“One of our forward-thinking players is going to have to stick the ball into the back of the net and that’s the key to it.” So said Malky Mackay after the Leeds match where Latics had 60% of possession and 19 efforts on goal without scoring. But in these days of increased use of data […]
When the lineup was announced prior to the Leeds match on Saturday it was a sadly depressing moment. The mood had been positive and people had started to “Believe” again. But a look at the team sheet was enough to send many of us into despair. How can you keep faith in a […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Mm2UqI9SQ?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent]“Dave Whelan: Racism row forced me to quit.” So said the Daily Express headline yesterday. Sadly another example of gutter journalism, of which we have seen far too much over recent months in the national press. That newspaper, along with others, was once more ready to condemn a man who has done so […]
I read a quip the other day that amused me. It is relatively easy to take out £1m by being the owner of a football club. All you have to do is first put in £2m. Dave Whelan reportedly put £100 m into underpinning Wigan Athletic’s success over these past two decades. One wonders what […]
“There was nothing like it. Running down the tunnel and hearing the roar of a 3,000 crowd. Springfield Park was the best place in the world for me.” Meeting Harry Lyon in the early 1980s was like a dream come true. It had been a chance encounter with the man for whom the title “legend” […]
There is a sign on the wall as you descend out of the West Stand which simply bears the words “Fortress DW”. I would propose that after a further two embarrassingly soft home defeats that the words should be amended to read “Bouncey Castle DW” as most away clubs now seem to be turning up, […]
Just what is it that you want to do? We wanna be free. We wanna be free to do what we wanna do. And we wanna get loaded. And we wanna have a good time. That’s what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna have a good time. We’re gonna have a party Hi, my name is Alan, you’ll remember […]
Okay the first 2 parts of the Title are factually correct, the 3rd & probably the most important is an assumption using basic Math. Both Rotherham & Brighton are on 34 points having played 32 games. So if I remember what Mrs Satisfield taught me at Holy Family School, New Springs, using basic statistics, they […]
This Northern Soul contributor and Mudhutter editor Jimmy recently met up with Barca Jim of The Football Flush and spent an hour talking about his thirty years watching Wigan Athletic and writing about the club. In what is both a revealing, fascinating and depressing hour, he talks about his hopes and fears for the club, […]
Well, this column is called the 12th Man and maybe it is time for the 12th Man to come to the fore again. Not so much the Reading game but I have been peering with some interest at the three fixtures which close out February for some time now, and it would seem that they […]