Category: Blogs
Tom Finney
Tom & George two all time greats of the game. Bill Shankly reckoned Sir Tom was one of if not the greatest player of his or any generation, even though I’m an owd codger I never saw him play but from the videos and stuff I’ve read about him he certainly is up with […]
Fabrice Muamba – Who saved his Life!
As you know, like many Football outlets, TNS were quick to add it’s support to Fabrice Muamba. Over the last 4 days it looks like those prayers have been answered. Prayers though have not been the only reason for Fabrice’s recovery, behind those prayers were 5 people who assisted on the pitch within seconds and […]
VAT in Barcelona
Last Wednesday evening, I was privileged enough to be at the Camp Nou stadium to witness first hand, the most unbelievable performance from a team that I have ever seen. No doubt quite a few of you will have watched it on tv, but from my vantage point, high up in that […]
An armchair fan writes…..
I was always planning to go to Norwich but recent form meant that sitting on the couch smearing some of their famous Colman’s mustard on my arms and proceeding to eat them became a preferred option. Seriously, I couldn’t make Sunday. But you know what, we did alright. I can’t get my head around […]
Crestfallen
Crestfallen is not the word. At least Roberto took the rap for Saturday’s abject performance. Without sounding like a retro school teacher: you let the fans down, you let the team down but most of all you let yourself down. How on earth do we pick ourselves up from that? The sad thing is […]
Umbridge with umbro
Is it just me (probably/possibly) but the “new” England home shirt looked a tad tacky? I do like the simplistic minimalistic design and I’ve no doubt whatsoever that the material is the latest gizmo sweat absorbent away, piece of material since Noah built the ark but it looks like a cheap copy from […]
Latics Internationals & Captain Caldwell
With the growth of imports into The DW more & more of Wigan Athletic players jet-off to play for their countries, adopted ones in some cases ! Gary Caldwell will captain the Scottish team away at SRC Bonifika (Koper) Ali Al Habsi Oman v Thailand Antolin Alcaraz Paraguay […]
And the best supported team in the Barclays Premier League is…..
That’s an easy one isn’t it? It’s the team who has the most fans isn’t it? Well not quite, you see some teams are from big cities and others are from small towns. Some are global names with over a century of top flight history drawing support from across the world magnet-like, others are newer […]