The Pie at Night Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Pie at Night Podcast
A podcast that's full of agenda driven nonsense from assorted miscreants and fanzine sorts, by Wigan Athletic fans, for Wigan Athletic fans and any one else we can get hold of.
Listen as we take a semi regular journey through the minds of fans for who them men on the pitch are, more often than not, a secondary consideration in their "Matchday experience" and are as likely to be found sourcing craft ales and artisan dried meats than chasing transfer rumours.
WARNING: At least some of the football chat may be made up.
In which Jimmy and Chris sneak off to Melton Mowbray in the hope that a dirty afternoon away might resurrect the passion in tPAN's relationship with podcasting. Contains pies and football, but not necessarily in the preferable amounts.
Episode 81, in which the lads toss off (a pancake) and knock out a quick one (podcast). Jimmy, Alan, Chris and Luke do the Hokey Cokey with Shaun Maloney’s first four games, go to pieces in the broken biscuit barrel and wonder what Latics’ squad are giving up for Lent before wrapping up with a couple ofHymns, well, songs with a religious bent. As always, contains way too much football, but at least there’s less than an hour of it
In which the lads end the longest accidentally break in podcasting history to talk about revisionist music tastes, subjects they should be teaching at school these days and avoid the elephant in the room, although they do go on about Latics, managerial appointments and what Liam Richardson ever did for us. Contains way too much football and not enough swearing
In which Jimmy, Alan, Chris and Luke come out of their post-Christmas detox to talk camels, pies, snapbacks, DNA and too much football.
In which Jimmy, Alan, Ian and Luke are again joined by The Paris Angel, BarcaJim and Mr John Coyne in an attempt to look at the best stuff of 2020 and things, as you can imagine, things start to unravel fairly quickly. You're our best effin mate, you are.
Jimmy, Alan, Ian and Luke are again joined by Macca, BarcaJim and John Coyne for more festive fun and games, that don't quite go to plan. What more could you want to make your yuletide skip along merrily than a convoluted theme, football(ish) chat and seven chaps slowly slipping into inebriation? It’s like every family do you’ve ever been to, except it’s not.
In which Jimmy, Alan, Ian and Luke are joined by three ghosts of podcasts past to welcome in the festive period and give a nod towards Christmases past, present and yet to come. Join us on the first, and definitely most sober, of our three-part Christmas special as we try to avoid talking about Jimmy’s elephant in the room and Luke’s drink choices by finding out what our guests, and their football teams, have been up to in lockdown.
In which Jimmy, Alan, Chris and Luke try to cut through the "Fake News" of the takeover, celebrate Halloween in true TPAN style (i.e. over a fortnight late) by revealing some skeletons from their closets and then try and find us a new Centre Half for Saturday afternoon because we could really do with a clean sheet.
In which Jimmy, Alan, Chris, Ian, Luke and Sean get together like giddy school kids after two months off coming in to find they've got a cool new teacher. Or something.
Find out exactly who our new owners are, whether we're capable of working out who are most handsome defenders of all time are and whether there's anything else to talk about at the moment (SPOILER - probably).
Two hours of the usual banging on about stuff and nonsense that, maybe, contains too much bloody football.
Still socially distanced and fighting the internet postcode boundaries, Jimmy returns to the podcast to talk about important stuff like what he's doing on his summer holidays and which Wigan Athletic goalkeeper was the most handsome. Because there's nothing else to talk about... for nearly two hours.
With Alan still in the driving seat, is it any wonder that he, Chris, Ian and Dylan take a meandering journey through current events at Latics. As well as our usual, ill-informed football opinions, we take team to lift the lid on Dylan's attempts to become Wigan's very own Poirot
Alan, Chris, Ian and Luke mourn Jimmy's absence by talking about... well you can probably guess
Locked down at home and locked out of the ground, Jimmy, Alan, Chris, Ian and Luke catch up with Huddersfield Town, and WN6er, Tim to try and get in the mood for the return of f... so... foot... erm that thing we used to have were people run about, cry and sometimes kick balls at each other
Socially distant and socially awkward, with all that's going on, you'd think they'd have nothing to say, you'd probably be right. Jimmy, Alan, Chris, Ian and Luke zoom in to talk shite about all the important things in life.
