Category: Comment
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PWU Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 158: Quantum Leap
We would like to wish goalkeeping coach Mike Pollitt a very Happy 11th Birthday for 29th February. Since such occasions only arrive every four years, it is an event to be celebrated… with a thumping 3-0 victory over the Farnworth Flyer’s former side. Oh, didn’t you know? Polly was benchwarmer for the Saddlers at the […]
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Wigan 0-2 Watford: Jesus Was a… Scouser?
I was asked to change the name of the website this week. Don’t worry, I don’t plan to do so until my contract with Mr Seba has expired or the supply of pies stipulated in said arrangement runs dangerously low – whichever comes first. Let’s just say that thanks to the bounteous pastry mine at […]
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Thank you for everything, Mr Whelan
Numerous times over the past 20 years, I said I “would let you know when it finally sinks in”. Breaking the 100 points in a season barrier, scraping Premier League survival on a goal difference of just +1, recovering from 2-0 down to defeat West Ham in that intense relegation battle, and of course lifting […]
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Wigan 3-3 Fulham: Relatively glamorous
Here’s a scary fact for you: Wigan Athletic have failed to beat Fulham since the first Halloween… or at least 2006, which amounts to the same thing considering my BBC Micro-esque short term memory. I am informed Emmerson Boyce was in the starting lineup that day, the only surviving member of the Latics squad for […]
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Wigan 1-0 Blackpool: Men Against Boyeson
Hangovers are invariably horrendous, and I’m not just talking about the films. I’m dreading that sobering up process even more than a marathon of said movie franchise, as after a spot of Callum McChamomile tea, I’m afraid I will discover that half the team has disappeared… and not just because my drunken double vision will […]
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Wigan 3-3 Yeovil: Return of the rush goalie
Yesterday evening’s programme cover photo depicted a perplexed Emmerson Boyce with hands on head. It was clearly a stock image, as I don’t recall many Latics players striking such a pose of late – mostly, they’ve been sporting toothy grins while #fistpumping (to be vocalised *with* the hashtag) heartily. As TV’s own Paul Thorp might […]
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Brighton 1-2 Wigan: Lies, fruit flies and Ceefax statistics
Oh, I just noticed there was no Wigan game on Tuesday. A good job, because I don’t fancy learning the result from a poorly constructed tweet again – it’s like Ceefax but with more errors and a distinct lack of colour clash. You know, that makes this afternoon’s showdown on the south coast our last […]
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Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Wigan (0-4 on Aggregate): Owlin’ mad
Football Association, you’ve just missed an opportunity more golden than an overpaid striker’s £500 Adibok boots. If you were small time internet bloggers, you would certainly have spied the chance of a quick laugh and scheduled this re-rescheduled contest for a Wednesday. See, Sheffield Wednesday on a Wednesday evening, because they’re named after a day […]
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Huddersfield 1-0 Wigan: Synchronicity/Serendipity
Please excuse the amusingly Edvard Munch-esque expression on my face, but I believe I just experienced deja vu. Almost a year to the day, Latics returned to the site of their spectacular FA Cup victory over the very same opponents… and lost. But is this seasonal fixture synchronicity simply coincidence, or does destiny hold a […]
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PWU Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 74: It’s Business Time
Strike all of this season’s results from the record, for they were mere preamble. The real business transactions begin now, exactly nineteen games from the end of the 2013-14 Championship campaign, so grab your cup of instant coffee and briefcase – it’s time to schedule a working lunch. Don’t worry, as Declan Curry is nowhere […]