From time to time, this blog has had a light-hearted dig at people who have the misfortune to not have been born and/or live in Wigan. It isn’t their fault, of course; not everyone can be so fortunate to reside in God’s own country. When the blog does go down this...
Those who follow me personally on Facebook will know I’ve just come back from a holiday in Orlando. It was my third trip to the Sunshine state, but the first for almost twelve years. I know that people have their own favourite holiday destinations like Magaluf,...
One of the roller-coasters at the Alton Towers theme park crashed earlier in the week, injuring a number of thrill-seekers, as the tabloids would call them. How galling, to queue for a couple of hours for the ride, only to have your carriage crash into an empty,...
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...
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...
