Tomorrow’s visit to Arsenal gives TNS the chance to look back at the career of Albert Humpish who played for Wigan Athletic, Wigan Borough and the Gunners. Albert, nicknamed Teddy, was born in Heaton, Newcastle on 3rd April 1902. He was a strong, imposing inside forward and he started his career at Halifax Town where he […]
A bathroom company is naming its new range of suites after famous Barnsley footballers. The sanitaryware “team” is the brainchild of lifelong Tykes fan Jonathan Eyre, a director of bathroom firm BCG which based in Worcester. Their Eaden, Redfearn and Marcelle toilets, sinks and baths have been named after Nicky Eaden, Neil Redfearn and Clint Marcelle. Season […]
Well what can I say as I look forward, yes look forward to Monday night football. You’ll probably know why Wigan fans are looking forward to the match! It’s because we played rather well in the last match against Manchester United. So to the match in London, we have some History……like Manchester United, we’ve played […]
Club officials are delighted to announce a superb ticket deal for the final two home games of the Barclays Premier League season. In a bid to build on the fantastic support in recent home games and to ensure that we have the best possible atmosphere to help us in these two crucial games, the club […]
Beaten Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson conceded that his team was second best at the DW Stadium last night. Speaking after seeing his expensively assembled team torn apart, he said, “Wigan were the better team. They are a very under-rated team and we were completely dominated in the first half. We were second to every […]
Wigan fans could be forgiven to likening home wins to buses in that you wait for one for months and then two come at once. Victory is the more sweet in that prior to tonight’s game, Wigan had never taken a point off their illustrious opponents and the victory was thoroughly deserved, as Wigan totally […]
Yes that’s what the headline says so IT MUST BE TRUE. Well we think. Maybe we’ll pull some quotes from a few months back where Whelan says he’s got a job as long as he wants it because I have NO NEW INFORMATION to provide, we are simply trying to GET HITS FOR OUR TWO […]
We have six games to save the season, old cliché I know but now it’s time to stop feeling sorry for ourselves after the recent disgraceful decisions (again) and march on to eight in a row in the Premiership. Three at home, three away and no-one, not even the most optimistic Wigan Athletic fan can […]
As we lead up to the DW clash between Wigan & Manchester United, all the talk is about a few things, let’s list them: > Should he have gone to Specsavers? – Dave Bryan > Dave I wanted you stay at home Tuesday night watch Eastenders – Mike Riley > Rabbit Punch to the Kidneys? […]
If it was up to most football purists, Wednesday’s fixture would never happen. They would see us as too small a club to face the mighty Manchester United. But isn’t that the beauty of this game? The fact that we face them for the SEVENTH consecutive season, in an ‘equal keel’ league fixture. We got […]