Yard Dog

Ref was shite but Fylde were simply better than us today in every dept. We got a bit of momentum in the middle part of the season but faded badly. We're just not good enough.

Played very well and should've been able to see that game out. Don't know what Raglan was doing for their first? Waiting for the ref to blow?? Was it a pen for them? Either way, you can't let someone burst into your area like that and not expect to be in trouble. Liked that formation and line up even if it took a while to sink in that McGahey was right back and Lundstrum was on the right.

Didn't have the Internet in our house until about 2006! Could only look at Latics sites on the Internet occasionally at college and work but do remember the Canada site. Wasn't there an official message board as well around 2005/2006? Think I must have joined this forum fairly soon after it's inception and mad to think that was 17/18 years ago! Wasted a lot of time on this site at one point getting incredibly wound up by people like Oafc0000 and Corporal Jones. But there's been a lot of good posts and posters too over the years which has made this a top site and still something I look at fairly regularly. Well done to Matt and the admins.

How much longer is Norwood out for? And what's going on with Dallas and Walker? Finding out injury news these days (in the post Oldham Chron world) seems to be very difficult...

Have Kidderminster sold out their allocation?

Erm...Liverpool fans (who were all over the home ends).

Blackpool was always a game I looked out for late 90s and 00s. Seemed to be a lot of genuine dislike on both sides. We used to take loads to them and they always brought decent support to us in both numbers and noise.

Good feeling about today

Best way to get to Fulham by car? Would prefer to park on the outskirts and get tube/train in

Typical Latics. You're sat 1 nil up at home watching us play Exeter, up to 5th in the 'as it stands ' table...thinking that 'we aren't possibly going to lose against these' and 'get something out of the Carlisle and Vale games and will be cementing ourselves in the top'... Well.....

Whilst I think we officially had about 3,300 there, I wouldn't be surprised if it was actually more like 4,000 when you factor in all those in the home ends.

Been going on and off since 88, but unfortunately didn't get taken to the Sheff Weds match! However the Smith goal vs Everton was, for me, a real stand-out moment. I think the atmosphere created by us in the 20 mins or so before Smith scored was something I'd not seen at a home game for a long long time, if ever before. And when the goal came, to me it felt like the fans had really played a part in spurring the team on and getting us back on terms. I'd never really liked The Great Escape chant but it was great how it went on and on and on. Biggest league away following I've been part of was probably Wigan away in the Dowie era. Nearly 4k? Other than that probably the cup game at Anfield a few years ago.

It's crackin' t'flags up 'ere in Morecambe. Bit of a nip in the air, mind.

We hit a bad run of form just at the wrong time. But we deserved to go down. Needed a bit of steel in the team but unlucky with injuries to Gerrard etc. Not sure about the new owner. We seem to just be a shop window for loads of foreign players. Hope AL proves me wrong. Not sure I blame Wellens - we've got a squad of about 50 but just who did he a actually sign himself? Luck has run out this time.

Sad day. Grew up with the Chron in our house. I was smiling to myself the other day when my nine year old was reading up on Latics in the Chron whilst having his supper, just as I did as a 9 year old back in 1990. Only the stories were usually more interesting back then! Gutted for the staff. Thought Matt Chambers was a top reporter. How many miles must he have done this last 12 years following Latics?!