Progress With Unity Podcast #90: Pre-season prattling

Hey, you can't accuse *us* of 'phoning it in'...

Oh, look - the season starts a week on Saturday. Well, suppose we'd better start this thing up again, eh?

"But what will you talk about, seeing as there have been no competitive games?"

I dunno, probably biscuits again. Er... that Oreo Riera, he's pretty good, no?

Round the table this week: Barry, Gareth, Rob, Dan and Paul T

Progress With Unity Podcast #88: QPR Playoff review, end of season musings

(c)Kenta Cho/Bayo

Game over, man, gaaame ooover! What, just like that? One minute you're embroiled in a heated Championship playoff tie, the next you're planning the following month's summer trip to Wigan Beach. Sudden death football has a horrible habit of curtailing your podcast's season like that.

So to PWU 2014 swansong (as opposed to Jean song), the final episode of this campaign. But we shall see you in the summer for the World Cup Special! 'Til then, sayonara.

Around the table this week: Barry, Gareth, Rob, Dan and Paul T

Progress With Unity Podcast #87: Blackburn review, QPR playoffs preview

(c)Keitei at Wikipedia

Please welcome a brand new addition to the Progress With Unity Podcast team, one Ali 'Ballet' Al Habsi. You may well have heard of him - he's the guy that escorts chickens from Ewood Parks in his spare time. He's also going to be keeping two clean sheets on Friday and Monday... we hope.

Right, I think it's time to dive shoulders-deep into the mud, don't you?

In the studio this week: Barry, Gareth, Rob, Dan, Mick and Paul T (and Ali Al H)

Progress With Unity Podcast #84: Arsenal review, Reading and Burnley previews

Come on guys, cheer up. I can sympathise with your current grumpy mood, because losing on penalties is enough to turn the jolliest of football supporters into Charlie Brooker-style moansters. Not that the PWU Podcast team need such things to trigger heated debate on Latics-related subjects. Eee, Happy Easter!

Around the table this week: Barry, Gareth, Paul T, Dan and Mick

Progress With Unity Podcast #83: Leeds and Millwall reviews, and Another Wembley Special

Let the above image be the final reference to last week's fixtures. From half time in the Leeds game, our minds have been 200-odd miles away in a big stadium somewhere in the north west of London. But our bodies will rejoin our brains at The Wembleton soon enough, for the FA Cup Semi Final beckons. Bringiddon.

Around the table this week: Barry, Gareth, Rob, Dan, Mick and Paul T

Progress With Unity Podcast #82: Bolton and Leicester reviews, Leeds and Millwall previews

Just like Dave Whelan recently took control of Chonkin' Feckle for an early Cup Semi Final tune, Dan takes the reins for the Pre-Pre-Wembley Edition. Hey, you can't accuse us of being league-centric! Or perhaps you can, as we don't really talk *that* much about the Arsenal game. Just roll the tape, John...

In Studio PWU this week: Barry, Paul T, Dan, Rob and Gareth.

Progress With Unity Podcast #80: Ipswich and Yeovil reviews, Watford and QPR previews

Uh oh, is that the Latics emergency ambulance approaching? I wonder who's on the club doctor's ever-growing waiting list this week - perhaps one of the many supporters wounded by wayward shots? Perhaps Uwe hurt his foot kicking the changing room wall after a last-minute goal from Yeovil robbed Latics of a ninth straight victory? And will I ever end a sentence without a question mark? Answer: nope.

Around the table this week: Barry, Gareth, Rob, Dan, Mick and Paul T

Progress With Unity Podcast #78: Nottingham Forest Review, Man City and Sheffield Wednesday previews

Did you know that Wigan won the FA Cup with a 1-0 win over Manchester City last year? Well now you know the significance of this weekend's 'return leg' at the Etihad Stadium AKA The Colosseum. I've only one thing to say: where was Edgar Davids when we needed him? Should Sunday end with Wigan in the draw for the semis, it'll be time to draw up a petition to bring him back. We love you, Edgar!

In Studio PWU this week: Barry, Gareth, Rob, Dan, Mick and Paul T

Progress With Unity Podcast #77: Brighton review, Nottingham Forest preview

Pic courtesy Lionel Allorge

Don't be scared! That weird warbling noise is just the Progress With Unity Podcast team recording their weekly chat about bad refs with added cheesy Owen Coyle jokes. Thankfully there aren't many of the latter this week so listen in confidence... but watch out for the jump scares!

(Not really, we wouldn't subject you to such horrors.)

This week's phantom flan flingers: Barry, Gareth, Rob and Dan

Progress With Unity Podcast #76: Cardiff and Barnsley reviews, Brighton preview

Have Latics really played 43 matches this season? We might not be able to sell the television advertising space of a Premier League club, but at least we get to see more football, which, after all, is what being a fan is all about.

(Stares at Premier League table longingly.)

This edition is something of a covert Coyle post-Valentine's love-in, so the hardcore Roslerites may want to cover their ears.

In Studio PWU this week: Barry, Gareth, Paul T, Dan and Mick

Progress With Unity Podcast #75: Huddersfield and Sheffield Wednesday reviews, Cardiff and Barnsley previews

Ready your provisions! There's a lot to rifle through this week - two match reviews, two previews and exclusive interviews... all on the day of the Uwe Rosler/Jonathan Jackson fansites' forum! It's probably a good idea for me to stop wafflin' so you can get listenin'.

