Blackburn 2-1 Latics Sunday 1st October 2006 Call it bizarre if you like but my interest in form and league tables is only a recent one. Maybe it was something to do with the years of mediocrity that heralded my watching Latics on a regular basis, maybe it’s just something personal, but I’ve always tended […]
So, after a season of over achieving, you rebuild your side for the next step up. Of course the new players take time to gel, but is it ok to only have one win under you belt 5 games into the season? Am I talking about Latics? Or Blackburn, whose record after five games was […]
Latics 1-1 Watford Saturday 23rd September 2006 You’ve not had a home game for a month, it’s three weeks to go until the next one so what you don’t want is an over fussy referee, a pair of linesmen with a bet on who can flag for offside the most and two teams that aren’t […]
Everton 2-2 Latics Saturday 16th September 2006 Last season, this was the fixture that really announced Latics’ arrival in the top flight following tepid results in the first three games of this one, Paul Jewell would have been hoping for a similar effect as he took his team to Goodison to face a revitalised Everton […]
Portsmouth 1-0 Latics Saturday 9th September 2006 Last season’s games against Portsmouth told stories all by themselves. The first was all about the unknown full-back bursting his way into the big time, the second a morality tale about passion, application and survival. With no Pascal Chimbonda and with Portsmouth riding a wave of excellent form […]
Yet again the football equivalent of Christmas Eve swung into action yesterday as all across the country the carefully laid plans of managers and agents came to fruition, or alternatively every club in the land was plunged into panic as they realised that their shopping so far might not be enough to fulfill their ambitions […]
Latics 1-0 Reading Saturday 26th August 2006 The game that football forgot or just a symptom of second season ennui? Latics against Reading wasn’t ever going to be the biggest draw of the weekend but the match was far more interesting than the sub 15,000 crowd and overall lack of media interest would lead you […]
Hello again – I’ve been persuaded to ramble on a bit more (apparently my previous efforts made Neil Rimmer’s Perm feel young!). Who was this Harry Lyon fella?– well there have been two legendary Latics Lyons. The first was Jackie who scored a total of 119 goals for us from 1950–55 and played in the […]
It’s a rare occasion when two Premier League managers can walk away from a game happy but both Paul Jewell and Glen Roeder can take enough positives away from this game to give either side a sunny outlook for the rest of the season. The result aside indications are that both sides have moved on […]
As of this morning Pascal Chimbonda is in the squad for the Newcastle game and indications are that he’s prepared for continuing his time in a Latics shirt, at least for the time being. He’s stopped short of withdrawing his transfer request but a chat with Paul Jewell earlier this week has settled his […]