Wigan Athletic v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Can anyone settle a train discussion, did Wigan get a mention in KLFs grim up north ditty?

Yup, between Widnes and Leeds.

[auntiesledd]

Can anyone settle a train discussion, did Wigan get a mention in KLFs grim up north ditty?

It certainly did.

[auntiesledd]

being the 'far better team' would imply that we dominated those games, in reality we had 15 minutes of pressure at Brighton away and had nothing at Huddersfield once they went 1 up.

I can't comment about the Hudd game (as I didn't see it), but I went to the BHA match - & felt that we were certainly the better side over 90 mins. That said, I have to confess that I was just delighted to not bear witness to the hammering I had hitherto feared!

[Clampy]

There's been too many games this season where we have been far the better side and came out with only a point or nothing at all.

Other than Forest at home, I can't think of another example.

We were the better side a few times under RDM only to blow it by conceding a late goal.

[LukeJames]

Better side i'm not disputing, by far the better side im definately disputing.

[UK Redsox]

Can anyone settle a train discussion, did Wigan get a mention in KLFs grim up north ditty?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_Grim_Up_North#Locations

First verse
"Bolton, Barnsley, Nelson, Colne, Burnley, Bradford, Buxton, Crewe, Warrington, Widnes, Wigan, Leeds, Northwich, Nantwich, Knutsford, Hull, Sale, Salford, Southport, Leigh, Kirkby*, Kearsley, Keighley, Maghull, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Oldham, Lancs, Grimsby, Glossop, Hebden Bridge."

Note: "Kirkby" in Merseyside, is often misheard as "Derby"

Second verse]
"Brighouse, Bootle, Featherstone, Speke, Runcorn, Rotherham, Rochdale, Barrow, Morecambe, Macclesfield, Lytham St Annes, Clitheroe, Cleethorpes, the M62."

Third verse
"Pendlebury, Prestwich, Preston, York, Skipton, Scunthorpe, Scarborough-on-Sea, Chester, Chorley, Cheadle Hulme (could also be interpreted as the equally valid Cheadle, Hulme), Ormskirk, Accrington, Stanley (could also be interpreted as the football club, Accrington Stanley FC), Leigh, Ossett, Otley, Ilkley Moor, Sheffield, Manchester, Castleford, Skem (Skelmersdale), Doncaster, Dewsbury, Halifax, Bingley, Bramhall."

[UK Redsox]

Probably the only time that the teams that Villa and Bromsgrove were playing on the same day have appeared in the lyrics of a song

[UK Redsox]

Pedant alert...... It was released as 'The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu' rather than 'The KLF'

However, since they were the same people doing the same thing I don't really know why I'm posting this

[peter w]

Can anyone settle a train discussion, did Wigan get a mention in KLFs grim up north ditty?

This is like the old panini stickers

been to - got
not been to and no inclination to - need


First verse
"Bolton GOT, Barnsley GOT, Nelson NEED, Colne NEED, Burnley NEED, Bradford NEED, Buxton NEED, Crewe GOT, Warrington NEED, Widnes NEED, Wigan NEED, Leeds GOT, Northwich NEED, Nantwich NEED, Knutsford NEED, Hull GOT, Sale GOT, Salford GOT, Southport NEED, Leigh NEED, Kirkby NEED, Kearsley NEED, Keighley NEED, Maghull GOT, Harrogate NEED, Huddersfield NEED, Oldham GOT, Lancs GOT, Grimsby NEED, Glossop NEED, Hebden Bridge NEED."

Second verse
"Brighouse NEED, Bootle NEED, Featherstone NEED, Speke NEED, Runcorn NEED, Rotherham GOT, Rochdale GOT, Barrow GOT, Morecambe NEED, Macclesfield NEED, Lytham St Annes NEED, Clitheroe NEED, Cleethorpes NEED, the M62 GOT."

Third verse
"Pendlebury NEED, Prestwich NEED, Preston NEED, York NEED, Skipton NEED, Scunthorpe NEED, Scarborough-on-Sea NEED, Chester NEED, Chorley NEED, Cheadle Hulme  NEED, Ormskirk NEED, Accrington Stanley NEED Leigh NEED, Ossett NEED, Otley NEED, Ilkley Moor NEED, Sheffield GOT, Manchester GOT, Castleford GOT, Skem (Skelmersdale) GOT, Doncaster GOT, Dewsbury NEED, Halifax NEED, Bingley NEED, Bramhall NEED."

[The Edge]

Bruce on Radio:
We persevered and a bit of quality worked for us in the end however today above all it's the fans who won it for us today.

That's good of him to say but he never even acknowledged  us at the end. Pissed wet through but a win is a win. 5 clean sheets in 6 is an impressive stat  in anyone's language. In a pub full of villa in Wigan now so happy days all round

Why should he? He doesn't care if you're there or if you're not there. Honestly, did you contribute to the win? No, you didn't.

Quote from Steve Bruce after the game
" I have to say that the fans got us the result today"

Well???

[peter w]

Thing is I'm past being fist pumping, YEAH screaming, and promotion dreaming to the point that this win is just a relief that we haven't lost again as much as anything.

[UK Redsox]

Can anyone settle a train discussion, did Wigan get a mention in KLFs grim up north ditty?

This is like the old panini stickers

been to - got
not been to and no inclination to - need


First verse
"Bolton GOT, Barnsley GOT, Nelson NEED, Colne NEED, Burnley NEED, Bradford NEED, Buxton NEED, Crewe GOT, Warrington NEED, Widnes NEED, Wigan NEED, Leeds GOT, Northwich NEED, Nantwich NEED, Knutsford NEED, Hull GOT, Sale GOT, Salford GOT, Southport NEED, Leigh NEED, Kirkby NEED, Kearsley NEED, Keighley NEED, Maghull GOT, Harrogate NEED, Huddersfield NEED, Oldham GOT, Lancs GOT, Grimsby NEED, Glossop NEED, Hebden Bridge NEED."

Second verse
"Brighouse NEED, Bootle NEED, Featherstone NEED, Speke NEED, Runcorn NEED, Rotherham GOT, Rochdale GOT, Barrow GOT, Morecambe NEED, Macclesfield NEED, Lytham St Annes NEED, Clitheroe NEED, Cleethorpes NEED, the M62 GOT."

Third verse
"Pendlebury NEED, Prestwich NEED, Preston NEED, York NEED, Skipton NEED, Scunthorpe NEED, Scarborough-on-Sea NEED, Chester NEED, Chorley NEED, Cheadle Hulme  NEED, Ormskirk NEED, Accrington Stanley NEED Leigh NEED, Ossett NEED, Otley NEED, Ilkley Moor NEED, Sheffield GOT, Manchester GOT, Castleford GOT, Skem (Skelmersdale) GOT, Doncaster GOT, Dewsbury NEED, Halifax NEED, Bingley NEED, Bramhall NEED."

I've been to Warrington several times. Are you up for Swapsies ?

[peter w]

Yeah cool - Doncaster?

[Chris Jameson]

Got loads of those, have several hundred Harrogate swaps and would be more than happy to erase all memories of ever visiting Wigan.

[simon ward 50]

Got loads of those, have several hundred Harrogate swaps and would be more than happy to erase all memories of ever visiting Wigan.

Everyone check their "spotters book" then!