duncan made a pilgrimage every closed season to both Central park and Springfield Park on our push bikes from Ince we did this for […]

After five years of messing about at this webmaster lark, last season brought me to put up or shut-up time as far as [thas] not a patch on goes.  The intention was always meant to be so much more than the occasional ramblings, with bolted on forum, that I gave out last year and after […]

Or at least it should do, and if Steve Bruce doesn’t get the hint soon then Bobby’s dad might just be knocking on his door making it clear what he can do with his advances and threatening to chop his bid off if he doesn’t keep it to himself.   Yes, I’m talking about Sunderland’s […]