Category Archives: Newcastle United

Battling display isn’t quite enough for Latics – Newcastle United 2 Wigan Athletic 1

Posted on April 2, 2017 by ianhaspinall

Latics produced a battling performance against Championship table-toppers Newcastle United at St James’ Park but still slipped to another damaging defeat. They matched their expensively assembled opponents for most of the game and with a little more luck could have … Continue reading →

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12th Man – Playing without fear

Posted on March 31, 2017 by ianhaspinall

Latics go into the difficult fixture at Newcastle United still hoping to pull off the greatest of great escapes. They are seven points from safety with only eight games to play and most pundits have written off their chances of … Continue reading →

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12th Man – The challenge ahead

Posted on December 16, 2016 by ianhaspinall

Latics poor run of form continued on Wednesday night when they were outplayed by top of the table Newcastle United. They had worked extremely hard to get a result, particularly in the second half, but there was always a feeling … Continue reading →

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Latics undone by table-topping Toon – Wigan Athletic 0 Newcastle United 2

Posted on December 15, 2016 by ianhaspinall

High-flying Newcastle scored a goal in each half through Mo Diame and Christian Atsu to condemn Wigan to another home defeat. The Toon dominated the opening half and should have added to Diame’s opener as Latics failed to get a … Continue reading →

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12th Man – Let’s cut out the backbiting

Posted on September 30, 2016 by ianhaspinall

It was great to see Latics get back to winning ways against Wolves on Tuesday night. It was a hard fought but deserved victory against a very good Wolves team who had recently beaten Newcastle and Brentford. Prior to Tuesday’s … Continue reading →

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Book review: Making the impossible possible – How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup

Posted on July 15, 2016 by ianhaspinall

The re-published ‘How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup’ by J.L.Carr is a classic football tale from a bygone age but it still has a resonance for football fans today. It is a story about a small village team … Continue reading →

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More teams drop into the relegation mixer – what are the prospects for survival?

Posted on March 21, 2013 by ianhaspinall

After last weekend’s round of Premier League fixtures more teams have been dragged into the relegation dogfight. Newcastle, Sunderland and West Ham now have a fight on their hands if they are to retain their top flight status. Until recently these … Continue reading →

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Wigan ride their luck to secure a vital three points – Wigan Athletic 2 Newcastle United 1

Posted on March 17, 2013 by ianhaspinall

Latics secured a crucial victory in their quest for Premier League survival with a 90th minute goal by Arouna Kone. Jean Beausejour had given them the lead in the first half but Newcastle equalised in the second half through Davide … Continue reading →

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Latics out of luck at St James’ Park – Newcastle United 3 Wigan Athletic 0

Posted on December 4, 2012 by ianhaspinall

Outside of the top few teams most of the clubs in the Premier League are well matched and this game between the clubs in 14th and 15th positions threatened to be a closely fought affair. However, an early game changing … Continue reading →

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What are the fans thinking? Wigan Athletic season preview 2012/13

Posted on August 15, 2012 by ianhaspinall

Zoo magazine recently asked me to answer some questions about Wigan for their team by team pre-season guide and my responses have now been published in this week’s magazine. Given that these responses are just from one fan’s perspective I thought … Continue reading →

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