“A laughing stock”, “you’re a bloody joke Wigan”, “we need to sign some proper quality”.   If I’d had a quid every time I’d heard those sentiments over the last six years then I’d have a few quid in the bank, or I might have pissed it all up the wall.  No, I’d almost definitely have […]

I suppose the time has come to give up on thoughts of last season’s end of term review (with apologies to Charles N’Zogbia, Maynor Figueroa, James McCarthy and the teams that beat Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool).  It might only seem like a week or so since the World Cup final, but with the season breathing […]

The notapatchon playlist #6 It’s been a while since the last notapatchon playlist predominately, as with most things around here, because I’m lazy.  I was thinking about that after the little perm dragged me out of bed at way too early o’clock this morning when I was trying to put a plan of attack together […]

…and then Juve start sniffing around your best player. So there you have it, 1st June, contracts are ending and the window is thrown open (found yourself a club yet, Paul?).  Latics jumped the gun a bit, announcing the signing of Mauro Boselli from Argentine giants Estudientes or Boca Juniors, one or the other, or […]

Before we start, I’ve a burning desire to justify why it’s taken me a month to get a start on the season review.  The end if the season did coincide with a period where I’ve just had better things to do, but there’s more to it than that.  Sat at home, with an 8-0 defeat […]

We’ve had our own mini-break over at “Patch Towers” what with getting over end of season thrashings, having loads of stuff on and falling in love with the world of Panini again there just hasn’t been much time. No you’re never to old, and filling those albums remains the single-most relaxingly retro past-time in the world ever, probably. We’ve […]

You might have spotted that it’s a world cup year, it’s that time where football gathers together to remind people that it really is a (if not the) truly global game.  The cynics amongst us would say that it’s also the time where we get to see just how much like the biblical ‘money changers […]

Latics never win two on the bounce, City always win when they’ve lost.  Latics are likely to be without this season’s talisman N’Zogbia, City are likely to have Adebayor available.  Throw in Tevez, Bellamy, Barry, Johnson and the rest and you have a game that Latics aren’t likely to win.  But hey it’s only 90-odd […]

Reverend & The Makers – Bar Bliss Monday 15th March There’s been weeks of build up to this, and today, “The biggest gig in town for a very long time,” as boasts a Facebook status from Darren Adams of Bliss and RKid Events, is upon us. “Notapatchon” is invited to turn up and generally get […]

Well it’s that time of the month, I’ve been paid, got around to buying some new music and finally to commit some, this month not exactly positive, words to electronic media.  So here goes: