Let me start by congratulating the town’s other professional sporting team on their success the other week.  Yes it’s belated, yes it’s done through clenched teeth but sporting success deserves a pat on the back.  The buzz of achieving something like a Super League title must be great after so long without and the style […]

I know this is going to be about the fourth time you’ve read this, but some things are worth saying more than once (or more than four times in fact).  Whether you want to contribute to an excellent cause, show that Latics fans are the disparate bunch of bickering bods, that everyone thinks we are, […]

Latics 2-0 Wolves Saturday 2nd October 2010 Honestly, I’m struggling with this one.  Not because I don’t know how to describe the game or how I feel about the result.  Not because I’m unhappy about the team or uninspired by the performance.  It’s not even got anything to with the Second Division standard drinking session […]

Birmingham 0-0 Latics Saturday 25th September 2010 It’s 0-0, you’re entering the closing stages of the game, the opposition have one of the best crossers of a ball in the division in their side and they’re just about to bring on a seven foot centre forward.  Of course it makes for a nervy few minutes.  […]

I’m fed up of whining about our fans, so thanks to Jimmy over at The Mudhutter for going full tilt in the right direction, saving me lots of words and allowing me to get straight into bragging about my free day in the posh seats.  I don’t even have to promote anything in return.  So […]

Will you all reckon I’m getting old if I make a comment about how quickly we’ve got around to Thursday again?  What about if I start off with a moan about the rubbish weather?  Perhaps I am getting old, but with Manchester City coming to town on Sunday, being old is the perfect excuse to […]

Latics 1-1 Sunderland Saturday 11th September 2010 As much as we love it, as much as we paint it as an art and revel in its occasional moments of sheer, as much as we’d like to pretend otherwise, football is a game of clichés.  One match of the day script is pretty much interchangeable with […]

The more observant amongst you have probably spotted that I’ve not said anything about the Spurs result, and barely anything about the Hartlepool game that preceded it.  That’s 50% down to me being busy, 20% down to that “I’ve got ages, there’s a fortnight before we play again” feeling that comes with every international break […]

Not a patch on playlist #8 It’s hard to say what would have happened had England qualified for the world cup in 1994 but chances are that I’d have spent more time watching football than courting and could be sat here now with no kids and no mortgage living the life of Riley, not that […]

Do I need to remind you of my feelings towards Paul Scharner?  Things will be so much easier if we can leave that at my never having rated him, he was my favourite left back, provided that he was left back in whichever suburb of Washington is reserved for c-list footballers.  He might have played […]