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Send us a textA large part of this week's podcast is dedicated to the legend that is Bobby Campbell who sadly passed away on Tuesday.Paul Firth, the author of Bobby's footballing biography joins us to celebrate his career reminiscing about his time at both the Latics and Bradford City.We take a look ahead to the game on Saturday away at Barnsley, hopefully we can pull a result out of the bag.Timecodes0:00 Sombre intros0:30 God Bless Bobby Campbell & don't leave your car at Springfield Park4:00 Interview with Paul Firth, Bobby's biographer 9:00 ''Best money I ever spent'' -- Mathias, & don't spit on the opponents! 14:00 Everybody wants a 20-goal-a-season striker, & fancy a throat lozenge, Bobby? 21:00 ''Some characters live on after death'' -- Barry24:30 No Slade this Xmas (hah) & Caldwell open to managerial offers28:00 More befuddlement over Gaz's sacking31:00 Barnsley preview with more reffing annoyance & form guide (33

Send us a textWhat a terrible start to Warren Joyce's reign as the boss of Wigan Athletic.Two goals down inside the first six minutes and a display as bad as we've given for a couple of seasons, just what happened there?A manager must wear a suit. No, he can wear a tracksuit, shorts and socks or even a tutu if he gets the results coming in, what's your opinion?Will Grigg, just what is going on there?This week there appears to be more questions than answers.Timecodes0:00 Chilly intros1:00 Reading is fun sometimes. Or should that be 'Redding', Otis? (Reading review) 2:40 The Return of Si's Off The Terrace report 9:00 'Shortsman II' Joyce = a coach, not a manager? 16:00 Le Fondre > Grigg? And Joyce is another Malky? 21:30 Backroom blues - will they go? 24:00 ''Get Grigg back!''29:00 D. Whelan's Thanksgiving present33:00 Barnsley mini-preview sponsored by the East Dean Club (sp?) 34:00 Walking (Not Running) Football New 36:00 Barry's testimo

Send us a textGreat win away at Cardiff on Saturday, Adam gives us the low down on what went down including tales of Swansea fans in the Latics end, we're their second team now apparently.Talking of seconds, Warren Joyce will be the second Latics boss this season and were only in November, the 2nd, lots of 2's there. Will he be bringing anyone with him from United? We speculate!Reading on Saturday, Ali Al Habsi will be back, but we have Adam Le Fondre to counter that, grab a listen to the preview.We finish off with a congratulations to the new Mr and Mrs Conroy.Timecodes0:00 Managerless intros1:10 Bluebirds v Blues review with Statman's enhanced stat pack4:00 The Latics-Swansea Alliance & 'enhanced' stoppage time specification9:00 Barrow: Manager of the Week & Caldwell shockwaves15:00 Welcome Warren Joyce, the (other) shorts-wearing former Boltoner17:00 New backroom boys? And a new documentary starring David Perkins and Paul Scholes24:00 Reading preview with 1,000,001 (well, 3

Send us a textThe big news this week is Latics boss Gary Caldwell getting the chop after a poor start to the new campaign, just 2 wins in the first 14 games was enough of a reason for Sharpey to wield the axe.The boss is sacked, long live the boss, but just who will that be? Lots of names on the bookies list but not much quality.We have a game to review, Brighton, and one to preview, Cardiff.Talking of Brighton, our very own Adam received a bit of stick from the Seagulls defender Shane Duffy via twitter, Duffy should learn to 'use' the English language correctly before making a complete idiot out of himself, ewes fool Duffy!Timecodes:0:00 Duckin' painful intros2:00 Right on Brighton review with flatulent Statman (Flatman?) & Off The Terrace5:00 Welcome Yanic Jr, and a standing ovation10:00 The mystery of the disallowed goal - SOLVED17:00 Adam vs Shane Duffy: Social Media War Round 121:00 Captain Cald sent away for good! Right or wrong? 25:00 A secretive sacking? And where's Griggsy? 35

Send us a textThis week's podcast starts with a review of the Burton Albion game, poor, poor and poor. Not the best day at the office for the Latics.Next up and it's a great point earned away at Leeds United, ''a game plan was in place'' and what a difference it made, snatching a draw so late in the game, it almost feels like a win.Brighton are in town on Saturday, they're riding high and on a good roll, but as our preview bears out we are all optimistic, they have to lose sometime.This episode finishes off with a plug for the sport that is getting older lads to put down their trowels, take off their slippers and get back on the pitch, Walking Football, it's the future and it is available now, right here in Wigan.Timecodes0:00 Elvis ate my neighbours! And poetic intros.1:00 Nazi space planes! And Burton review with Si's Off The Terrace report.5:00 Referee in 'sunglasses at night' shock! And the Burton game was pap.7:00 'Agnes' le Fondre bribery!

