A much changed Wigan Athletic team bowed out of the Capitol One trophy with barely a whimper last night as the home side showing more flair and enterprise than their more illustrious opponents dominated the game for large periods and on the occasions when Wigan had the momentum showed more than enough competency to deal […]
Now this isn’t a rant about “the good old days” and they should always wear black boots, however the mould was broken when ginger head Alan Ball wore white boots whilst at Everton back in the mists of time. (Under 30′s ask yer Grandad) The opening match this season Latics against Reading saw all 22 […]
After another excellent German breakfast, we got the underground tram to the Espirit arena for the open training session and open day which lasted for approximately one and a half hours. We then walker back to Dussledorf main railway station where we caught a train to Essen to watch Essen play Borussia Dortmund in a […]
A nice German breakfast set us up for the day. A very friendly receptionist gave us directions to the Paul Janes stadium where the match was being played. We got to the ground at around1pm and spent an hour walking around the ground, taking pictures and mixing with both the locals and other Wigan fans […]
It reared its ugly head again. It is nothing new, but Latics fans had surely hoped that it had gone away. Unfortunately it is still there and it is something Uwe Rosler has met before, not just at Wigan, but also at Brentford. The pattern goes like this. Latics are sharp and competitive in the […]
Brain Musgrave, intrepid Latics fan and friend of TNS has very kindly done a blog of his ten day trip to Germany Day 1 …….Friday 25th July 2014 An insane pick up for the fight to Dusseldorf at 8.15 saw us almost miss the flight with extra security measures at Manchester Airport causing delays in […]
A last gasp header from James McArthur gave Wigan a point they didn’t deserve after a second half performance in which they spent a large part desperately defending against a Reading side which seemed to be fitter and play with more purpose. Uwe Rosler opted to introduce four of his new signings from the off, […]
This time last year Wigan Athletic travelled to Barnsley for the opening game of the season. The 4-0 triumph appeared to be the beginning of a successful campaign, as Latics’ class was too much for the Yorkshire side. The next match away at Bournemouth was eagerly anticipated by the fans, but was to be a […]
I suppose we’d better do what people frequently call a ‘temperature check’ then. The mood I guess is a generally positive one. We’ve only really lost players who were going to walk anyway and we’ve signed several exciting new prospects. The biggest concern is perhaps lack of firepower – scandalous when you consider that Grant […]
They are the fittest team in the division and their high pressing unnerves opposition defenders into giving the ball away. They have a rock solid defence and are not averse to grinding out results. The team has genuine pace up front and that enables them to make deadly counterattacks. They are well disciplined and every […]