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A trip down Memory Lane with Ken Dugdale
Just recently I have found myself in correspondence with former Wigan Athletic player Ken Dugdale. I eventually managed to persude him to write a few paragraphs about his time at Springfield Park. He was
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The Non League memories of Mick Worswick (part four)
PART FOUR – MICK’S MANAGERS The final part of my chats and e-mails with Mick. He speaks with great affection of the managers he worked under, giving a unique insight as to what life
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The Non League memories of Mick Worswick – (part three)
PART THREE – MICK TALKING ABOUT LATICS NON LEAGUE CUP RUNS AND WAYNE ROONEY This section of an extended interview with Mick was done via e-mail during Latics’ second season as a Premier League
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The Non League memories of Mick Worswick- (part two)
PART TWO – MICK AND HIS TEAM MATES! Here, Mick continues to regale TNS visitors with some of his memories of playing for Latics in the non league days. I thought this would be
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The Non League memories of Mick Worswick (part one)
The non-league memories of Mick Worswick – A Latics Legend PART ONE – MICK’S FOOTBALLING JOURNEY. About five years ago Mick kindly agreed to recall some of his football memories for the old YOTAC
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Springfield Park : Three more teams and all time stadium records (part three)
WIGAN UNITED FC (again!), WIGAN ASSOCIATION FC AND WIGAN BOROUGH FC In November 1919, just over a year after the war had ended, a new club was formed. Wigan United Football Club (no link
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WIGAN COUNTY FC Several weeks prior to a ‘grand athletics and cycling festival’ that opened the new Springfield Park stadium, Wigan County FC announced that they would be playing two practice matches, one would
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Springfield Park : The building of Springfield Park (part one)
On Wednesday 20th January 1897 work began on a new sports stadium to cater for several sports in the Wigan area. The name of the new ground was to be Springfield Park. At 2.30pm
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Early Latics : Wigan Athletic – The dream begins – (1932/33)
THE START OF THE DREAM (SEASON 1932/33) … Just two months after Wigan Borough’s demise a band of men met in the Pagefield Hotel on Park Road and discussed the possibility of forming another
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