Last Monday was an uplifting day for Wigan Athletic supporters. The signings of Adam Forshaw and Andy Delort were confirmed and there was the surprise signing of William Kvist from Stuttgart. But the icing on the cake was surely the capture of Emyr Huws on a permanent contract. Huws is only 20 years old, has […]
We all know about the bidding for Russia & Qatar, the rumours, the alleged payouts, coupled with the shadowy conscience of the suits in FIFA HQ. All was supposed to be brought to the public domain by the lawyer Michael Garcia, his brief was to nterview as many witnesses as possible, turns out it is […]
It was a relief to Wigan Athletic fans when the Forshaw saga was finally resolved and the 22 year old eventually signed on the dotted line. Uwe Rosler regards him as the replacement for Jordi Gomez – a hard act to follow given the Spaniard’s spectacular form last season. Adam Forshaw arrives at Wigan as […]
FA Cup Winners 2013, The Premiership for eight seasons but just a few Sky Sports Yearbooks nee Rothmans editions past, Wigan Athletic were proud members of the Northern Premier League in the 1977-78 season. A lot of glory and huge disappointment’s has been seen by the Springfield Park and latterly the JJB/DW faithful, that is […]
Unless you lived under a rock for the last 10 years, you’ll know that Wigan Athletic is renowned for empty seats! It’s a stigma we’ve had to live with for years, first brought to the attention of the media, when Wigan had the audacity to have empty seats in the Premier League in 2006! Sacrilege […]
The England Manager has called up Emile Heskey, after such a terrible time for England and their torrid run of recent results. Yes, we too at the TNS offices in Wigan are surprised, though not truly shocked with Emile’s recent run of form in the Wigan team. Now this Manager is not Roy Hodgson who’s […]
So, how was your Jim White day? Mine was lovely, thanks. A day trip to Manchester was accompanied by a healthy dose of Roses cricket and topped off by an attempt to prove to child #2 that Nandos isn’t ’all that’. An attempt that probably failed, but hey Andy Liddell loves a trier and all […]
Bournemouth has never had a team playing in the top tier of English football. They entered the Football League in 1923 and AFC Bournemouth play in a stadium that holds 11,700. They had 91% occupancy last season when they challenged for a playoff place, eventually finishing 10th in the Championship. Owned by Maxim Demin, a […]
We need the right offer. I don’t want to stop the lad from going into the Premier League.” The words of Dave Whelan regarding the probable departure of James McArthur over the coming days. Once again Latics are playing the role of a club selling off quality. When thinking of James McArthur the words “automatic choice” come […]
How the mighty are fallen. “In Rosler we trust” was the catchphrase just a few weeks ago. Since then criticism and doubt have come raining in. There is an old saying that goes to the effect that football managers are only as good as their results. But despite a win over Blackpool on Saturday, Rosler’s […]