At the end of the season, if Wigan are relegated then Wigan manager Roberto Martinez will point to this nil – nil draw as one of the results that was responsible for their demise such was their failure to trouble Shay Given in the Villa goal despite controlling the game for large sections of the […]
Wigan Athletic’s England Under 20’s goalkeeper Lee Nicholls has signed for Accrington Stanley in a loan deal until the end of the season. Speaking about his move to the League Two outfit, who are managed by former Latic Paul Cook, Lee said, “I’ve had some good experiences but now I feel like the next step […]
Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa will be locking horns on Saturday and TNS this week looks back at the career of a player who served both clubs admirably. Walter Hazelden was born in Ashton-in-Makerfield on 13th February 1941. He is a former England Youth international and he played in the inside left berth. His first […]
It’s that time of year when geeks like me get excited and football fans become finance experts with the release of Wigan Athletic’s latest set of annual accounts. The good news is that the key stat of Wages to Turnover has reduced from 91% to 79%. This is due to increase in revenue from the […]
Have you ever seen anything funnier than a bunch of rapidly approaching middle aged idiots soaked to the bone stood on a bridge with a tatty brolly waving sodden bits of paper around in a sub zero blizzard? Hilarious isn’t it? If we were just here for your entertainment it’d be job done on all […]
This Northern Soul has a pair of tickets to give away for this Saturday’s crucial game against Aston Villa. The seats are in the West Stand executive area and are only available to registered users of This Northern Soul To be in with a chance of winning these tickets. Simply tell us the name of […]
Wigan Athletic’s home game against Manchester United, originally scheduled for Bank Holiday Monday 9th April, will now be played on Wednesday 11th April at 7.45pm. The game has been moved as Manchester United’s preceding game with Queens Park Rangers has been moved to Sunday 8th April for TV coverage.
Without prejudice, on Saturday 11th February a football match took place in North West Lancashire, only for it to be marred by the behaviour of a bunch of Eighties throwbacks. We’ve seen these fat middle aged bullies before in the vicinity of Bolton Wanderers, known for their regimented and hierarchical structure, codenames and distinctive bad […]
Wigan Athletic today became the first Premier League team to play a fixture in Oman. Latics had been in Oman for a spot of mid season warm weather training and were delighted to take part in this ground breaking game that could have massive future benefits for all concerned. The game was delayed by half […]
Wigan Athletic are set to play the Oman national team tomorrow (Friday) in a game that will see Oman playing host to a top flight English team for the first time in the country’s history. The game of course sees Latics’ custodian Ali Al-Habsi arrive in his homeland an dhe spoke about the implications of […]