"You do realise there's no football on?"
"It's just an excuse to lock yourself in the dining room and drink beer, isn't it?"
"You do know that no one is going to listen to four blokes drinking beer and talking about nothing, don't you?"
Jimmy, Alan, Chris and Luke get together by the magic and mystery of the internet to... well, we won't spoil the surprise.
In which Jimmy, Alan and Chris play the three Masketeers and brave (computer) viruses to get some content back on the internet. Contains as much moaning about illness as it does football, which isn’t as bad as it might sound.
In which Jimmy, Alan, Chris and Luke talk around the elephant in the room waiting for someone to scream "COOK OUT". There's New Year's resolutions. Made up stats, TV and Brexit flavoured train tapas. Oh, and V... A... effin R.
Of course there's way too much football.
In which Jimmy, Alan, Chris and Ian ignore the fact that IT'S NOW XMAS to moan like billyho about the current state of affairs at Latics as well as asking THE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS like "name a worse substitute than Kal Naismith" (sorry Kal, it's not you, it's us)
In which Jimmy, Alan, Chris and Ian vie for your votes, in more than one way. We catch up on all things Latics, as well as allowing us some flights in the cause of #content. We really do need to get back to the pub.
In which Jimmy, Alan and Ian chat shit for hours (ish) whilst Chris catches 40 winks in his Yorkshire bolthole. As well as catching up with the international week and all things Latics, we finish off our chat with Mark Hayes as he runs through his time as Ashton Town chairman.
In which Jimmy, Alan, Chris and Ian get together by skype in a vain attempt to pull something together that is worthy of the second part of our interview with Mark Hayes, in which he talks about Joseph's Goal and a few other things besides.
In which Jimmy, Alan and Ian schlep over to Rugby country to chat with latics fan, amateur football chairman, landlord and charity fund raiser extraordinaire, Mark Hayes.
In which we sneak an interloper into town under the cover of darkness and under the pretence of doing a football podcast to talk takeovers and takeaways; council teas; Celtic and Catalonia and the FA Cup. There's Latics in there too.
In which the team, unaware of the impending 'news' steam ahead with no takeover chat. Features the fourth and fifth pints of the evening, checkatrade trophy previews, more beetroot, centre half chat, our reviews of the Gillingham game and a SERIOUS attempt to discuss the musical merits of 1991. "What did I say Roy?"... "It was shit Barbara".
In which four of us dodge a diplomatic incident that Dylan can’t avoid to sit around and talk about the sort of things that football fans (like us) talk about in an international window. From ‘how shit are Latics?’ to ‘how shit is beetroot?’ with a few Scott Green influenced stops in between.
In which Jimmy, Alan and Chris take the knee and make a welcome return to The Northern Beer Temple to talk DIPAs, Gozes and football. We ask whether the wheels have fallen off Latics' season, whether Eric Nixon, Scott Green and Gary Roberts deserve a place alongside Don Cowie and whether it's ok to put our big coat on. Amongst other nonsense.
In which we return to the Royal Oak to find the lads slightly more oiled, even more hemmed in by prosecco princesses and ready to talk transfers, summer jobs,TV, food disasters, return to the #WAFC Room 101 and maybe even some football as well. THIS WEEK'S EPISODE IS TOTALLY SQUIRREL FREE
In which Chris returns to the fold to brave payday and prosseco night at the Royal Oak and Alan manages to press Rec & Play at the same time, just about.
In which Jimmy, Luke, Ian and Alan are joined by Oldham fan Neil Tague and the internet gets the better of our attempts to look (and sound) like a slick outfit. WARNING - contains football chat
In which the lads abandon Jimmy, Alan and Ian to cobble together a podcast from pre-season friendlies and pop-tarts. Possibly features the penultimate entries into the emporium of shite, maybe.
