‘Character’ is a word that is much used – but much abused – in football vernacular. Ever hear a manager say his team showed character after his side has stolen the points with a controversial goal after being outplayed for most of the game?
We beat Man City, we beat Man City with a Watson goal! In the drunken haze of the away end in Bruges, I recall a handful of lads stubbornly singing this on their own urging others to join in. Of course our little gang did out of pure amusement, indeed we were still singing it […]
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Brighton? Mods and rockers or toffs in vintage cars? Dirty weekends and nudie beaches or stag and hen dos? Norman Cook or Pete Doherty? Steve Foster or Nicky Forster’s step son? A King St night out or pies, pints and a good read? […]
A horrific double fracture of the right leg suffered by Ben Watson took the shine off a win which saw Wigan move up into seventh place in the Sky Bet Championship. Wigan manager Uwe Rosler opted to freshen up his squad recalling Maynard, Waghorn and McArthur to the starting line up and immediately the […]
Fresh from their hard-earned FA Cup victory at Cardiff, Wigan Athletic are due to entertain Barnsley tomorrow in their 43rd game of the season. What’s more is that three difficult away games follow for Rosler’s men who seek promotion to the Premier League and further progress in the Cup. At first glance Barnsley at […]
An early goal from man of the match Chris McCann followed by a wonder strike from Ben Watson saw holders Wigan progress virtually unnoticed by the media into the quarter final of the F.A.cup
The FA Cup, what a beautiful, romantic thing it is, eh? And as we celebrate our third ever appearance in the quarter finals, it’s as good a time as any to remember that we never did a commemorative shirt for that day in May.
I’m having a bit of a barren spell at the moment so it seems a good time to dredge up this blast from the notapatchon past. This article first appeared on the site in January 2011 when, ironically, I used it to cover up the fact I was having a barren spell on the writing […]
Legend of football, never saw him play but from what I’ve read and the footage viewed he was one of the all-time greats of world football. For all his cliche quotes Bill Shankly reckoned he was top class and “shanks” wasn’t a bad judge of a player. “Tom Finney would have been great in any […]
Can they do it again? Win the FA Cup? Little has been mentioned about it in the media but Wigan Athletic are in the last 16. It is only the third time in their history that they have done that. This time last year Latics went to Huddersfield and beat them 4-1. With his team […]