So, a quick return to something that I started off back on notapatchon, but didn’t quite carry through, hopefully we can turn it into a bit of a regular feature here on This Northern Soul, but it wouldn’t be the first time that I’ve said that and failed. Anyway, so you get the Left Foot, […]
So, you want a Blackpool preview? I did start off with the intention of giving you a kiss me quick puntastic picture postcard romp, but then my fingers hit the keys and you got what follows. Apologies in advance… It rarely gets much simpler than this until you get into the realms of mathematical impossibility, […]
Let’s talk about goalkeepers then. Yes we know they are over-protected in modern football and the days of Dixie Dean barging both ‘keeper and ball into the back of the net are but a distant memory. For me, you can take all those rules away now. Let’s make it a free for all. I […]
Because of a trip to Wales, and a weekend on the Fylde coast, Bernard won’t be putting together his usual “A Little Previous” this week, but as “our season starts here” and we’re all off to the seaside, it seems a little off if we didn’t mark the occassion. So in an attempt to make […]
If I’d been given a pound to go with every snide remark I’ve read or heard about attendances at Latics then I’d probably have enough money to buy up all the spare tickets at the DW ensuring a home sell out for the rest of the season. I’m also guessing that I’d be too minted […]
Wigan Athletic are offering you the chance to watch two Barclays Premier League games for just £30. Tickets for the final two home games against Everton on Saturday 30th April and West Ham United on Sunday 15th May can be purchased as a package. This great offer will save you £18 in total as individual […]
So that’s two more blank weekends in the goals scored column. Against Spurs, you can’t say it wasn’t for the lack of trying. With Gomes performing heroics in the Spurs goal and a shoot on sight policy albeit with the sights being aimed firmly in the North Stand in the first half, we certainly gave […]
Adrian Mutu tested positive for cocaine at Chelsea in 2004The West London club terminated his contract Mark Bosnich failed a drugs test for Chelsea in 2002 and later admitted cocaine useChelsea ripped up his contract and got shut of him Matt Stevens, an international rugby union player failed a drugs test while playing for Bath […]
STEVE ‘MANDY’ HILL – Blackpool and Wigan Athletic This weekend’s crucial game against Blackpool is an ideal time to look back on the career of former Blackpool and Wigan Athletic winger Mandy Hill. Born in Blackpool on 15th February 1940 Steve signed for his hometown club as a youth team player in the summer of […]
Saturday 9th April 2011Chelsea 1-0 Wigan Athletic The Premier League The following statement may sound crazy and make me look a tad foolish but this game could have resulted in a 6-0 hammering or a 1-1 draw! And the solitary goal of the game should not have stood as flop striker Fernando Torres actually fouled […]