March 28, 2024
David Bowie

The correct music for this article is 'Golden Years' by David Bowie. (c)Hunter Desportes

David Bowie
The correct music for this article is ‘Golden Years’ by David Bowie. (c)Hunter Desportes

He might be gone, but Owen Coyle’s legacy lives on in the quality of players he brought to the club… it’s just a pity about the shorts/ping pong/Irn Bru/results (delete as appropriate, or not if you prefer). And while we’re on the subject we must not forget his inherent Vaudevillian comedy value which, while not great for publicity, offered megabytes of cheap laughs for the aspiring internet weblogger. Sigh, I miss Owen already. (Stares at signed photograph of ‘Columba’ on computer desk.)

But worry not, for the post-Valentine’s Coyle love-in is soon replaced by old favourites RefWatch and the Jordi Gomez Fan Club. We also pay our respects to a true legend as Mick tells of his brush with footballing royalty, the time he met the late, great Sir Tom Finney.

Contents: Tales of the Cardiff ‘giant-killing’ (1:53); The ‘perfect’ Quarter Final draw? (10:26); Barnsley review (18:40) including Sir Ben’s unfortunate injury (23:20); heralding the return of expert slip fielder Catchin’ Ali (27:32); Brighton Rock- er, preview (33:20); tribute to Sir Tom Finney (43:55)

Get involved!

Radio Studio
Apologies for the lateness of this edition, but we had to figure out all this editing equipment… (c)CountdownCrispy

Progress With Unity is currently the only Wigan Athletic fan podcast on the web. If you wish to get involved or have any topics you’d like to be discussed, please get in touch with Barry at wigan@vitalfootball.co.uk, marking your email PWU Podcast.

Tweet us your questions and comments: @PWUPodcast

I promise I’ll make more of an effort to check your tweets next week, seeing as I am usually the designated Twitter-watcher (Twitcher?). Don’t forget to leave your feedback via/on the PWU iTunes, RSS and app pages, which are open 24 hours a day except when the servers are down. Hey, computers need smoking breaks too, you know! I wonder if they smoke e-cigs? That could potentially lead to situations where a smoking computer smokes a computer…

*Head explodes*

Previous episodes

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Are you a tin of salty branded luncheon meat? *