Send us a textThe international break's not half taken its toll, the stop start season is quite frustrating for us lovers of league football.Did anyone watch the internationals?Burton are in town on Saturday, Jackson Irvine is banging their goals in and they look a decent side, or do they? Nigel Clough is no Jimmy Floyd and just what we'll get from them is anyone's guess.Leeds United away on Tuesday, £35 a ticket and a referee that hands out red cards like Pizza Shop menus, they're in good form and this will be a toughie, but we did stump Brentford.AFC Wimbledon have overtaken MK Dons in Football League standings for the first time, one for the true spirit of football.Timecodes:0:00 'Nothing to discuss here' intros2:30 Skip to the Burton preview! With NEW comedy duo Max & Perks6:00 Statman stat pack: Burton12:00 "No Clough imprint" and beard injuries16:00 Luke Garbutt rolling on?19:00 Carefully considered Burton predictions with Si's Oddschecker23:30 'Ludi

Send us a textThis week's pod comes in the lead up to the international break and we have a full crew as none of us are away on international duty.First up, what a point! A superb result away at high scoring Brentford, a goalless draw, have we turned a defensive corner? Who knows. What is going on with Captain Morgan? Again, who knows.We had a behind closed doors friendly earlier this week.Championship manager sackings, Allardyce-gate and dirty goings on, come on Mick spill the beans.Timecodes:0:00 Non-buzzing intros 2:00 Brantford chat including elongated stats3:00 PWU hearts DB (Dan Burn) & YW (Yawning Wildshots)7:30 Mailbag: Morgan on the periphery? 14:00 Mick's pilgrimage to St Holt's birthland15:30 Thinternational break with the White Stripes17:30 Sacking season: Preston strike again21:00 £ntry corrupt£d~! FFF22:00 Owen's transfer u-turn & naive veterans27:00 Pro sport: ''Everything has a price'' & reskilling sawker players33:00 Odelusi scored?! And Bur

Send us a textThis week's pod welcomes back statman from his trip to love land with his good lady, there is a certain glow about him that can only be described as 'afterglow'.Chatting about a defeat away at your local rivals isn't always the best way to get an evening of fun underway, but we do our best.Definitely a game of two parts, part of us went to Deepdale, the other part watched on Sky, same result though, we lost and, despite having the lion's share of possession couldn't find a way through the Preston defence.A different story on Tuesday though, what a difference a win makes, much more buoyant about the team, well we are out of the bottom three.Team selection, dives or pens, Perkins, Power and soft goals all discussed, plus the Will Grigg affair!Brentford on Saturday and the crew give their thoughts on the trip, I must say we aren't too positive about our chances and there was I thinking we'd turned a corner!Contact PWU Podcast Tweet us @PWUPodcast or @Worthin

Send us a textBarry, Simon, Rob and Adam are in the studio this week and PNE supporter Nick Myres meets up for a chat about Friday night's game.We start this week off with Si's 'off the terrace' report from Saturday's goalless draw with Fulham at the DW, a game we should have won.There were some good performances in the game and praise where praise is due. Nathan Byrne made his home debut coming on for the injured Alex Gilbey and playing an hour.Friday sees the Latics travel 15 miles up the M6 for a televised meeting with Preston and we have a chat with North End fan Nick about the fixture, Preston's form and, despite the fact that they have hit 14 goals so far this season, the fact that they just can't score!Si and Barry have a report about what went on at the latest Fans Advisory Board meeting on Tuesday at the DW, from programmes to open days to free away travel, but no mention of goal music or Chicken Balti pies. Timecodes:0:00 Empty seat intros1:20 ''Barn door

