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Tag: Wigan Athletic

  • Win Wigan Athletic and Manchester City signed FA Cup Final balls

    Wembley Stadium played host to one of the most dramatic finals in FA Cup history on Saturday as Ben Watson headed home a last minute goal to give Wigan Athletic their first major trophy in their 81-year history.

  • Living the dream.

    The match report has been read a million times by now but who didn’t cheer (apart from City fans) when Ben Watson’s header hit the back of the net. Sitting among the City fans I allowed myself an “oooh” and then suppressed a smile, as too did the guests around me. In one simple nod…

  • To the dream….

    Tomorrow I will be attending my first ever FA Cup Final at Wembley stadium. Even though I’m not a Wigan Athletic or a Manchester City fan, I am still very excited…oh, and those top chaps at Budweiser have only gone an included a couple of my pictures in the official promotional video, To the dream.…

  • Wigan 1 Morecambe 0 – Football wins over the weather again

    At 11.15am, we leave the services at Knutsford at the end of our second stop. We’ve had a couple of further calls from those in the area saying that it is deteriorating, and that they aren’t confident that it is on. As we all board the coach, we get a call from the assistant manager…

  • Gone and Forgotten – Part 3 – Wigan Borough

    With a lease secured on Springfield Park they entered the Lancashire Combination League for the 1920/21 season. They found the going tough, spending most of the season at the bottom of the league. During the winter, the Football League announced that they would be creating a new league for the following season which would be…

  • Swansea City back on the winning way

    Swansea City avoided a third successive defeat on Saturday by recording their third away win of the campaign and in doing so extended Wigan’s run of games without a victory to 12. Having struggled in their previous two fixtures against two of the leagues most physically demanding sides in Norwich and Stoke, I felt that…

  • The Swans are off and swimming

    Swansea still await their first goal of the campaign however by keeping a clean sheet extended their unbeaten run at The Liberty to 10 games. They will now continue their search for a first Premier League victory when they entertain Sunderland next weekend.