A view from the North Stand – Liverpool (h)
March 11, 2010 – 12:11 am | 2 Comments

The tea room pundits, the media and Dave Whelan all agree that Liverpool are in pretty dire straits at the moment.  Defeat is one thing, but against Latics?  Your common or garden Latics fan might …

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Brooding and Musing on a life with Wigan Athletic F.C.

Season Reviews

Sometimes it’s nice to sit back. light your pipe and think on the season past.

The pie at night

A devious plan to make you think we have lives. Think monkeys and Shakespeare.

Matches

Latics games, thoughts, fears, memories. With lashings of gnashing of teeth.

Other Sports

Apparently sport exists away from Wigan Athletic, perhaps.

Picking up scraps – Blackburn and Everton Thoughts
January 31, 2010 – 11:08 pm | 7 Comments
Picking up scraps – Blackburn and Everton Thoughts

After my rant earlier about missing the game yesterday and having not reported on the trip to Blackburn, I thought that I’d better give some time over to reflecting on where the last two games …

Just the Ticket – An Everton rant of sorts
January 31, 2010 – 8:06 pm | 2 Comments
Just the Ticket – An Everton rant of sorts

Bloody away fans in our end, grrrrr, Greater Manchester Police, &^&*%!!$, Wigan Council, pah!  Although I’ve had my beefs with all of them in recent times*, it’s been restricted to grumbles because, when it comes …

Rovers Return – Blackburn Preview
January 29, 2010 – 9:43 am | One Comment
Rovers Return – Blackburn Preview

If you could pick five things to not happen on the morning of a big game then I reckon that players going on strike and big transfer deals falling through would be contenders (even if …

Drawing no conclusions – Notts County thoughts
January 26, 2010 – 2:46 pm | No Comment
Drawing no conclusions – Notts County thoughts

It was never going to be an easy match to review, Premier League [cough] giants against fourth division minnows and all that. It ’s pretty hard to be magnanimous in defeat when there ’s such …

Romancing the Cup – Notts County preview
January 22, 2010 – 9:59 pm | No Comment
Romancing the Cup – Notts County preview

A muddy field, jumpers for goal posts, the roar of wintergreen, the smell of a crowd. These are the things that childhood memories are made of and it’s always the cup. It might be a …

I’ll Scream and Scream and Scream Until I’m Sick
January 21, 2010 – 8:58 pm | No Comment
I’ll Scream and Scream and Scream Until I’m Sick

Let’s start off honestly; I’m a lazy sod, especially when it comes to writing.  I have hard drives littered with the openings to a sketches of countless, no doubt brilliant, articles that I never finished …

A full season in one game – Wolves thoughts
January 19, 2010 – 10:54 pm | No Comment
A full season in one game – Wolves thoughts

What do you reckon will characterise Latics’ season by the time we get to May?  Yes, outsiders will focus on the inconsistency, the young manager and inexperienced team (all hopefully come good) but for all …

Mown Away In Lobbyland
January 19, 2010 – 8:13 pm | No Comment
Mown Away In Lobbyland

The Lottery Winners – The Standard Mower – Saturday 16th January
So, Thawday is here. Latics get back on track with a 2-0 win at Wolves and The Pie At Night (or should it be Late …

Owzatt!
January 16, 2010 – 11:38 am | No Comment
Owzatt!

I ‘ve never been an advocate of technology in football, or any sport really, I ‘m not a Luddite but I am a great believer in the view that its simplicity is a large part …

Triple Scotts? Wolves preview
January 15, 2010 – 9:28 pm | No Comment
Triple Scotts? Wolves preview

Back to work this week and I ‘ve not really had chance to think to think about the Wolves game other than a vague intention to email my wolves supporting mate to get a deserved …