I wasn’t in a great mood yesterday afternoon. “What? No, go away. I’m still watching the cricket… or at least, footage of men in macs draining a sodden outfield. Blasted northern weather. Sigh, suppose I’d better just accept that the football season, with its relatively tame, sledge-free 90-minute test matches, has begun once again.” Of…
If this is the ‘Back to School’ edition, I’d like more of the same for the rest of the season, please! Free toys, games and packets of cheesy corn snacks are on the menu for the fully grown men collecting at the local education centre. That’s the Beech Hill Book Cycle, not a primary school….
Just when this week’s Big Kick-Off needed more hype, a predatory Progress With Unity bursts forth, microphone in hand, to get those exclusive interviews. Except *this* was an open forum, and it was all reported on News Now within minutes of the event. But don’t you dare spoil our one chance to be relevant, you…
At long, long last, Progress With Unity returns from the summer holidays with a new-found optimism for its third season of bag-booting commentary. Brushing off the daunting prospect of the nervous nineties ahead, the conspicuously tanned team don their Hawaiian shorts and knee-length socks in readiness for another damp August in the north west of…
I apologise for disturbing your summer hibernation, dear Latics fan, but we thought it best to at least acknowledge the leather-kicking session soon to be taking place in Futbol Land. Hosts Brazil truly are experts in/on the field of football, though they do face stiff competition from the Brazil of the North West, AKA Wigan…
That’s it, you can all go home. PWU’s final word of the 2014 season has been uttered, its ultimate ruminations committed to tape in the usual sarcastically crafted fashion. Oh go on then, we’ve just enough time for another hour of emotional reminiscence courtesy those household names from that one internet forum. I mean, um……
At the 2013 PWU End of Season Dinner, I wasn’t the only one to claim that a playoff place would be a positive finish to the season. On that day it was decided that returning to the Premier League via an extremely ornate side door with heavy press presence would, on balance, be a greater…
As I munched my Friday lunch, it was with great disappointment I learned that Latics had already lost 4-2. But before I could pick up the phone for a refund on my ticket, I received a Twitter notification saying Gary Caldwell’s time machine had malfunctioned, and the game was on a Friday. Good job, as…
Heeey, you guyyys! It’s official: the man known only as Chunk (as printed just above his belly button) is PWU’s Lucky Mascot of the Week. And possibly next week’s too, but we’ll see what happens in the forthcoming season re-opener against QPR on Friday. If Wigan lose, he shall most likely be forgotten about, but…
Jaws hit the floor as the starting line-up for Latics’ end-of-season ‘bash’ was posted on the noticeboard. At the risk of eliminating what remains of my street cred, I had forgotten all about those fringe-teamers Doris The Tea Lady, Dave The Work Experience Lad and The Matchday Fish ‘n’ Chip Vendor until this afternoon. I’m…
“We always do well in the FA Cup. Can’t the rest of the season be cup ties?” I think a genie was floating around when I made that request a couple of weeks ago, because after this weekend, we’re into the realms of playoff football. Attempting to predict the outcome would be as foolish as…
As Uwe Rosler approached the DW Stadium on Monday morning, he was nigh on suffocated by reporters and small time internet webloggers clamouring for an explanation. “Uwe,” screamed a strangled voice from the rabble, “just how will your team recover from this disastrous barren run?” Uwe’s wry smile was answer enough. Yep, apparently two straight…