Wigan 2-1 West Brom

By: Shaun | December 2nd, 2008

Hi, hope you and your team had a good weekend.

This Saturday, West Brom came to town and bought the fog with them. It was genuinely the worst fog i had seen in my life. Visibility was poor but in the stadium, you could make out the stand opposite. Just.

Having the flu like i did, and going to a match played in something like -2 degrees, isn’t a bright idea. When Wigan were trailing 1-0 after the hourmark, i considered throwing myself off the stand roof, i was that cold. I probably wouldn’t have felt a thing i was that numb!

The first half was pretty entertaining, considering the rubbish that Wigan fans have had to endure at home this season, but it remained 0-0 at the break. Camera somehow missed from 6 yards and West Brom had numerous chances on the break but couldn’t find that killer pass.

The second half was much better- and colder. Miller capitalised on a mistake by Titus Bramble (never!) and slid the ball past Kirkland in the Wigan goal. Cue some happy dancing in the stand by the 3,000 West Brom fans. It could well have been more, if the blockade that was Kirkland had not been there. I’ll be doing a blog this winter on why he should be England no.1.

After pressure from West Brom came to nothing, a mix up at the other end between Robinson and Carson (convieniently the names of two crap keepers) resulted in Camera acrobaticly spooning the ball into the net. Jubilation followed, and there was more to come as Boyce headed in a late winner in the 87th minute. Get in there lad! By now, frostbite had nearly killed me and somehow i managed to defrost over the weekend.

So there you have it, a victory in the freezing cold which jumped Wigan up the table to 9th. They lie 11th with a trip to Arsenal at the weekend their next game. But, hey, anythings possible. Gallas might even score for us.