Obscure moments from my youth part 546. An FA Cup tie at home to Carlisle United in 1989. The travelling Cumbrian support could perhaps best be described as being a touch excitable, only for them yet again to have their bubble burst by the mighty Wigan Athletic. At 2-0 down and with their day completely […]
With the season all but over, the lads get back to what they’re best at, settling down with a guest, drinking a few ales and going on a bit. Joined by Leeds fan Rob (aka @rdholmes82) we resolve the age old war of the roses, talk dirty Leeds, try to work out who’s had the […]
May 2nd is NKH (Non-Ketotic Hyperglycinemia) Awareness Day and coincides nicely with a decision that we took a few weeks ago at Mudhuts Towers. A few years ago, we put the price of the fanzine up from £1.50 to £2.00, for no other reason than the sellers couldn’t be bothered handling all the 50p’s.
There’s always flaws with statistical analysis, and also how you choose to carry out and measure your research. And so it appears that should you be a former Wigan Athletic player whose surname begins with N, chances are you were a back up keeper or another short stay visitor. So it’s a very small pool […]
Down in all but name And still they can’t see us off, like the proverbial that wouldn’t flush Wigan Athletic are still a Championship side. But in reality it means little as we will surely be heading back to League One. From seemingly the start of the season, Latics have had chances to capitalise on […]
I first visited Reading on a Tuesday night when they played at Elm Park. A £20 train fare, the only complication being that the return trip involved getting the overnight sleeper to Carlisle. Then first train of the day to Wigan, arriving at 07:43 after which I quickly went home, got changed and went to […]
The latest Pie at Night podcast is online and features tales of sporting excellence, goalkeeping woes and scurrilous rumours aplenty. The regulars are joined once more by Luke aka @WeahsCousin who is taking a break from making stuff up on the internet to talk about Latics’ current plight. We deal the important matters of the […]
It’s amazing what can happen in the space of a year in football, this time last year Latics were preparing to host Southend a game that they won 4-1 knowing that a win the following week at Blackpool would seal promotion to the Championship. A year later and Latics go in to the last three […]
And this time we suspect some foul play and vote rigging going on. Yes it’s time again for the Wigan Athletic Room 101 or as it’s charmingly often referred to “The Emporium of Sh**e”.
Time gentlemen please And now, the end is near And so I face the final curtain… You can certainly say we’ve done it ‘our way’ this year, sadly ‘our way’ has just been the wrong way all through the season. So where to start with the weekly review of all things Wigan Athletic? Saturday was […]