In the bigger scheme of things, I’m a Latics fan first, a football fan second and an England fan last. It’s nothing to do with pride in your country or any of that balderdash; it’s just that international football has never grabbed me in the same way as club football did. Don’t get me wrong, […]
Chris Hutchings has today soothed some of the deadline day pangs by bringing in free agent Salomon Olembe. The Cameroon international has signed on a one year deal and plays at, wait for it… left back. The deal is subject to international clearance but, as the player has been without a club since June, that […]
Denny Landzaat’s substitution on Saturday was a bit of a mystery at the time. Had he been struck by a Teale-esque contact lens injury? Did he receive a poke in the eye from Alan Smith’s Hoxton Fin? Ok, so Emile Heskey’s understudy may be sporting a much more sensible barnet than in the last England […]
The other day I discussed Caleb Folan and Henri Camara’s chances of a start at St. James’ Park and they were out of the door before Chris Hutchings got chance to think about it. Today I’d got three quarters of the way through an article explaining how, even though he may not be a top […]
Newcastle 1-0 Latics Saturday 1st September 2007 It’s been a strange old weekend. For starters, the shoddily planned weekend in Newcastle didn’t come off leaving me, with only a, street cred destroying, Hugh Cornwell gig (thanks Jon) to distract me from the Big Brother final and the closing of the transfer window. It also left […]
It’s amazing what a night out can do for you. As I set out at Friday tea time, Bent and Bouaouzan in Chris Hutchings’ shopping trolley at the expense of Caleb Folan, things are looking alright on the transfer front. A visit to the exotic nightlife of Earlestown (don’t ask, although I think you may […]
Latics’ start to the season has had a distinctly North Eastern flavour to it. The home wins against Boro and Sunderland got things off to a good start and this weekend Chris Hutchings takes his team up to Newcastle looking to get things back on track following the mid week cup defeat to Hull. Not […]
What was it I said about waiting until January? Well Latics are well on the way to signing two players and yet neither of them is a left back. Neither of them is exactly going to get the fan’s juices flowing either. What does it say about the state of the game when your first […]
The clock is ticking on the transfer window and Latics fans are brewing up for that final 24 hours worth of speculation. It’s about that time where Jewell would make one of his twice yearly enquiries about Dean Windass and, although a bid for the aging lump seems unlikely this time around, last night’s result […]
Latics 0-1 Hull Tuesday 28th August 2007 So, whilst “Mr. Perm” was busy dodging trains on deserted platforms I was overcome by one of those “oh, sack it” moments. Within an hour or so my Lady and an ex-red, old schoolmate, Coppullite (sorry Andy) had found ourselves on the West Stand concourse £45 + pie […]