Jesus Was a Wiganer

Tag: Will Grigg

  • Wigan 2 Nottingham Forest 0: Edge of Tomorrow

    Please welcome Warren Garton Joyce, Wigan Athletic’s newest and foremost ‘edgelord’. The sort of guy who, like a dog, watches you eat for fifteen minutes before snatching that precious final morsel of tuna casserole from your plate. A man who catches all his perch two minutes before packing up his tackle in a Ryan Giggs […]

  • Where in the World Are Wigan Athletic’s Strikers?

    That’s not the title of an educational video game for the Apple II and Amstrad CPC, but the latest in a series of puzzlers fit for Wigan Latics’ Christmas fun and games annual. Just where on earth could those mischievous goal-hangers Will Grigg (codename Wilberforce Griggson-Fire) and Adam Le Fondre (codename ‘ALF’) be hiding? Since […]

  • Wigan 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1: Wowsers!

    “Why hello, Chief. You’re where? I’ll be there right away!” So goes the exact same conversation between Inspector Caldwell and David O. Sharpe at precisely 7:42 every morning. Ordinarily, the latter is stationed in some far flung part of the United States of Kingdom, perhaps the wonderful Weetabix sandwich factory in balmy Basingstoke. Or maybe […]

  • 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 […]

  • Sheffield Wednesday 2 Wigan 1: Dry birds

    I see what ya did there, EFL! And it is certainly the right decision to schedule Sheffield Wednesday v Wigan for sunny, shiny September. Any later and that mischievous Big Man in the Sky is likely to douse the Hillsborough surface with his never-ending salt drink, just like in December 2013. As you may recall, […]

  • Nottingham Forest 4 Wigan 3: Last goal wins

    “League One is a slice of thrice-iced Victoria sponge. But that passing in your own six yard box stuff simply won’t fly in the cut-throat Championship,” growled Latics Fan A. “Don’t change a darn thing! Confidence in consistency can carry you through a league of any quality,” cried Latics Fan B. “We aren’t sure what […]

  • Wigan 3 Blackburn 0: The Curse of Coyle

    In just one week’s time, it will be exactly 39 years since NASA launched their Voyager II space probe. Contained within this expensive collection of screws and mirrors is the infamous Golden Record, an analogue catalogue of mankind’s musical endeavour up to and including the space year 1977. Originally, the record was intended to include […]

  • Oldham 2 Wigan 1: Pretension-free

    The League Cup has fallen upon desperate times. Following the withdrawal of its plastic cash manufacturing sponsor, it has become destitute, walking the urban jungles completely naked save for a codpiece marked ‘property of the EFL’. But it’s much better this way. Though people initially grimace at the sight of this unkempt Tuesday night beast, […]

  • Players of Euro 2016: Alternative Edition

    So Portugal took the Euro 2016 trophy. So the limping Ronaldo took all credit as he wept, partially through pain but mostly the joy of victory. So far, so utterly predictable, humdrum, run of the mill, ordinary, beige and any other semi-descriptive term callously ripped from the ancient stone tablets of our prehistoric thesaurus (rex). […]

  • AGL Media Podcast 04 – Euro 2016 vs Silly Season

    The Euros are here, and so is AGL’s obligatory preview podcast! This summer special edition was recorded at the Wacky Warehouse, Robin Park, a John Stones’s throw away from Stade DW on a suitably fiery spring afternoon. Dan, Kieran and Liam address a range of wacky topics including wild and windy pre-season tours, silly Euro […]