Oh yeah, and the full Rosler chat is coming soon. Keep thine eyes, ears and bananas peeled.

In the studio this week: Dan, Mick, Rob, Gareth and Paul
On location at Christopher Park: Barry and Greg

Progress With Unity Podcast #74: Charlton review, Huddersfield and Sheffield Wednesday previews

Tch, flipping typical. As the Progress With Unity 'casters emerged from the team coach to record this latest edition, irate passers-by cast rotten fruit in their general direction. See, Dan, this is what happens when you correctly predict a scoreline! Oh dear, the streams have been crossed...

If you aren't a fan of semi-obscure references, let's just say you probably won't want another hot dog after listening to this episode. At the very least, be sure to finish your tea first.

In the studio this week: Barry, Gareth, Dan, Kathryn, Greg, Mick and Rob

Progress With Unity Podcast #73: Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough review, Charlton preview

I had been searching my local supermarket for this new-fangled liquid football Alan Partridge keeps talking about, sadly to no avail. Turns out all I had to do was head down to the DW Stadium on Saturday for the Palace game. Ah-haaah!

Also this week, the 'Boro game is briefly discussed, while the coming weekend's feast of footy is given significant column inches. Or, in the case of the PWU Podcast, airtime.

Waitaminute... that's *Bobby* in the picture - wrong Charlton! I need to pay more attention during these podcasts.


Around the table this week: Barry, Gareth, Rob, Dan, Mick, Helena, Greg and Paul

Progress With Unity Podcast #72: Doncaster review, Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough previews

To all the fans taking to the Wigan highways for Saturday's showdown with Crystal Palace, remind yourself how lucky you are *not* to be on Chris Rea's Road to Hell. For an extra Owen Coyle-esque point, have the tune playing on your radio as you trundle along to Stade DW. For three, get that PWU Podcast on your generic tablet PC!

In the house this week: Barry, Gareth, Rob, Dan, Paul T, Mick and Greg

Progress With Unity Podcast #70: MK Dons review and replay preview, Bournemouth preview

For the benefit of those listening while tiling their kitchen, this week's episode of the PWU Podcast is presented in crystal clear crackle Dodgy Digital Tin Can Sound where available.

Dare I mention the 'magic' of the FA Cup again? Yes, because we might not be able to do so after next week. So here goes: theFACupisthegreatestthingeverandyoushouldloveit... etc.

In the studio this week: Barry, Paul T, Gareth, Dan, Greg, Mick and Rob

Progress With Unity Podcast #69: Birmingham, Burnley and Derby review, MK Dons preview

January already? Uh oh, the season starts here so it's time for the Progress With Unity team to take it all seriously again. Hahah, fat chance o' that! Welcome to a whole new year of irrelevance and irreverence with the PWU Podcast, still the most popular Wigan Athletic fan podcast on the web.

(Well, it's the only Latics fan podcast but don't tell anyone!)

Around the table this week: Barry, Greg, Gareth, Paul T and Dan

Progress With Unity Podcast #62: Huddersfield review, Rubin Kazan and Yeovil previews

Does it seem cold to you? I'll go and put the heating on while you load up the latest edition of the Progress With Unity Podcast, full of the usual nonsense such as refereeing incompetence and Owen Coyle's choice of shorts. And if that sounds par for the 'cast, believe me... well, it is. Hmm.

In the studio this week: Barry, Greg, Gareth, Mick, Rob, Dan, Paul T and Kathryn

Progress With Unity Podcast #61: Ed Jones Interview Special

It's interview time again! Somehow, the Progress With Unity Podcast has managed to con Wigan Athletic Head of Media Ed Jones into participating in an informal chat about setting cars afire, Peppa Pig and househunting with Svetoslav Todorov. Really.

Chatting with Ed Jones: Barry and Dan

Progress With Unity Podcast #60: Blackpool review, Rubin Kazan and Charlton previews

Following a less-than-satisfactory day by the seaside, the Progress With Unity Podcast team bemoan their inability to rent a donkey on Blackpool beach before powering through a couple of high profile match previews. Or so the final edit would suggest... if you ever attend one of our recording sessions, you'll know it's a lot more chaotic than that.

Ne'er mind, for Europe beckons once more. To the DW- er, Wigan Athletic Stadium!

In the studio this week: Barry, Gareth, Rob, Paul T and Dan

Progress With Unity Podcast #56: Zulte Waregem, Ipswich and Man City reviews; Watford preview

An extremely busy week for the Progress With Unity Podcast regulars has seen them clock up a combined total of almost four miles. I'm not sure what happened to the other 500 or so, probably still riding around aimlessly on one of those 2 Euro Bruges buses.

Back in the croissant-less U.S. of K, Wigan's equally arduous trip to Robin Park was sweetened by an unexpected 2-0 victory. We shall gloss over the performance, and indeed the glorified friendly at the COMS on Tuesday evening in favour of an in-depth look at this weekend's contest with Watford.

In Beech Hill Book Cycle this week: Barry, Rob, Gareth, Dan, Paul K, Greg, Paul T and Mick.