“Before the World Cup started there were a few rumours about McArthur and Maloney, but I have spoken to them and they know they are two of the cornerstones of the team. Both players will be massively important in my plans going forward and I made that very clear to both of them.” It was […]
Oriel Riera promises to be a crucial signing for Wigan Athletic in their quest for promotion back into the Premier League.The six foot tall centre forward arrives from Osasuna where he scored 13 goals in 37 matches. Click here to see Riera’s goals at Osasuna. The 27 year old played in the Barcelona youth system […]
The blue & red Catalan club were renowned for having no sponsorship on their teams shirts but like all things in life money eventually talks. In 2006 the Camp Nou suits decreed that the charity UNICEF should adorn the playing shirts, this was to be a forerunner come the 2011-12 season when the Qatar Sports Investments committed all concerned […]
It could well be ideal for both the parties involved ?
One evening in the early 1990s my son Ned and I found a free table at Pascualitos café in the centre of Cali, awaiting the ‘classico’. It was hot and humid evening and the café, right across the street from the Pascual Guerrero Stadium, was doing good business. The café was run by true brothers. […]
Following on from an earlier TNS article http://thisnorthernsoul.co.uk/hereford-united-1978-2014/ Hereford United supporters staged a mock funeral march in a bid to sway the suits in the council chambers to block any transfer of the existing leases on the ground to the club’s new owner. Former owner David Keyte sold the club for £2 to Tommy Agombar after the club failed to […]
With England crashing out of The World Cup a great majority of fans thoughts will now turn to their domestic clubs and here at TNS that would be the 2013 FA Cup winners Wigan Athletic. (I will never tire of typing/reading that fact.) Last Wednesday was fixture release day and it didn’t have it’s usual […]
Now it would be so easy to show the stereotypical Geordies in relation to this scribing but I won’t stoop so low as to insult those “wonderful passionate football fans in the North East” © This particular piece concerns the obligatory yellow card that is produced when a player takes off his shirt usually after scoring a goal. […]
After walking thro’ the cow pens myself and loyal Latics fan’s realised our dream of watching our home town team play in the football league, Wigan Athletic’s first ever football fixture was away at Hereford United. The match ended 0-0 and we were happy just to be there, however fast forward to season 2014.15. […]
Aaron Taylor-Sinclair is Uwe Rosler’s second summer signing. The 23 year old left back was out of contract at Partick Thistle. Born in Aberdeen, Taylor-Sinclair joined the youth set-up at Montrose, making his debut for the senior team on the last day of the 2008-09 season against Albion Rovers. He established himself as a regular […]