Tag: Transfers
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Change will do you bad: a true footballing paradox
There shall be no stupid teletext quiz this week. No longer shall I fiddle while Robin Park burns, because I live in fear, dear reader. For the second time in six months, I’m going to break the statistician’s code and cite the most tooth-grindingly awful season of my Latics supporting lifetime. This week in 2015, […]
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PWU Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 133: Transfer Windows 3.0
If you hold on for just a minute, we’ll tell you all about Wigan Athletic’s transfer deadline day activity… I’m waiting for the clock to tick past 6pm. You just know those pesky rival podcasts are readying a swoop for Progress With Unity’s talented youngsters before the football blogging transfer window ends, so we’re going […]
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PWU Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 115: Not the Transfer Deadline Day Special
No, it isn’t worth talking about the Sports Snooze deadline day broadcast. Not even the new prime time television-friendly 11pm closure could inject enough excitement for me to go and subscribe to Mr Murdoch’s black box of wonders for one evening. Heck, without Harry Redknapp leaning out of his car, it just isn’t the same! […]
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PWU Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 95: Disneyland Delights
After three weeks of fighting through the Central American jungle, the remaining members of the Progress With Unity Podcast, led by Major Barry ‘Dutch’ Worthington, have finally destroyed the evil lurking within. As the predatory Michael Mouse is now caught in a man-sized rat trap, those members held captive at this twisted Disneyland resort are […]
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PWU Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 90: A Summery View
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 […]
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Who The Devil is… Will Keane?
The League of Scotsmen strikes again! Thanks to some hard negotiation (we can only assume), Owen Coyle has finally persuaded David Moyes to ‘lend’ him Will Keane for a bit – until New Year’s Day, to be precise. Good job, too, because a goalscorer of any sort would be greatly appreciated at this juncture. Latics […]
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Coyle Keane on ‘very young and exciting’ loan signing
Owen Coyle has revealed the club WILL attempt to push through a deal for a KEANE young addition to the squad in the next 24 hours. Without naming any names (cough), the Latics boss has admitted discussions are ‘moving in the right direction’ and hopes to have a loan move ‘sorted by close of play […]
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Will Keane become a Wigan Athletic player?
Owen Coyle’s quest to transform Wigan Athletic into a Manchester United B-team continues apace with news that 20-year old forward Will Keane is close to securing a loan deal. That’s if you believe the sources, and there is certainly no reason not to. Nope, none at all. There are now less than two weeks remaining […]
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Progress With Unity Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 53: Who is your daddy?
Good morning! Hi, how aah youu? This iz me, Ahhnuld Schwarz- er… Paul Scharner, guest presenting this JWAW Progress With Unity update. Today’s episode centres around yours truly, Paul Scharner, retiring from all forms of football and how I am the greatest player Wigan Athletic haz ever known, gahahah! Whaat, they talked about udder stuff […]
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Progress With Unity Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 48: No Second Season Syndrome
Football’s back, baby, and that can only mean one thing… the long-awaited return of the critically acclaimed* Progress With Unity Podcast! Apologies if that news was so exciting you spat your coffee all over your tablet PC/mp3 player/gramophone. Provide me with your postal address and I’ll steal your iden– erm, send you something cool to […]