No relegation – no Wigan Athletic

I can imagine what the dark side will be saying about Dave Whelan’s comments on him taking Wigan Athletic out of the Premiership if there was no relegation. But really, do we want to become victim of the sham that RL and American Football are??? Granted I...

Tales of Derbies, the Darkside and Sitting Down Petulance

As Gary Lineker introduced Match of the Day describing how the biggest match in world football took place on Saturday and would be shown first, I was delighted that the Wigan vs Bolton derby had finally been recognised as a proper rivalry. Unfortunately, he was...

Latics December goes global for Chelsea and Liverpool

Up to now Wigan Athletic was only featuring on the TV once, the away game at Wolves. But both ESPN and SKY have released their December schedule and we will be seen worldwide for the visits of Chelsea and Liverpool. This will mean that we won’t be playing the games at...

Away Days – Aston Villa ‘Sit Down!’

Villa away marked a momentous occasion on Saturday, the first away game I’ve attended this season and indeed the first game of any sort since the epic battle with West Ham in May. Since then it’s all been change, but the contrast in the Latics performance of Saturday...

The view from the Villa end

Wigan Athletic make the trip down the M6 to visit Aston Villa this weekend, but what do Villa fans think of us, N’Zogbia and whether Alex McLeish is their messiah. Well here are just some of those answers. My name is Mike Steede 38 yrs old and I am a Moderator on...

Villas-Boas vs Hansen, Media Bandwagons and El-Hadji Diouf

As relative minnows of the Premier League, us Wigan fans we can only watch and dream of signing the players our lot have to face every week. But let’s be honest, if we could choose one ‘fantasy signing’ one player that would make the list is Fernando Torres; one that...