Tag: Newcastle
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Newcastle 2 Wigan 1: Fool’s game
Yes, dear reader, it’s true – Arsene ‘Penguin’ Wenger did finally flap his wings hard enough to take off. When asked about staying at Arsenal for another season, he squawked ‘can’t see it’, scooped up a crisp packet with his beak and flew straight to China. And yes, it’s also very true that David Sharpe […]
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Wigan 0 Newcastle 2: Wigan is Black and White
Guest intro by George Orwell’s Millennial grandson (AKA me). We’re not supposed to talk about 2014-15. We’re expected to pretend it never existed under threat of extreme consequences. And goodness knows your average small time Internet weblogger would rather be writing about Gary Caldwell’s jumpers and Jordi Gomez’s beard right now. But I really wish […]
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Progress With Unity Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 37: Defending the indefensible
To all the Progress With Unity first-timers, hi there! You’ve picked a good edition to jump onto the opinionated bandwagon. Apparently there’s been a certain amount of fallout from some tackle or other, so we felt compelled to host a particularly heated, intense debate about it. Not that we’re ones to latch onto whatever the […]
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Wigan 2-1 Newcastle: UFC comes to the DW Stadium!
Ack, flipping typical, ain’t it? Yesterday’s games just go to show you simply can’t rely on anyone else to help you out in times of peril. I promised myself I wouldn’t worry about other teams’ matches, but sure enough, 3pm rolled around and I was glued to my wireless. The relegation battle really is like […]
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Progress With Unity Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 36: Cup fever
Spring is in the air, and it can only mean one thing – Wigan Time! The Progress With Unity team are jubilant following an outstanding weekend in Liverpool, and struggle to wipe broad smiles from their faces as they discuss those five magnificent minutes that demolished Everton. Any nerves ahead of the latest in a […]
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Progress With Unity Podcast No. 20: Baring all on Newcastle, QPR Question Time
Oh dear, it seems Wigan’s second string defence wasn’t the only thing exposed this week. The atmosphere became a tad rowdy in the PWU studio yesterday evening when a very brave (or stupid) guest popped in for a ‘look Mum, I’m on the telly’ moment. Except this wasn’t telly, or even radio for that matter. […]
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Newcastle 3-0 Wigan: Black and white and red all over
Here’s a hypothetical puzzler for you: if Wigan were to somehow scrape into a European slot, would it be a good or bad thing for the club? No doubt the pessimists among us have already stopped reading, but for those still remotely interested, please indulge me for a moment and advance to the second paragraph. […]
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Wigan 4-0 Newcastle: Magical Moses and Maloney go to Toon on maundering Magpies
Latics conjured up a magical 45 minutes of attacking football, most probably their greatest under Roberto Martinez, to completely pummel fourth-placed Newcastle into submission by half time. Victor Moses first headed home Emmerson Boyce’s deep cross on 12 minutes before doubling his tally less than 120 seconds later. Shaun Maloney expertly finished off another superb […]
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Newcastle 1-0 Wigan: Latics hit rock bottom, only way is up
Having already conveyed most of my immediate thoughts in yesterday’s live Twitter update experiment, I was slightly wary of posting a Latics-Newcastle match report for fear of repeating myself. Then I thought, “ah, screw it,” because that’s how blogs generally work, isn’t it? Isn’t constant wittering about the same old points over and over ad […]
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Newcastle 1-0 Wigan: Live Matchday Updates
Good day Latics fans. This afternoon, I shall be conducting a trial run of live Twitter updates for Newcastle United v Wigan Athletic, with a Latics bias of course. Well, what more did you expect? This isn’t the BBC, you know. Refer below for latest happenings in the buildup to/during matchday afternoon. The widget will […]