Jesus Was a Wiganer

Category: JWAW first-hand reports

  • Wigan 4-0 Blackpool: Paint She Sweet

    Wigan 4-0 Blackpool: Paint She Sweet

    Emmerson Boyce is truly the Ringo Starr of football. Despite the fact he was narrator of the multi award-winning Thomas The Tank Engine, poor old Starsky will only ever be known as ‘the fourth best drummer in the Beatles’. Similarly, Boycey has been typecast as a Wiganer, even though he has made just as many […]

  • Wigan 1-0 Swindon: The Damage of Vigouroux

    Wigan 1-0 Swindon: The Damage of Vigouroux

    A lot of very odd things happened today. It all started in the DW concourse… As I approached the bar, I noticed that all the usual pre-match beverages had been replaced with a thick red substance resembling dark carrot juice. At the time I thought nothing of it – after all, there have been rumours […]

  • Wigan 5-0 Colchester: Christmas tape, here we come

    Wigan 5-0 Colchester: Christmas tape, here we come

    Gary Caldwell’s Fan Site Q&A was far too serious for JWAW’s liking. Where were the soundbites for our annual Christmas tape of blunders and general humorous comments? At this rate, I’ll have to request an audience with Mike Pollitt – I get the feeling you could comfortably fill an eight-hour VHS longplay cassette with his […]

  • Wigan 0-0 Walsall: ‘Zine it in the stars

    Wigan 0-0 Walsall: ‘Zine it in the stars

    Today’s post is dedicated to the programme and fanzine sellers that populate the bridge over the River Pie. With the return of Cockney Latic earlier this year, there are now three independent Wigan Athletic fanzines in regular circulation, and it is possible to pick up a fresh new glossy mag each month. In this age […]

  • Wigan 2-2 Millwall: If you’re gonna do it, do it properly

    Wigan 2-2 Millwall: If you’re gonna do it, do it properly

    Today’s post is rated 15 by the LBBC (Latics Board of Blog Classification) due to violent situations. And before we proceed, JWAW would like to point out that it doesn’t condone lashing out, at least not when the ref’s looking your way. Still here? Really? You gotta be crazy… Many more one-liners like that and […]

  • Wigan 2-1 Fleetwood: Job’s a gudgeon

    Wigan 2-1 Fleetwood: Job’s a gudgeon

    When I heard Latics were playing Fleetwood Town this weekend, I thought, “my cod! What a brilliant op-perch–tuna-ty to embellish my whiting with some crappie puns”. Fleetwood is famously the fish and chip capital of the north, and since David ‘Frites Haute Cuisine’ Sharpe has a much-publicised soft spot for upmarket fried pollack, I thought […]

  • Wigan 1-0 Crewe: Breakout

    Wigan 1-0 Crewe: Breakout

    Remember when your school teacher used to say, “if you don’t like it, you’re free to leave at any time”? Of course, nobody ever did – they were too scared to even contemplate asking for a pencil sharpener. Tales of kids being banished to Darkest Westhoughton were more than enough to dissuade any potential deserters… […]

  • Wigan 3-0 Scunthorpe: Reclusivity agreement

    Wigan 3-0 Scunthorpe: Reclusivity agreement

    Oh, didn’t you hear? Wigan Athletic has become reclusive now. The newspapers no longer write about it, television presenters barely mention it and not even regional radio stations seem to care about our FA Cup heroes of 2013. There can be only one reason – the club has retreated to its mud hut for an […]

  • Wigan 0-0 Doncaster: Nil volentibus arduum

    Wigan 0-0 Doncaster: Nil volentibus arduum

    It’s an odd condition, new season optimism. Your team could take PR blow after painful footballing blow on the way to their worst season in two decades, but you retain that same cheerful outlook strolling to Robin Park for the first home game of a fresh league campaign. Perhaps it’s those vivid memories of the […]

  • [Video] Emmerson Boyce, This is Your Life – the whole thing

    [Video] Emmerson Boyce, This is Your Life – the whole thing

    Wait, don’t events like this generally occur in a player’s benefit year? Well, considering our current contract situation, Progress With Unity simply couldn’t take the chance of waiting another 12 months for Boycey’s big one-oh to tick around. And anyway, to hold an Emmerson Boyce tribute night at the end of this season would be […]