The draw for the FA Cup Third Round will take place live on ITV1 this Sunday, 8th December, at around 4.10pm. Deserved holders Wigan Athletic will defend their trophy come the New Year, ball number 43 is the one for all Latics fans to listen out for. 1. AFC BOURNEMOUTH […]
The digital age has struck again, ye olde club North of the border, Queens Park FC the bastion of the amateur game now only produce’s it’s matchday programme online with no printed versions available. The club cites falling sales and hence losing money with not many of the regular 500 […]
Less than 24 hours ago the bookmakers had Mike Phelan the odds-on favourite to be the new Wigan Athletic manager. Uwe Rösler is now quoted between 1/6 and 1/8 for the job. With Latics in a downward spiral, after losing again at Leeds on Wednesday, Whelan is keen to get the new appointment finalized […]
It has been a whirlwind couple of days since the news broke that Dave Whelan had sacked Owen Coyle (sort of), and the rumour mill has been churning out names ever since. Football certainly has both a sense of timing and humour, after the eventful week that led to Coyle losing his job also […]
News has been growing today that the chairman has made his mind up over who he wants to be the next Latics manager and has gone all out to get his man. But you know that and have probably been talking about it since tea-time. So rather than go on about it some more (for […]
“We gave the last bloke four years” Yes we did apparently, although I’m not sure whether that means the fans who supported him, hated him, tolerated him or refers to the chairman himself who has about 50% of the power when it comes to determining how much time a manager spends in situ in the […]
The fanzine editor in me has been playing to the crowd this week throwing out sarcastic comments aplenty about our recently departed manager. The humanist in me sees it very differently however and I do feel quite sorry for Owen Coyle in a way as well.
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Sometimes, the thoughts of Chairman Dave are cringe worthy, at others they’re honest and brutal. Sometimes he tells you things you’d rather not listen to, others he tells you exactly what you wanted to know. Whether he’s in mouthpiece or car crash mode he always gives good interview and he always gives interviews. As a […]
Mike Phelan is the bookmakers’ current favourite for the vacant manager’s job at Wigan Athletic.