The Crown at Worthington

Decided to go for a drink at The Crown which is in Worthington today, Great weather and one of the best pubs in the Wigan area if you ask me......Won awards and has a selection of 10 guest ales, 40+ bottle beers & a local pilsner, I had Dudley Pale ale at 5.0% which was a lovely golden, pale ale which was dry and refreshing for this sort of weather.
Won : Wigan Pub of The Year in 2009,2008 & 2006 & Great Manchester Pub of The Year in 2009

Wigan Pier

Now when we shunt the back’s in front and the front part’s in the rear
If we survive then we’ll arrive alongside Wigan Pier.- On The Wigan Boat Express, George Formby




Wigan Pier, Is one of the main things that have made my town famous, When people hear the words Wigan Pier, They think of George Orwell or George Formby, The pier however was nothing more than a coal loading staithe where wagons from colliers around the town would unload onto canal boats.


The book - Road to Wigan Pier by Orwell, Shows us what life was like in post-war Britan and did not picture my town in a particular good light, The Other reference, A musical hall joke.


To finish off I will leave the quote what George Orwell found when he eventually got to end of Wallgate and found Wigan Pier.


"At one time on one of the little muddy canals that run round the town, there used to be a tumble-down wooden jetty; and by way of a joke someone nicknamed this Wigan Pier. ...to judge from the photographs it must have been about twenty feet long. ...I made a journey specially to see it in 1936, and I couldn't find it. ...I am afraid I must tell you that Wigan Pier doesn't exist. ...the place itself had been demolished."

It is with my greatest regret..

To say goodbye to Maurice Lindsay who has been on our board of directors for 5 years.

Thats the toungue in cheek and nice part done with.

Fuck off Lindsay, You where never part of this club, You gave us nothing and after years of hurt putting us Wigan Athletic end.

I hope the decent fans of Preston North End realise that this cunt is no good.......

In the words of that terrace song..

"My Old Man

He Told Me

Maurice Lindsay's

HIV

With a Nick Nack

Padiwag Give A Dog

A Bone

Why Dont Warriors

Fuck Off Home!"

Bit of coverage...

Thanks to the blokes over on Casual Connoisseur for a add on the links page, Much appreciated.

Over here on Redbricksandcoal we are big fans of Casualco.

Check out there site - casualco

A Clockwork Lemon

Issue of MAD, 1973.

Interesting art on the cover..

"Last thing purchased"

Could not help myself for a couple of cheeky bits, Both for a very good price.

K-Way Royal Blue full zip cagoule.

Technical Details:
Windbreaker
Waterproof
Ventilation
Taped seams

I have had one before ( Orange- Half Zip) and to be honest I did not have the bollocks to pull the look off, Gone for the Blue full zip which will be good for the northern showers and there is some very nice little details on these.

Next up:

Pair of Supergra Cotu Classics, These will be good dfor summer with a pair of shorts and a tee-shirt/Polo.

Its confirmed.

We are safe, Thanks to Burnley to losing 4-0 we are staying up in the Barcleys Premier League for the 6th consecutive season!

The manager Martinez has hinted at wanting to compete for Europe regulary and to build on the squad and proper push our team to get to where we can and not be looking over our shoulder and scrapping to stay in the Premier League.

He is heading for the right direction, I think Martinez is the right man to take Wigan Athletic, It just needs Whelans surport and not to keep hitting at the fans for " not turning up" well put some money in instead of selling off players and help the club move forward!

Hes A Wiganer through and through, He is one of us.

Possible new purchase?

When I get a Job sorted, The Wood Wood Stockholm Jacket, This has some very nice little details the lining of the jacket, The hand warmers the "quirkiness" off it...160 Euros works out at 139 quid.
Looks like it will be money well spent, Wont see many of these about in the WN area...

Photography

Two images that I took in my back garden, I love the lighting on both.

Are things moving on in the right direction?

For the younger "lot" It seems that lads at the football are moving on from the stereotypical "Football lad/hooligan look" being decked out in Stone Island/Aquascutum, Fila etc ( since the release of Nick Loves remake of the firm) to moving onto more conventional and unique labels, Labels such as Albam,folk and Uniqlo to some extent, People looking for bargains has become more frequent since during the recession people don't have as much disposable income as they used to so trying to stand out from the crowd at a cheaper price is what people are trying to do, Well I am.

You will still get the odd fake stone island jumper wearing tracksuit cunt giving it the V's to the away fans and then going back to his 2L Cider when he gets back home and to the streets since he cant drink in the local pub.

There will always be people who follow, Not lead.

Be a Shepard not a sheep.

Wigan Athletic vs Arsenal - History was made.

Yesterday history was made for my club, From a little corner in Lancashire Wigan Athletic won Arsenal FC from being 2 goals down with ten minutes to go, We had the guts and determination to go and do it, The terraces where fantastic with the atmosphere and when the final whistle blew you knew how much it ment to us, We had more or less secured a 7th year in the Barclays Premier League.

Goals scored by:

Titus Bramble

Ben Watson

Charles N'Zogbia

You really can not pin point a single player they all chipped in and did there best and they earned there money this week, Everyone who is Blue in Wigan can be proud of there team and raise a pint or two to them.

The score board at full time.

An Article I have penned.

Have submitted this to the Wigan Fanzine and also Swine and it may be in Proper Mag hopefully it will get in.

The flight.

We took off from Manchester airport in the early afternoon for a 6 hour flight to dubai, Im used to Ryan Air and going to Benidorm for my holidays or cheap trips to France so flying Emarates was a change the fact you got a TV infront of you was amazing.
6 hours later we stopped off in Dubai and waiting for our connection flight to Bangkok. 6 hours later and a night flight which I fell asleep on we landed in Thailand's capital Bangkok. we met my Nana and Grandad and got a taxi to Pattaya which is a ciy on the coast of Thaland when we got there my and my granddad went to a bar in the area of town and I got to see the more dirty side of Thailand I had girls asking if I want " Bum bum" and to " go up stairs" not caring that I had a 74 year old relative next to me who was in tears of laughter.


