Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic – a little previous With the Premier League season rapidly reaching its climax, and with Latics sitting precariously in the last relegation spot, it is imperative that the Blues maintain their unbeaten top flight record at Villa Park tomorrow. Hopefully the visitors will be on top form whilst Blackpool, who […]
Some of you may have been unfortunate enough to pick up the Daily Express recently and picked up the following nugget from Norwich fan and professional journalist Mick Dennis: “As Wigan scrapped for their Premier League lives against Everton, almost a third of their small ground was empty. It has not been full all […]
Do you know where The Verve played their first ever gig? Or what about the location where one of Wigan Athletic’s predecessors, Wigan United used to play way back in 1919? The answer in both cases is The Honeysuckle in Poolstock and this venue is again playing host to a seminal moment in Wigan’s history […]
Brian Tiler – Aston Villa and Latics Brian was born in Rotherham on 15th March 1943 and signed professional forms for his home town club in the summer of 1962. He spent four season’s at Millmoor, making 213 appearances for the Millers, scoring 27 goals before a move to Aston Villa in the summer of […]
Now that the excitement has died down it’s probably a good time to forgive and forget, take a deep breath and take another look over the Toffees’ visit to the DW on Saturday. Okay so, it’s a little bit late and at least I’ve avoided that Thursday feeling where I realise it’s time to do […]
The 2012 Olympics are a coming, we can’t ignore it, well you can try but the hype has started and it’ll get worse as it gets nearer. Besides the ladies beach volleyball on Horse Guards Parade, a football tournament is being held which might or might not be of passing interest. The 4 home nations […]
The non-league memories of Mick Worswick – A Latics Legend PART ONE – MICK’S FOOTBALLING JOURNEY. About five years ago Mick kindly agreed to recall some of his football memories for the old YOTAC site. The interviews I conducted with him gave a superb insight into the club during the mid 1970’s. I have decided […]
Martinez resigned to losing Rodallega Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez is reportedly bracing himself for a bid from Sevilla for Colombia striker Hugo Rodallega. There are also a lot of Premier League clubs hoping to entice him to stay in England, not least that collector of Latics players Steve Bruce at Sunderland who sees Hugo […]
Another day, another Latics player linked with a move away from the club. This time its Wigan’s Columbian striker Hugo Rodallega and the club he is being linked with is Spanish giant Sevilla. Hugo has longed been linked with a reunion with Steve Bruce at Sunderland and other English clubs such as Everton and Birmingham […]
If I’m honest, I didn’t believe it when Bobby told us that Ben Watson still had a future at Wigan Athletic. I was sat opposite him, practically looking him in the eye and when he said (and I paraphrase) “it’s up to Ben, he needs to step up to the plate and start looking for […]