Month: February 2016
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Wigan 3-0 Bury: Blame it on the bogey
“Goals for: 3. Goals against: 8. Points won: 1. Cups ripped from our snotty grasp: 2.” Thus spake Latics’ resident statman, a look of mild disgust steadily encroaching upon his otherwise gentle features. 4-0 malletings in the Ben Watson Memorial Trophy can transform the most optimistic of supporters into miserable mopers in the short space […]
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From the DW Stadium to Stamford Bridge: The Magic of the FA (Youth) Cup
Oooh, don’t they grow up so fast? One month they’re turning out against Wigan Athletic in the FA Youth Cup, the next they’re facing Chelsea’s first team in the actual FA Ben Watson Memorial Cup. On BBC HD TV at prime time Sunday afternoon, no less. Without wanting to take undue credit, I like to […]
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PWU Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 157: Don’t look up
We shouldn’t really talk about the FA Cup, seeing as Wigan are no longer part of this year’s competition. But I can’t resist – the nostalgic lure of summer 2013 looms large in my nostrils like the fragrant aroma of fresh pigeon droppings. Hey, it reminds me of Haigh Hall, okay? Observers of Man City’s […]
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Walsall 1-2 Wigan: The Art of Football
Football is an artform – of that, there is no doubt. But I would stop short of classifying it as a fine Renaissance triptych, Beethovenian symphony or even a Hurstian cow sliced clean in half. No, I like to think the sport is much more unconventional, edgy and mischievous – in that sense, it is […]
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Jussi J: Man of the Moment
He gets no respect, I tells ya. The formidable Finn forfends four forwards from five fine finishes, and what is his reward? Swines pinching a sneaky swig from his personal goalmouth water bottle. I sincerely hope that Oldham man asked permission first, mainly because you never know what liquid is actually in there. Even the […]
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PWU Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 156: Juicy J
He’s the only Latics player cool enough for not one, but three heavy metal umlauts. Jussi Albert Jääskeläinen, whose name I certainly did not cut and paste from Wikipedia just now, is still bumpin’ and thumpin’ at the ripe old age of 21 plus 19. You never would have thought it ten years ago, but […]
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Match Lowlights: Wigan 0 Oldham 0
The above package courtesy Laticsofficial. Now in glorious 144p. The next segment courtesy All Gone Latics. Now in glorious monotone. Highlights (not featured): The Oldham team bus approaching the stadium entrance from the wrong direction, resulting in the players having to walk an extra 50m to the West Stand. Carpet fitters stapling down the last […]
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Wigan 0-0 Oldham: Rugball
Jonathan Jackson must know a very good carpet fitter. Because every time I have attempted to lay one, it has taken much longer than a couple of days. In fact, I think I still need to pin down the shag pile behind that cupboard – you know, the one containing the large plastic cup gathering […]
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AGL Media Podcast 01: Rotten pitches and rotten teeth
It’s not the PWU Podcast. But it is a Latics podcast, and it is long and meandering. Timecodes 0:00 Yo! From The AGL Media Podcast 4:00 Sheff United: raining indoors and out 10:50 Latics livestreaming & Beamback (14:00) 16:00 Radio commentary: you Lovett… 20:00 Extracting the rotten Latics teeth 27:50 Latics U18s v Man City […]