Now 10 or so years ago, the shirt deal we signed with JJB was not just advantageous but a totally necessary part of our survival. It was the first visible sign of the chairman’s involvement with the club and look where that got us. But times change and so do relationships. From their perspective, Latics […]
Wigan Ath 0 – 1 Chelsea Sunday 14th August 2005 Let’s get the clichés out of the way first. Football can indeed be a cruel game, yet you usually get what you deserve. The two statements aren’t exactly complimentary but as we saw yesterday they can apply, not just across a season, or even 90 […]
8:20am I’m taking a risk as I start to write this, nothing as yet is certain and all this could be something over nothing or my opinions complete rubbish, only time will tell. Yesterday, a club finally cottoned onto a release clause in one of our better player’s contracts and bid the requisite amount that […]
Wigan Athletic 1 – 0 Boavista Saturday 6th August 2005 Can pre-season friendlies ever tell us anything useful? Last season’s game at Blackpool proved that it is possible to get sun stroke in a football ground, but despite the 5-0 drubbing, told me very little about either team. Similarly this game merely served to prove […]
It’s been a busy old couple of weeks in the Jewell household, flights to Norway and Turkey have been booked (if stories are to believed) and players have been winging their way in from all over the shop. After a whole lot of rumour, conjecture and, to be honest, what seems like a fair bit […]
Well, for one reason or another, I’ve not done an especially good job of keeping my promise of keeping this blog up to date. Plenty has happened in the couple of weeks since I last wrote. We’ve had a few in and a couple out, been linked with shed loads more, the duke saga dragged […]
Well after all the excitement, speculation and downright panic the transfer window slammed shut with less of a bang than a whimper. Fortunately we managed not to lose any more players but on the other hand we only gained one extra. David Connolly’s signing came a little bit out of the blue (he was one […]
… another bid, another player who it looks like doesn’t even want to talk to us. Whether we’ve bid 1.5, 2 or more millions for Norwich’s Damien Francis is irrelevant, it looks very much as if we’re being used as a bargaining tool to drag more money out of Portsmouth, or any other club that […]
And so finally ending ooo, a week of ‘intense’ speculation we today signed Stephane Henchoz on a free transfer, following his release from Liverpool. The thirty year old finished last season on loan at Celtic where, depending on whose story you listen to, he either didn’t make the grade or didn’t get the chance he […]
After what seems an eternity of behind the scenes wrangling Wigan Athletic have finally conceded to the latest round of bullying tactics from GMP and will pay the close to 300 grand they ‘owe’ for policing costs at the JJB. Whilst it is comforting to know that any chance that the Chelsea game would be […]