Month: July 2009
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Preston 1-4 Wigan: You know when you've been Tangoed
Couldn’t make it to this game, unfortunately — something about trains being unreliable — but thanks to the wonders of technology I was able to listen to a (rather biased, but what else would you expect?) Wigan Athletic World broadcast via the official website. I do wish I could have been there, as all accounts […]
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Almeria pull out of friendly amid swine flu fears
Is the cancellation of Almeria’s pre-season tour of Britain a sign of things to come? Will further fixtures, perhaps competitive, be postponed or even cancelled as the deadly disease takes a grip on the country? Well, if you believe everything you read in the press, then yes, but I stopped taking tabloid filler as fact […]
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Latics' pre-season tour of Austria – Roundup
As we know, the early pre-season matches can’t be held as an indicator of how the rest of the season may pan out. The fact Wigan lost to FC Tiramasu isn’t really going to have much bearing on how we will fare against the likes of Man United in December and Chelsea in May, for […]
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Kapo to miss start of season – a blessing in disguise?
More like a blessing full stop. I think it’s fair to say that Olivier Kapo isn’t the most popular of guys down at the DW. Steve Bruce mystified fans throughout last season by continuing to play him in the attacking midfield position while many thought there were better players waiting on the sideline to readily […]
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The Springfield Park Stand campaign
Talk of the campaign to rebrand the East Stand ‘The Springfield Park Stand’ is spreading amongst the club’s fans like wildfire. The influential bigwigs at Ye Olde Tree and Crown and Mudhuts Media, to name but a couple, are throwing their wholehearted support behind the project, and word is that serious progress is being made, […]
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Ten Years of the JJB Stadium
I wasn’t fortunate enough to be among the 6,700 spectators that witnessed Wigan play Manchester City at Springfield Park in May 1999. It was the biggest day in the club’s history to date in more ways than one – not only was a place in the Division 2 play-off finals up for grabs, but it […]
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Queueing isn't so bad, really. Honest. Well, not this time anyway.
The last time I queued for Wigan Athletic season tickets, the line stretched almost halfway around the ground to the bridge over the River Dougie. That year, we turned up an hour and a half early to ensure our perfect seats in the South Stand, and were not really surprised to find about 25 people […]