Month: October 2014
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PWU Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 103: Relatively unglamorous
Bleh! Bleh! Velcom, vatchers, to PWU’s All Hallows’ Eve Special. Zis is me, ze one and only Vlad the Impala Sedan, ze North West’s answer to zat vampire dude from ze black and white vilms. And you can tell vrom my accent zat I am definitely vrom ze coffins of Transylvania and not zis pace […]
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Derby 1-2 Wigan: A merry-bacon dream
A common criticism levelled at Wigan Athletic in the post-Martinez era has been a perceived lack of ambition among staff and supporters. “Oh, we’ll be happy to scrape a top six spot. We’ll be content with lukewarm half time pies and half-eaten Krispy Kreme bagels for tea.” Trust me, I am the last person that […]
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All Gone Latics – new fanzine on sale now
Until the internet came along, I always wanted to write or compile my own fanzine. Hence, I like to pay particular attention when changes in the Latics paper-based ‘zine scene are afoot. I’ve been dropping the odd not-so-subtle hint that something may be in the pipeline, but it’s now official: All Gone Latics is now […]
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PWU Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 102: Wigan’s turning (the air) blue
Before you boot up this week’s edition of the Progress With Unity Podcast, I must warn you to perform a 25-point check of your home/place of work/the bus you are travelling on right now. Ensure all windows and doors are firmly closed and that no fragile glassware or small animals are in earshot, because regardless […]
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Wigan 0-0 Millwall: Virtual inanity
It isn’t often I get to see a game that doesn’t feature Wigan Athletic these days, but on Sunday afternoon I made a point of watching the Stoke-Swansea Premier League match. It *did* mean forfeiting lunch due to my habit of spraying my TV screen with half-chewed mashed potato when the ref gives a dodgy […]
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Wigan 0-0 Brentford: Rosler-Forshaw Saga Autumn (Not So) Special
At approximately 3am this morning, I awoke with a start screaming “Delort, nooo!” Although it might seem unusual coming from President of the Happy Clappy Club Wigan branch, I promise you it’s true – the neighbours will not only confirm this, but also the precise time they were cruelly disturbed. International breaks could only mask […]
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PWU Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 101: Car crash radio
Pay no attention to that suspicious bulge that makes the PWU rug look a bit like Santa’s ever-growing pre-Xmas sack. It certainly is *not* the plans for an open forum we attempted to sweep from public view… that discarded paperwork is simply a year’s worth of travel receipts to Beech Hill Book Cycle. But next […]
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Teletext is back… in mug form, thanks to p302.co.uk
All three of JWAW’s regular readers should know all too well the joys of teletext – I can’t go a whole post (or even fanzine article, hint hint) without breaking into a nostalgic monologue about how the Ceefax football logo became burned onto the screen of my CRT television. Heck, nigh on half of all […]
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PWU Wigan Athletic Podcast Open Forum, Wed 15 October 2014
Dear reader, You are cordially invited to the recording of Progress With Unity’s first open forum, which will take place on Wednesday 15th October at the Beech Hill Book Cycle Studios at 7pm. Refreshments and witty replies will be provided, but we want you to bring the questions. Yes, after 100 episodes we have finally […]
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PWU Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 100: Centuriffic
Now we’ve crashed through the big one-oh-oh, it’s time to finally come clean about the PWU Podcast. It’s all thrown together at the last minute and recorded in a poorly-lit corner of the local library on a moderately expensive battery-powered Dictaphone. It is testament to resident editor Mr Barold Worthyman that it actually sounds as […]