So there it goes, Wigan time has expired. With Farmer Malky sent off to market for the final time, I suppose it’s back to the vast, featureless fields of peaceful obscurity they call League Un (not to be confused with that French league Andy Delort was farmed out to) for this small time intern- er,…
Win or lose, April is a time of celebration for one Wigan Athletic blog at the very least. It is the month we remember the birth of that eponymous Wiganer of Jesus Was a Wiganer ‘fame’, one third of Whelan’s Three Amigos, the unforgettable Jesus Seba. His arrival at Wallgate almost exactly 20 years ago…
Hey, did you hear that news about Wigan signing Wayne Rooney? Me neither, because Latics-related April Fools’ Day jokes are unsurprisingly thin on the (muddy and sand-augmented) ground this year. Tabloids have no time for such frivolity when there exists real news of great significance to report! For example, Don Cowie could be out for…
Now that those meddlesome cameras have finally migrated south for winter, the Progress With Unity Podcast team can concentrate on motoring into the Mackay era without 100 gatsos flagging up their every inconsistency. Orange cones can be kicked clear and traffic lights ignored, as there are no turns ahead for 3,487 miles – this is…
Well, thank goodness for that, eh? Normally we are grateful of an international break, but I have never been more relieved to see some actual footballing action than this afternoon. Forget the blatant hypocrisy of such a statement from one who revels in the minutiae of Henry Blofeld-esque off-the-pitch distractions – if it weren’t for…
One is aware that these are the first words one has committed to blog-shaped iPaper (copyright Apple) since that fateful 4pm announcement last Thursday. It is a great pity that managerial sackings do not take into account the regular publishing times of internet weblogs, since Thursday is our regular PWUDay here at JWAW Towers (proprietor:…
Don’t worry, folks, this is *not* a transfer deadline day special, so there are no overly dramatised, hastily thrown together press releases or excitable guys with gargantuan headphones. Mostly because we cannot afford ballpoint pens or technology newer than a BBC Micro. As January draws to an end, the PWU regulars indulge in a spot…
Phew, crank that electric heater all the way up to 4! When last Latics and The Smoggies met, you could barely make it halfway to your DW seat before your rapidly melting mulberry ice cream was ruining the sleeve of your best summer shirt. Long-sleeved, of course – this *is* Wigan we’re talking about. Today, the…
He-hey, kids! This edition’s Word of the Week is ‘flat’. Remember to scream ‘plagiarism’ whenever you hear it on the podcast! Note to parents: letting your kids play this game will almost certainly result in loss of hearing and/or fine crystal glasses. I’m not suggesting Wigan’s performance against Doncaster was flatter than a flat cap…
This post is a shoutout to Barry AKA Worbo, host and editor of the Progress With Unity Podcast. Often it may seem there is little point attempting to keep on topic, for when seven shouty(ish) blokes sit round a table to talk about Wigan Athletic, conversation naturally drifts to biscuits and officials who would be…
*Nervously taps fingers on desk, grimaces* OK. Having spent the last… ten seconds deliberating over which angle to approach this article, I have decided to risk the ire of all three of my faithful readers by frequently inserting groan-inducing references to a certain mildly-newsworthy event involving Wiganers that took place yesterday afternoon. Hence, a fair…
‘On location’ editions are frequently fraught with danger. Mr Tannoy Man always wants to voice his opinion, which would be fine, but I’m not sure the PWU listenership are too interested in a double-parked Renault Clio, registration PUI1 9TY. And that’s not to mention the brand new, state-of-the-art hand dryers. As much as I love…