Send us a textBarry, Mick, Rob and Adam (P) are in the studio this week and are joined on the phone by Fulham supporter Dan Crawford of HammyEnd.com fame.As you can imagine there is a lot to discuss, Si's Sheffield Wedensday 'Off The Terrace' sets the tone as he pulls no punches.Talk soon switches to the defeat at Norwich and in particular the first goal, what was going on there?It's not all doom and gloom though as the second half performance and the introduction of both Yanic Wildschut and Nathan Byrne proved that there is a strong attacking threat in the team.Next we are joined by Dan from Fulham for a low down on Saturday's opponents and he gives us some hope ahead of the fixture, despite the fact that we haven't beaten the Cottagers in our last 15 attempts!We sign off with a look ahead to the next ten games, there is a belief that we will come out of this coming sequence with a few points under our belts, well we hope!Timecodes:0:00 PG rated intros1:30 Sheff Wed autopsy incl

Send us a textThis week's podcast crew are Barry, Mick, Adam, Simon and Gareth.We kick off proceedings with a report from Si about his experiences at Salford City last Saturday when he took advantage of the fact we had no game and visited possibly the most famous non-league club in the country at the moment to see what all the hype is about.Next up is a quick nod to the Wigan 10K runners and riders from last Sunday, great event as usual.Loan watch, Ryan Colclough at MK Dons and Sanmi Odelusi at Rochdale, well I never.The Sheffield Wednesday and Norwich City previews are up next with ref watch and previous encounters, Gareth also has some good stats about both of our upcoming opponents.Timecodes:0:00 Thumbing and strumming intros1:00 BONUS: The Non League Day high life with 'Salford' Simon7:00 A great message from Bobby Campbell & Barry's Wigan 10k run13:00 Transfer window wrap-up: Kaiyne Woolery, Andy Delort20:00 International Breakdown: Bobby's Belgium - what a bench22:00 Sheffie

Send us a textThis week's podcast is recorded on transfer deadline day and an excited bunch we areBefore we get down to the comings and goings there is the QPR game to discuss, what a strange formation we played and what an equally strange decision to play Max Power at right back.In and outs are looked at, we have had a busy window and once again a large turnover of playing staff, but for the better? Well we seem to feel so.Timecodes:0:00 Up and running with the Wigan 10k 2:30 QPR review with Simon Gregory's Off the Terrace report (4:00)9:00 Wasteful Latics: a rant by who?13:00 Those disallowed goals UNCOVERED18:00 PWU Transfer Deadline Day news ticker20:00 Is the Championship ready for Morsy (& Colclough)?25:00 Who else should go? & 28:00 Welcome Adam Le Fondre31:00 The Billion Pound Window & 'The Human Tampon'36:30 Where's the M. Bition money gone?40:00 A good window?45:00 Last words: FAB postponed & new fanzines out soonContact PWU Podcast Tweet us @PWUPodcast or @

Send us a textPodcast time again folks, we start off with news about the FAB meeting in September, have your say and apply today!Extended stats of the Forest game, courtesy of Gareth, Si's Off The Terrace report and Gary Caldwell's ridiculous defending critique give us plenty to chew over, and chew we do.Tim Chow off? Callum Paterson coming in? Will Grigg withdrawing (or not)?Vladimir Stojkovic or Richard Kingson, who's bad?A lot more to get stuck into.QPR are in town on Saturday, we take a look at the opponents, match referee and odds for the game.We finish off with a look back at the Olympics in a bit of a strange way. Go! GB, Go!Timecodes0:00 Intros hijacked by FAB1:30 Forest review hijacked by Si's Off The Terrace report (3:00)4:20 Listener Question of the Week: Yanic at wing back?11:30 ''We need to wake up'' - Caldwell, and Dan Burn feels the burn (13:00)23:00 RefWatch: If we lose he's rubbish24:00 PWU Sports Snooze transfer deadline ticker30:00 Contradiction

Send us a textWhat a seven days since the last PWU Podcast, two games, four goals, four points and three new signings, including the return of the one, the only Jordi Gomez.We set this week of with a look back at the Blackburn game, lots to talk about, goals, performances, Nick Powell in particular.Birmingham is next up, again absolutely tons to get through, goals, off sides, penalties, officials, performances, stats – 71% possession, Luke Burke looking good again, Warnock and Powell outstanding.New signings, Shaun MacDonald, Luke Garbutt and Jordi Gomez, is that it or will there be more? We have a bit of gossip, well it's sort of, well it's speculation, but there is a name and he is a striker.We finish off with a Nottingham Forest preview, looking forward to a good game at the City Ground, hopefully we will get our away days up and running with a positive result.Timecodes:0:00 Wonderful World of Latics intros0:40 WIN: Blackburn review with Si's Off The Terrace report (1:00)5:00 The roasting of