Pattaya/Jomtien

We went down to our hotel in Pattaya which was 50 yards from the beach and was fantastic during the day I would wander round the shops and local street stalls and have street food and stop in bars for a beer or two on my travels and at night we went up famous walking street.
This is where the main night life is in Pattaya, There are various " go go" bars and normal bars the thing that shocked me the most over there was how open Prostitution is for instance you could order a Chang beer and lady 271.
I was going to take in a Pattaya United FC game but there next home game was when I was on a flight back to grim Manchester.
On one of our trips out we saw the Sanctuary Of Truth a building that took insparation from the religons in the east and 16th and 15th century Thai/Asian architecure this place took my breath away and I was amazed it was made out of wood and is not even finshed yet, There is no nails what so ever.
We stayed in Pattaya for 5 nights and then headed down the road to the quieter area known as Jomtien which is where my grandparents where living here it was a lot quieter and was just used to relax and I did a bit of exploring etc.

Koh Samoui.

The night before our flight to the tropical island of Koh Samoui we stayed at my grandparents house and was up at 3 to catch a flight at Bangkok airport to the tropical island, This place took my breath away and one day I will go back there.
The place was amazing the beach was the best I have ever seen and the whole place was filled with culture/Thai food/Backpackers It was fantastic there was a tear in my eye as we left, Coincidently I had one of the most bizarre nights of my life there, I was in a Shisha bar having a Hubble bubble ( as you do...) watching the Barcelona game, This thai bird ended up asking me to play a game of pool so i said ok and then I played on a ROUND pool table and ended up going into a toilet that looked like a tardis..Im sure it was tobacco in them pipes.Honest,

Bangkok

For our final 2 nights in Thailand we went to Bangkok which was at the same time as the Thai-Ex man city owner was facing trial and there was pridicted riots, But when I was over there there was no rioting to talk about however on the same road that we where on ( Silom Road) We where Soi 7,Silom Road a surporter of him chucked a hand grenade in a bank in the middle of the day....Crazy.

We where also there for Chinese new year and was fantastic, We went on the Bangkok monorail to check out one of the largest markets and some major bargans was to be had in there although inside there was open sewers and it was as hot as a sauna, On our last night we went up to a famous Koh-sam road which is famous for backpackers and travellers so we had a mooch round there and a few beers and took in the night life and live music, we where typical Brits and at night before bed we went into the "duke of Wellington" which was styled like a English bar and had newspapers and had live music on for a quick sup before bed.


I was sad to leave a beautiful country and I am just pleased that I have had the chance to see the world, One day I hope to do the same again.

"Terrace Rumblings"

Blackpool vs Latics, 1980s

Wigan Blackpool again through Mesnes Park,Wigan

Bolton at Preston in the 1980's

Band of the day.

Local Band The Substitutes are a cover band from the Wigan Area, They originally did there own songs but have moved into covers and do gigs all around the Wigan area.

When I have seen them live they have always been top notch all the band members are excellent at there instruments and There main vocalist has an original voice.

This is what the band say about themselves on there myspace:

"the Substitutes are an outstanding Indie/Rock covers band from Wigan, England who formed in early 2008. The line up consists of Ste Gough (Lead Vocals), Jonathan Fox (Rhythm Guitar / Backing Vocals), Stu Andrews (Lead Guitar), Ben Ogden (Bass Guitar) and Josh Buckley (Drums). Formed from several bands which over the last 15 years have performed both their own original material and cover songs, The Substitutes now specialise in performing indie rock cover songs at private parties and weddings as well as being regulars on the North West pub circuit. The Substitutes play a catalogue of covers taking the audience from 1960s/70s rock like The Beatles, The Who & Led Zeppelin through 1990’s Indie tunes by bands like Oasis & The Stone Roses right up to modern Indie/Rock hits by bands like Kings Of Leon and Arctic Monkeys. They also boast the option of performing special requests as required. The band offer competitive prices for up to 2 x 45 minute sets of live music providing a full PA system and stage lighting, and can also “DJ” for the night on request.

Check them out and listen to some of there songs at http://www.myspace.com/thesubstitutesmusic

Or even better, If your in the Wigan area check out one of there gigs:

there next gig is at : The Waters Edge, Appley Bridge,Wigan on the 24th April. If your in the area get down there!

Sunderland vs Wigan Athletic

Latics go up to the Stadium of Light to face the mackems and also there former manager Steve Bruce who has apparantly been shopping at harrods while up there [ sic ]

We managed to scrap a 1-0 win against them when they played at the DW stadium early on in the season.
Melchiot is still out and kirkland is out with a collarbone injury still while there has been talks of it being MARTINEZ VS BRUCE etc...Martinez has tried to play it down by stating that its all about the players and points.

HEAD TO HEAD

SUNDERLAND: EPL: 1 DRAWS 1

LATICS: 5

LEAGUE: Sunderland: 3 Draws: 5 LATICS: 5

FA CUP: Sunderland: 0 Draws: 0 Latics: 1


so on that from i should be saying we should be heading towards a comfterble win but with latics and our current form i would say a 3-0 hammering is in store for us.

there is also a memorble incodent where a group of sunderland fans where "mud sliding" down the shevington end back at Springfield park..Will post a video up of when I get home i found it quite funny.

Latest Purchases....

Levis l/s check shirt





Uniqlo Windbreaker


All picked up from my recent trip down to the smoke.