Conversations in the pub after Thursday Night Football normally revolve around somebody’s poor performance. Usually, that performance assassination is a football-related one but, if we are in a particularly cruel mood, it can sometimes involve pulling apart some poor unfortunate’s … Continue reading
“If you’re ever stuck for ideas for a 5-4-Friday, why don’t you write one about pies?” So asked Martin ‘Jimmy’ Tarbuck, a fellow Wigan Athletic fan, who just happens to have written the odd tome on the subject of our … Continue reading
For some reason one day this week, the conversation at home gravitated towards liver and onions. It was related to something that had happened in the supermarket, apparently. Alex, who gegs in on every single conversation in the house, didn’t … Continue reading
The commonly held view seems to be that modern life is far too stressful. “Life was much easier back in the day”, as your mother and granny always used to say. In actual fact, it probably isn’t much harder these … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
I may have mentioned this once or twice recently, but my 9-year old son – Alex – is currently obsessed with the Marvel franchise. No, not the people who make powdered milk, rather the media company responsible for the creation … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
After getting on for seventeen months of 5-4-Friday, I have been quite impressed with my ability to think up a vaguely topical theme each week. It has sometimes been a struggle to dream up an idea and I have been … Continue reading