Send us a textTwo games into the new season and two 2-1 defeats. Similar start to the last campaign and look how that turned out!Quite a bit going on this episode, we have a review of Bristol City to start with, including ref watch and off the terrace report.Ins and outs at the club, things are starting to happen.Do you know we haven't won a game in the League Cup since September 2012? That fact didn't change this week with defeat at Oldham, Will Grigg got his season opener, Jake Buxton got a red card and Simon gave us another off the terrace report.We have a Blackburn preview, there is a rant about season tickets and we finish off with a quick look forward to the visit of Birmingham on TuesdayTimecodes:0:00 Roll up for the fairground intros1:00 Surprisingly chirpy Bristol City review with 2:00 Si's Off The Terrace report10:00 Don't Luke Burke in Anger: the jump from academy to first team17:30 Utter Bullbutter of the Week: Morsy to Scunny & settling the squad21:50 The world's grea

Send us a textA brand new season, a new division but the same old podcast, well we've got to keep some continuity.Back off our hols, batteries recharged and raring to go, the crew are in the studio looking forward to an exciting nine months, come what may.We have a preseason review, a chat about the new players and a bit of transfer gossip.We look forward to the opening game at Bristol City and discuss the fact that there will be professional, full time match officials this season in the Championship, hopefully we will see an improvement in the standard of referees.Timecodes: 0:00 Simmerin' intros1:00 Fashionista Corner: best set of kits in the league?2:00 Pre-season: you didn't miss anything7:30 Fresh-faced freshmen: new signings11:30 Welcoming Rob to the Ball and Chain Club14:30 Transfer bullsh- er, gossip21:20 Outgoings: Pearce, Grigg?30:00 Season preview: Perkins, slow starts, spine of the team?41:30 Yanic Under the Mick-roscope45:00 Games we're most looking forward to46:20 Bristol Cit

Send us a textBits and bats from last seasons pods....this is part three or so I believeContact PWU Podcast Tweet us @PWUPodcast or @WorthingtonBaz email barryworthington@hotmail.com Catch us at the game Editor & Producer - Barry Worthington©Progress With Unity Podcast

Send us a textJoin us for a pre Euro special.We start off with a bit of Latics gossip and then it's into the Euro's.Latics latest rumours, Alex Gilbey, Nick Powell and that's about it, Walking Football cup final report, new kit - it's just a kit, and do we need a new keeper?We take a look at the Euro's, favourites and also rans, where do England fit into that and we finish off with a bit of Vindaloo is on fire your arse is terrifiedContact PWU Podcast Tweet us @PWUPodcast or @WorthingtonBaz email barryworthington@hotmail.com Catch us at the game Editor & Producer - Barry Worthington©Progress With Unity Podcast

Send us a textWell that is it, the season is over and we have certainly exorcised the ghost of Malky Mackay with such a triumphant return to the Championship.The future is bright, but the end song of this week's podcast is, well I will leave that description to you the discerning listener, just remember it was written, and sung, without the slightest bit of seriousness.Contact PWU Podcast Tweet us @PWUPodcast or @WorthingtonBaz email barryworthington@hotmail.com Catch us at the game Editor & Producer - Barry Worthington©Progress With Unity Podcast

Send us a textWhat a season, what a team, what an away day at Blackpool, are we the League One Champions, oh yes.A very buoyant podcast crew talk around the excellent trip to Blackpool, four goals and jubilant celebrations as the Latics sealed their promotion and the League One title, barring a miracle, at Bloomfield Road.What a season, but who is our player of the season, the crew are split!An announcement of the latest Latics legend to join the Joseph's Goal team to face the Dutch Masters at Ashton Town, and what a legend he is.Barnsley on Saturday, the Tykes have everything to play for we have everything in the bag, a hard one to predict.One of our crew members has a special birthday coming up on Monday, yes you Adam, it's party time.Contents: Intro from 3,000 Latics fans (0:00); rockin' Blackpool review (0:55) including singing the stats (1:30), the phantom penalty (3:30), Si's Off The Terrace report (7:30) and auf geht's sloshed (14:00); PWU Player of the Season Awards (17:30) wi