Now for the “genuine” Gunners fans I’m happy for ’em, no really I am, winning The FA Cup is a wonderful achievement in every-way. The oldest cup competition in the world, starting in August of the previous year a festival of football were the lowly teams including non-league clubs do have their day in the sun. […]
When I was younger and dafter I spent several years attempting to get to every game of the season home and away. Indeed I once managed to achieve this feat for literary purposes. If I’m honest those days are gone for me for which I make no apology as I’m a family man nowadays with precious […]
Much to the pleasure of our neighbours, back in 2005 as Latics began their Premier League campaign a Wigan Athletic flag flew proudly in Aspull Towers garden. I was working on the idea if it was good enough for the Queen to fly her “standard” at Buckingham Palace was she was at home it was good for Latics whilst […]
A 62 game season, the longest of any English league team came to an end on Monday night as the gallant committed team performance was ultimately undone by a Rangers side with just that little extra flair as a brace from Austin consigned brave Wigan to another season in the Championship. Wigan manager Uwe […]
Well due to the unlucky play-off defeat to moneybags QPR, ( sleep well Mark C ) Latics will kick off the new season in The Championship on Saturday 9th August 2014. (That is subject to the great god that is the television schedules) The inaugural week of the campaign will also host the First Round […]
In September 2004 Chelsea and Tottenham played a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge. After the match Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho commented “As we say in Portugal they brought the bus and left it in front of the goal. I would have been frustrated if I had been a supporter who paid £50 to watch this […]
The bore draw against Queens Park Rangers leaves Latics with a mountain to climb in the return game. After 61 matches this season can Uwe Rosler motivate his players to find sufficient energy and motivation to give it a real go at Loftus Road? Significantly there were no loan players in the starting eleven to face […]
A soporific goaless draw at the DW last night as Wigan were frustrated by a QPR side determined niot to concede along with little desire to score sees Uwe Rosler’s men travel to Loftus Road on Monday seeking to secure a play off final spot. Rosler returned to his preferred starting eleven following the experimental […]
The article below first appeared in STAND magazine and Mudhutter and is in the news again concerning the loan market and stockpiling of young players by top clubs. It offers an alternative solution to the one Greg Dyke is proposing: namely that no football club is allowed to have more than 25 professional players and […]
You can’t beat a good 4-3 can you? There’s something quite magical about that scoreline and if we must finish on the losing side then I suppose there are worse moments for it to happen.