The word “massive” has become an integral part of the modern day footballers’ vocabulary. In everyday English it roughly translates to “important”, but it can also signify “crucial”. Ex-Blackpool player Stephen Crainey used it this week when he described Saturday’s clash with his old club as “a massive game for both sides”. In reality the […]
You find a better job, you go and see your boss, hand in your week/month notice etc and then work your notice before off to pastures new. So why can’t footballers ? ( As Spock would say “it’s illogical” ) That is the thorny question the Worlds Players Union FIFPRO is now asking, it could […]
Barring major surprises, Wigan Athletic will host Queens Park Rangers on Friday, May 9th in the Championship playoffs. The return match at Loftus Road will take place the following Monday, May 12th. Both games will start at 7:45 pm. Latics need only one win from their final three leagues matches to make certain of their […]
After it’s move from Deepdale & Sir Tom Finney’s water feature the National Football Museum found a new home in the heart of the great North West, right next to Victoria Station and Manchester Cathedral. Entry is free to the previously named URBIS building, Monday – Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 11am-5pm and is only closed Christmas […]
“We’ve all got to take lessons from the performance, myself included” said Uwe Rosler post-match. So often since his arrival Rosler has got his tactics just right. This time he got them totally wrong. Playing hoofball was never going to be the way to get a result at Burnley. It played into the home team’s […]
Wigan travelled to Turf Moor full of confidence following their excellent win over Reading knowing that a win could guarantee them a play off place with three games to go. Ninety minutes later a team unrecognisable in terms of tactics, spirit and to a lesser degree personnel, slunk off the pitch as their hosts celebrated […]
“There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England.” Sir Winston Churchill The History of St George’s Day In 1222 the Council of Oxford declared April 23rd to be St George’s Day It was not until 1348 that St George became the Patron Saint […]
With our all new German style efficiency the latest issue of the Mudhutter hits the streets this weekend with 48 pages of carefully thought out prose and pictures from Wigan’s finest selection of helmets. A more pensive, reflective, provocative, expensive, selective, creative, primitive, vegetative pamphlet you could not wish to acquire if you are so […]
The UEFA Champions League of late does get a bad press and deservedly, a bold brash money making scam for the elite of Europe to get more and more bloated on the wads of television and outrageous sponsorship cash. However whatever combo of games you put forward for these particular semis a “real” treat will […]
“After the Lord Mayor’s show comes the dust cart” is a saying that can so often hold true in football. Wigan Athletic fans will be hoping that will not be the case when their team visits Burnley tomorrow. Over the course of a season a team can reach its highs, but they are so often […]