View From The West – 5 League One things

View From The West – 5 League One things

Finally, well as near as makes no difference, the football season is over and done with. In truth, Wigan Athletic’s abject season ended a long, long time ago. It was around last November, in actual fact, but we managed to drag it right out until the penultimate game...
5-4-Friday… 5 Wiggin Words

5-4-Friday… 5 Wiggin Words

I had a spot of man flu last weekend. You know the beast, a bit of a cough, a snotty nose, aches and pains and generally feeling under the weather. It’s not enough to make you miss your weekend boozing but you do sneeze now and again and cough a couple of times and...
5-4-Friday… 5 Nineties Smokes

5-4-Friday… 5 Nineties Smokes

I was on LinkedIn the other night, stalking people. This is, of course, what all normal people resort to doing once they have become bored with stalking people on Facebook. For those who are familiar with LinkedIn, I made the fatal mistake of clicking on that “People...
5-4-Friday… 5 Latics Legends

5-4-Friday… 5 Latics Legends

Tonight (Friday, 8th) there is a charity football match taking place between the Wigan Athletic Development Squad (a fancy new name for the reserves-cum-youth team) and a Select XI of Wigan Athletic legends. The game kicks off at 7:30pm at Ashton Town Football Club...
5-4-Friday… 5 golden moments

5-4-Friday… 5 golden moments

Last week, I reflected on the remarkable demise of Wigan Athletic over the last four years, centring the discussion on the relative merits of the five managers we had in charge during that period. On Tuesday night, Rotherham’s victory over Reading ensured that the...