Month: April 2010
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West Ham 3-2 Wigan: Still a work in progress
Readers that regularly frequent the DW, and indeed any other football ground at which Wigan Athletic may currently be playing, can’t have failed to noticed the flag marked ‘WAFC: The Religion’ resting proudly amongst the hardy band of Latics hardcore supporters — who some might term ‘nutjobs’, but not I — chuntering amongst each other […]
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Wigan 3-2 Arsenal: The Big Four triple crown
“Oh, good,” I thought, “Arsenal are being so nice as to play the bungling Sol Campbell in the centre of defence to allow us a sniff of a chance.” It was only that, though, a thin sliver of light peering over the top of the mountain you could just about make out if you squinted. […]
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Wigan 0-0 Portsmouth: Fetch the Cuprinol
Watching this game from my usual spot in the West Stand, I was very much reminded of fixtures past at the DW this season. More specifically, I’m referring to those games we ought to have won yet, for one reason or other, have only managed to draw or even lose. Yes, there have been occasions […]
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Fulham 2-1 Wigan: Not even Jason Scotland could save us
Things were looking so rosy at half time; Latics had just about edged proceedings thanks to a strike from Jason Scotland, his first in the league for Wigan and hopefully one of many — though the jury’s still out on that. I’m sure Wigan fans would have been much happier had the goal actually counted […]