If you have friends that are at a loose end tomorrow, it isn’t too late to cash in on the special offer for the Wigan Athletic v Fulham match, and Manager Roberto Martinez is in a confident mood.

The return match for Wigan Athletic and Manchester City that was to be played at the DW Stadium on Saturday 14th January 2012 has now been moved and will be shown on Sky Sports.

As Mario Balotelli lifted his shirt to reveal his character defining slogan and stood defiantly like the emperor of Old Trafford, it provided a clear image of power and a shift in dominance across Manchester.

The Club are trying to drum up support after a spirited game against Necastle at the weekend in which we were unlucky not to take anything from the North East. So Wigan Athletic v Fulham tickets will be on special offer to try and replecate the tremendous support shown for this game last season.

The Wolves v Wigan Athletic game on November 6th will see a coach full of lucky Team Latics members and their parents travel for the price of their ticket, just £10.

Dave Halliwell of Verve fame has pledged a tremendous prize, auctioned on Ebay, to help out the Emma Hoolin Appeal. Wigan Athletic fans donated over £7,000 on Saturday and the former Verve manager is hoping this auction will raise lots more for the fund.

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???

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.

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.

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.

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 wouldn’t however, is El-Hadji Diouf.

As usual, Wigan Athletic will be out and about during the half term this October with their football schools, all ages are catered for and fun is a certainty.

The start of the 2011/12 season has yet again brought with it new expectations, dreams and ideas. Typically with a club like Wigan Athletic there is going to be movement both in and out the club.

After a worrying injury to Hugo Rodallega ended the players involvement in Wigan Athletics game with Everton, it was thought that it would see the Colombian out for three months, but tests have indicated that the injury is not as bad as first thought.

As fans of a club whose Premier league inception was a fairly recent experience, us Wiganers can remember the buzz that promotion brought to the club and the extraordinary first top flight season we enjoyed. Most of us can anyway, some the wrong side of 60 that are losing their marbles might struggle.

Cockney Latic’s web site was shut down for nearly two days due to the message board capacity being very high, it has now been fixed and so Wigan Athletic fans have their place back to have their say.

I was asked to give the Wigan Athletic view over on the Blue Kipper web site and so we asked them a few questions of our own to put on the Cockney Latic.