Tag: Preston
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Wigan 0 Preston 0: The Final Poutdown
Are all the Wiganers gone now? Good, because I fear today is the day I am finally forced out of this town on a one-toothed mule named Yanic. Here goes… As ever, King Warren is correct in his Coyle*-stirring. (*Rude word substituted for… something far more vulgar.) At the risk of offending those with the […]
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Preston 1 Wigan 0: The Road to Preston Pier
“Oh, it was great fun heading down to Preston in the caravan each year – I loved the amusement arcades filled with barely functional Out Run cabinets missing their acceleration buttons. But most of all I enjoyed the never-ending beaches dotted with overzealous ice cream salesmen and geriatric donkey ride services. “But all of that […]
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Wigan 2-1 Preston: Making progress, slooowly
In many ways, this was not your typical Lancastrian Carling Cup derby. For one thing, Latics’ style of play is anything but Northern. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find an Englishman amongst their starting line-up from last night’s tie with close rivals Preston North End. With Chris Kirkland currently out of favour and […]
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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 […]