Category Archives: Premier League

Review: After Extra Time and Penalties – Memories of a BBC Football Correspondent by Mike Ingham

Posted on May 14, 2020 by ianhaspinall

Former BBC football Correspondent Mike Ingham’s autobiography is a thoughtful homage to the golden age of sports broadcasting. His own broadcasting experiences saw him attend eight World Cups, commentate on twenty-eight FA Cup Finals, work with ten full-time England managers … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus outbreak suspends all English football

Posted on March 13, 2020 by ianhaspinall

Given the potential risk to life, the Premier League and the English Football League have rightly suspended English football for the first time since the Second World War. Football in England will be suspended until at least 3 April as … Continue reading →

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Review: What You Think You Know About Football is Wrong – The Game’s Greatest Myths and Untruths by Kevin Moore

Posted on January 18, 2020 by ianhaspinall

The former director of the National Football Museum Kevin Moore has produced a challenging and revelatory new book which debunks many of the myths and assumptions about football. In 50 short chapters Moore shatters many of the strongly held beliefs … Continue reading →

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Review: Can we have our football back? How the Premier League is ruining football and what we can do about it… by John Nicholson

Posted on November 12, 2019 by ianhaspinall

In ‘Can We Have Our Football Back?’ Football365 writer John Nicholson produces a coruscating attack on the excesses of the Premier League and provides an optimistic blueprint for a football revolution. Nicholson wants to put an end to the Premier … Continue reading →

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Review: Masters of Modern Soccer – How the World’s Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game by Grant Wahl

Posted on September 6, 2019 by ianhaspinall

It may be something of a grandiose title but in Masters of Modern Soccer American journalist Grant Wahl expertly gets to grips with how the global game is developing. Wahl interviews some of the most interesting figures in the modern … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading – The Best Football Books

Posted on June 27, 2019 by ianhaspinall

Now that summer is finally upon us I thought I’d share my reviews of the best football books for reading on the beach or by the pool. Kick off the summer with one of these great reads. Black Boots and Football Pinks. … Continue reading →

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Reece James is destined for the top

Posted on December 6, 2018 by ianhaspinall

Chelsea currently have forty (40) players out on loan and one of their brightest prospects is also one of the youngest, 18-year-old Reece James currently on loan at Wigan Athletic. The England U18, U19 and U20 right back has been … Continue reading →

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12th Man: Another epic to remember

Posted on September 11, 2015 by ianhaspinall

What a fantastic comeback at Chesterfield. Latics looked down and out at the Proact Stadium after 68 minutes when Leon Barnett put through his own goal to make it 2-0 to the Spireites. But Barnett soon redeemed himself with an … Continue reading →

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Video – A history of Wigan Athletic ‘Defying the Odds’

Posted on April 21, 2015 by ianhaspinall

The club produced an excellent motivational video prior to last weekend’s home victory against Brighton and Hove Albion. The video provides some of the highlights in the club’s history and shows how we have consistently defied the odds and overcome … Continue reading →

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12th Man: Whelan’s contribution has been nothing less than incredible

Posted on March 6, 2015 by ianhaspinall

It’s been a momentous week in the history of Wigan Athletic. The retirement of Dave Whelan, the appointment of his grandson David Sharpe as his successor, and two back-to-back wins for the first time since August have revived hopes of … Continue reading →

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