Arsenal 2-1 Latics AET Tuesday 24th January 2006 After the events of Elland Road and the Riverside, you really couldn’t expect another tie quite so dramatic, but then again… After all this is Wigan Athletic and whatever your thoughts on our season so far, we’ve hardly had a dull moment. On hindsight it was a […]
This is the first time that I’ve had more than a passing interest in the African Cup of Nations. It’s surely a sign of our progress that one of our ‘stars’ is featuring in the tournament, a sign of our attitude that our manger isn’t taking the usual line of bemoaning his loss. Henri Camara […]
Wigan Athletic today welcome their fourth signing of the January window as Spurs’ promising Swiss international, Reto Ziegler, joined on loan until the end of the season. This signing provides a double boost for the club as not only does it bring in a bona fide left sided midfielder, it allows Lee McCulloch to undergo […]
Middlesbrough 2-3 Latics Saturday 21st January 2006 David Thompson and Neil Mellor may not agree but Steve Maclaren is almost certainly spending his Sunday contemplating on the cruel nature of football. Not that Latics were lucky to win this neutral pleasing clash in the North East, their first half performance alone was enough to warrant […]
Arsene Wenger has done us the favour of naming his squad for the second leg of the League Cup final a day early. Unsurprisingly it has a little more of a first team flavour about it as Campbell, Lauren, Pires, Bergamp, Reyes and Henry get ready to join the fray. An obvious ploy to get […]
This game between two sides hardly in the best of league form is sure to be haunted by the spectre of another side that will be nowhere near the riverside on Saturday. The fixture, coming as it does, sandwiched between two ties against Arsenal, if not a must-win is definitely a must-perform for both sides. […]
A few months too late but today Latics finally picked up one of our preseason recommendations in David Thompson. The ex-Liverpool midfielder, released by Blackburn, has signed a ‘prove yourself’ contract until the end of the season. Thompson was closely followed through the door by Neil Mellor, signed on loan until the end of the […]
You do have to wonder. I’m sure Mr. Whelan has been coming out with stuff like this for years, and now that everyman and is dog is prepared to listen to him and report he turns from a bit of a character to an embarrassing egomaniac. Now for me it’s not a case of ‘he’s […]
Leeds 3-3 Latics (AET) Tuesday 17th January 2006 Well, I couldn’t have been further from the truth. I’d expected this to be a dull affair, for us to look short in most departments and to ultimately lose out. Instead we got a cracker of a tie, 6 goals, long periods where we actually looked the […]
Latics 0-1 West Brom Sunday 15th January 2006 Now it’s not often that a football pundit makes you think, but on Sunday morning one of them imparted a piece of wisdom that, if not earth shattering, made me nod in recognition. Basically his point was that it is easier to go on a losing run […]