So, last Saturday, Queens Park Rangers won the so-called £135 million football match at Wembley to clinch their place in next season’s Premier League and bring the curtain down on another domestic football season. I know there is the small matter of the League...
As the theme parks and fairgrounds of Britain dust themselves down for the summer season, it is an opportune time to reflect on what has been a true roller-coaster of a year for little Wigan Athletic. A few days and a year ago, Wigan Athletic arrived at Wembley to act...
Saturday sees the Latics play their last home game of the season tomorrow against Blackpool. On the pitch, Blackpool are struggling at the wrong end of the table, and their fans are embroiled in serious acrimony with the club management away from the playing field. On...
It’s Easter time and, given that we live in a world that is obsessed with social media, commercialism, materialism and celebrity, I think it is sometimes easy for us to lose sight of the true meaning of Christian religious festivals like Easter and Christmas. I wonder...
This week, and this is by no means an uncommon occurrence, I have been having a lively, reasonably good-natured fall out with some of my fellow Wigan Athletic fans on various social media and on the Latics’ message boards. The world of the message boards in...
