Well, the waiting is over and pretty soon the games will be coming at us thick and fast. I’d love to tell you that I am anticipating this season much more than the last few years but the truth is I’m not. Like many of us, I have high expectations every year and for the […]
Ah, yes that time honoured retort. Usually opined by those simply minded buffoons who seem to be misguided into thinking “trophies” equal “history”. Funnily enough we have a lot of those in our town seeing as we have one sporting team who hoovers up trophies for fun in their narrow gene pool given the competition […]
It seems wholly appropriate, after a season of barely writing about football, that I take up a couple of pages of this summer special talking about football. I was supposed to be having a summer off the “beautiful’ game but I had to get back on the writing horse somehow so, like a bowler returning […]
My aim as I set off on the Scottish leg of Latics’ preseason tour was to produce two mach reports, one per game very much in the mould of my normal match reports. However as the games unfolded with multiple changes, loanees and trialists, it became apparent that a road trip blog would probably reflect […]
What an enjoyable night it was at Firhill. The pleasant and friendly atmosphere at the stadium was lifted even further by a bright performance from a young Latics team. They played not only with organisation and enterprise, but with no mean level of skill. The last time I went to watch a football match in […]
Wigan Athletic have announced the signing of 24 year old central striker Will Grigg from Brentford. The 5 ft 11 in tall Grigg was born in Solihull and progressed through the Birmingham City youth system. At the age of 17 he joined Walsall where he was to spend five seasons. scoring 27 goals in 99 […]
“He wants us to train hard and well in order to be ready to take that onto the pitch in matches. Clubs I’ve been at before haven’t got the footballs out so quickly and there has been lots of running but I’ve enjoyed the balance this year and it’s been really beneficial because you get […]
After the darkness of last season, a ray of sunshine emerges from within the confines of Mudhuts Towers in the form of a completely free of charge downloadable 48 page PDF fanzine to while away your summer with. Featuring an eclectic mix of articles about Wigan Athletic, football, music, nostalgia, holidays, working, dreaming and life, […]
“You can mark down 25 June 1978 as the day Scottish football conquers the world.” It was Ally MacLeod’s most famous quote. The date was that of the World Cup Final in Buenos Aires. MacLeod was nothing if not optimistic. After successful stints at Ayr United and Aberdeen he was appointed Scotland manager in May […]
It has been announced that Latics have signed 21 year old Donervon Daniels from West Bromwich Albion. The 6 ft 1 in defender comes from the Caribbean Island of Montserrat, famous for the volcano that erupted in 1995, engulfing the capital, Plymouth, forcing two thirds of the population to flee. Together with Anthony Griffith, who plays for […]