Latics 1-0 Reading Saturday 26th August 2006 The game that football forgot or just a symptom of second season ennui? Latics against Reading wasn’t ever going to be the biggest draw of the weekend but the match was far more interesting than the sub 15,000 crowd and overall lack of media interest would lead you […]
Hello again – I’ve been persuaded to ramble on a bit more (apparently my previous efforts made Neil Rimmer’s Perm feel young!). Who was this Harry Lyon fella?– well there have been two legendary Latics Lyons. The first was Jackie who scored a total of 119 goals for us from 1950–55 and played in the […]
It’s a rare occasion when two Premier League managers can walk away from a game happy but both Paul Jewell and Glen Roeder can take enough positives away from this game to give either side a sunny outlook for the rest of the season. The result aside indications are that both sides have moved on […]
As of this morning Pascal Chimbonda is in the squad for the Newcastle game and indications are that he’s prepared for continuing his time in a Latics shirt, at least for the time being. He’s stopped short of withdrawing his transfer request but a chat with Paul Jewell earlier this week has settled his […]
With one day to go until the start of the 2006/07 Premier League season there’s little certainty about how things will pan out for either Latics or tomorrow’s opponents, Newcastle. For Latics the question is whether Paul Jewell’s summer signings are enough to solve the deficiencies so well masked by the success of last season […]
I don’t know about anyone else, but I learnt a lot from the final pre-season game. Okay so none of it had anything to do with the squad, or where Latics are likely to finish come May, but what I learnt should keep me in good stead for at least a year or so. Really, […]
If I was talking about right sided midfielders from la Liga, you’d have previously been excused for turning your thoughts to the perfectly groomed image of metrosexuality that used to captain the national side. From today, you’ll be thinking about Louis Antonio Valencia who has today signed for Latics on a one year loan deal. […]
Two ex-Latics moved closer to “home” this weekend as they embarked on the next stage of their careers. Roberto Martinez has joined Graham Barrow at Chester whilst Magno Silva Vieira returns to English football by signing for Brentford. Both players have signed as free agents, Bobby having been released by Swansea and Vieira seemingly returning […]
Looking at things in the cold (stiflingly hot to be strictly factual) light of summer puts a different spin on this type of plaudit. It gives you time to reflect on the real achievements and makes you think about whether the actions of players since the end of the season have affected your choices. In […]
Twelve months ago, I thought that last season would be punctuated by a series of ‘nearly’ moments, you know the sort of thing, “It would have all have been so different if they’d given that penalty against West Brom those three points would have set us up nicely to get the draw we deserved at […]