I’ve got the pictures, well three of ’em but for the life of me I can’t remember who the opposition were at Springfield Park in the late seventies. I vaguely remember it being a benefit / friendly match but not sure if a programme was produced either, probably the reason I can’t find it ! One sage here at TNS reckons it was against […]
“My time in Wigan was unforgettable.” So said Jordi Gómez after he had cut his five year tie with Wigan Athletic by agreeing to join Sunderland. The myriad of Latics fans that for months had been campaigning for him to stay through the social media were to be disappointed, although in their heart of hearts they probably […]
Usually driven by the Southern based media, the North South divide is not just an English phenomena as on the over side of the globe a certain country who will be hosting one helluva footballing carnival has just that soccer situation. Brazil’s southern cities of Rio & San Paulo and to lesser extent Porto Alegre are the mainstay of club […]
Following Uwe Rosler’s appointment in December, Billy Grant gave us a fan’s view of the German’s time at Brentford (click here to see the previous article). Six months later we have come back to Billy to give us more of his insight. Billy writes for the Brentford fanzine http://www.Beesotted.co.uk (Twitter – @beesotted). He will also […]
The worst ever football stadium disaster, the BBC have done a short video with the brief outline of what went on, it is just a very small insight to what happened, however folk were actually shot dead outside the stadium. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27635664 The whole tragedy was covered up by the Peruvian authorities, as governments do, especially the shooting. “Some lads […]
Has there ever been a manager of Wigan Athletic who has achieved a popularity rating as high as that of Uwe Rosler within just six months of taking over? The ex-Manchester City centre forward has lifted the whole club, introducing a new dynamic. After the disastrous reign of Owen Coyle there is once again light […]
“The FA Cup winners, The Capital One Cup winners and The Championship play off winners had to beat Wigan Athletic en route to victory !” seems to be all over “social media” (I hate that term, old codger I know) but it does just about sum up our season. Not quite good enough when […]
“We will be investing in our playing and coaching staff, and I think it’s important to keep working on changing the culture at the football club.” So said Uwe Rosler to the Wigan Evening Post this week. When Roberto Martinez took over as manager of Wigan Athletic in June 2009, he quickly got to […]
First apologies for the lateness of the posting but I put the wrong draft date on and it never appeared when it should have. Many words especially with the daily newspapers over in Spain have been written about this eagerly awaited clash so a full preview really isn’t necessary at this late stage. The Los Colchoneros (The Mattressers) are rated […]
Can I use that title or is it copyrighted nowadays? Nine years after the book of the same name myself and Andrew Vaughan wrote about Wigan Athletic’s promotion season to the Premier League, I find myself once again burrowing headlong into a writing project* (*i.e. book) when I should be enjoying a nice, relaxing summer […]