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We’re almost at the end of November and I have just realised that I haven’t published a football related blog since the back end of last season. At the end of May, once Wigan’s second relegation in two seasons was … Continue reading
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Last week’s 54F talked about the business of travelling for business, if that makes sense, and how it isn’t really all that it is cracked up to be. Glamourous, it isn’t, certainly not the way I do it at any … Continue reading
Far be it from me to deny people a forum for voicing opinions. As a blogger of, admittedly very little repute, that would be hypocrisy of the highest order. Everyone has an opinion and life would be very dull if … Continue reading
I’ve spent the last few days in Ireland, specifically the Sandyford area of Dublin. It’s a decent place with decent people, which is no bad thing given that I’m going to be spending quite a bit of time there over the … Continue reading
After a long, hot (mostly wet, really) summer, it’s good to have the football season back. It’s only been about twelve weeks but it seems an awful lot more. Saturdays simply aren’t made for shopping, creosoting fences and housework. Of … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
“Life is a roller-coaster”. So sang that Ronan Keating fella back in 2000. He should be paying every Wigan Athletic fan copyright fees or royalties or something, because we’ve been singing along to that tune for nigh on forty years, … Continue reading