Tag: Blackburn
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Progress With Unity Podcast No. 58: In praise of ‘John’ Beausejour
Be it for reasons good or bad, there is one name that seems to crop up week after week on the Progress With Unity Podcast. I’m not talkin’ ’bout Mr Ref Ree, whomever he may be, I’m talking ’bout Jeen. Or to be more precise, Shortsman‘s preferred left wing utility player Jean Beausejour – and […]
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Wigan 2-1 Blackburn: Eat your heart out Ofcom
At some point this afternoon, the subject of excitable commentators became relevant. When it comes to Wigan Athletic, you can’t have such a conversation without wondering where the man with the perpetually lost voice, Matt McCann, might be today. Someone suggested he was last seen in a back office job at Liverpool, which is a […]
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Progress With Unity Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 57: No smoking, drinking or swearing
Important notice: Alcoholic beverages are banned from this blog post under Europa League regulations. In addition, for the duration of Wigan’s time in the competition, this website will also be renamed ‘The (Unofficial) Wigan Athletic Moan Centre‘ to conform with sponsorship guidelines. I’m joking, of course. JWAW exists outside the official ‘bubble’ so I can […]
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Blackburn 0-1 Wigan: No escape from Alcaraz for Rovers
Latics edged out Blackburn to seal their survival with a game to spare thanks to a powerful 87th minute Antolin Alcaraz header. Though the visitors dominated the first half, they could not make any of their excellent chances count against an insipid Rovers. The hosts, requiring a win to remain in the hunt for a […]
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Wigan 3-3 Blackburn: Fighting our own demons (and the officials)
Latics missed yet another golden opportunity –perhaps their best yet– to reignite their ailing season thanks to a mixture of poor defending and even worse officiating at the DW Stadium. For a neutral it was compelling, but for the ones really watching the game, namely fans of the two teams concerned, it was simply excruciating […]
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Troubling times in Lancashire: Wigan v Blackburn preview
Last time on Jesus Was a Wiganer: this viewer was left in fear of Roberto Martinez’s future at Wigan Athletic following a ninth straight defeat in all competitions. Rumours had started to spread about the Spanish supremo, who was supposedly ‘set to walk out’ based on highly cryptic, Enigma-style clues tucked away in interviews with […]
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Wigan 4-3 Blackburn: Back in the hunt
If Tuesday night was a must win game, then I’m not sure what today was. You know that expression, “a real six pointer”? Though this wasn’t one of those in the truest sense of the word, Wigan sure could have used six points, planted firmly in the relegation zone and looking increasingly hopeless as they […]
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Blackburn 2-1 Wigan: Just one of those days
What with the relatively large number of North West teams in the Premier League nowadays, it seems these Lancashire derbies are cropping up more often than ever. Off the back of recent games against Bolton and Preston (though admittedly the latter was a Carling Cup tie), visiting teams really haven’t had to travel that far […]
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Blackburn 2-1 Wigan: Battling Blackburn beat Bob's boys
A tough away day for the Latics saw them edged out, in the end, by two goals to one. In all fairness, though this was one of those games that could have been a vital away point, Blackburn simply had the better of a game that seemed to play out in phases. For all the […]
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Wigan v Blackburn (26th December 2009) photos
Boxing Day match that finished 1-1. Half time fancy dress pics to come in a separate post, but not yet ‘cos I don’t want to upset the Latics media dudes. :-S