In which we return from our summer sabbatical for a pre-season friendly of a podcast, taking in Liverpool, the Cookie Monster, Selina Gomez and some real tripe in the Emporium of Sh*te, letter T, before nailing our FA Cup allegiances to the mast of the good ship Pie at Night.
It's good to be back
In which we go out, drink beer, eat burgers, then talk shite on the way home. WARNING, contains some football, a bit of politics and lots and lots of rambling.
In which we give up talking shite about anything to talking shite about Latics in the sake of drawing a line under the season, saving ourselves for the summer and charity. We're joined by Paul Kendrick to talk about the Latics legend game and much, much more. Which is our way of saying we failed to come in under an hour AGAIN!
In which we get back to what we're best at. Drinking and talking shite in somewhere where we need to speak up to be heard properly. Features. football, interruptions and, to be honest, five blokes ignoring the fact that Wigan have got relegated and having a good time. What you going to do about it?
In our custodian special, where we discuss other players who got picked and shouldn't have for obscure reasons, why we have had a disproportionate number of BAD keepers whose surname begins with N, who is going to be foolish enough to be our next manager, Reading things and under what circumstances it is acceptable for GROWN MEN to cry at football matches
In which we celebrate an Unhappy 1st Birthday with a Pork Pie Birthday 'Cake', we talk Easter Eggs or just Chocolate eggs if you're an infidel, a world of pain, and John Coyne throws Pat McGibbon down a well, despite him being "a lovely bloke." Oh and we give up hope but have a NEW MANAGER EXCLUSIVE. (Maybe?!)
In which the lads talk about players who we should've signed, reflect on the Villa game and recent goings on at Latics, nominate the Caption competition shortlist, and then do a bad job of discussing; sitcoms, telly in general, the international break and Ipswich.
In which things get so bad that the selection of a Radiohead song goes without comment. Features depression, too much football and us putting together a band. Oh and find out whether David Lee makes the emporium of shite running.
in which we ignore THE WERLD CUP FINAL, Kilford and Kilbane, and talk about all the other K's, Racehorses, some music and maybe some Latics, who knows...
In which the podcast reaches the age of consent, Jimmy kicks off with an official retraction and things come to an abrupt end as the lads rush off to a football match. Contains more football than we'd like, but you know...
In which the usual mob are joined by Brentford fan for a "quick podcast" to talk turnarounds, cup tickets, breakfasts, "hole in my bucket" lists and, erm Brentford whilst abandoning any hope of getting to those "snappy half hour podcasts" that our marketing department are so keen on...
In which the lads are joined by the Don Corelone of the Martinez Mafia, Mr Sean Livesey to chew over the left over turkey and celebrate a Latics win, whilst returning their unwanted christmas gifts and finally finding some Burton things.
In which we host a mix of past guests, podcast stalwarts and assorted other miscreants at the Northern Beer Temple, ply them with an impressive range of ales and delicious Bowen's Pies and see what happens before getting back together and thoroughly depressing each other with the thought of Wigan Athletic.
In which Jimmy, Alan, Chris and Ian manage to rush through the Latics issues of the day with their minds on their pending Christmas do. Contains beer, christmas dinners and more football than you've come to expect.
In which we forget to pretend this wasn't recorded on the same night as episde 12, get early FA Cup Fever and giddy over Saturday night TV, discuss whether cover versions are an acceptable form of music, what Warren Joyce has to do to "turn things around" and an eerie Bobby Campbell reference. Seasoned with a sprinkle of Huddersfield things and some stuff about Derby and topped with the letter H in our Emporium of Sh*te
In which The Famous Five return to talk about highlights, lowlights and xmas lights. Crexit and The Regulator come into conversation and we find out what Dylan has brought the rest of us back from his latest travels.
In which @weahscousin comes back to talk Twitter tomfoolery, his craft, shite jobs, Jimmy’s way with words, the great British tradition of queuing, look at the letter G entries for the Emporium of Shite and, in a rare moment of topicality, talk about Cardiff things.
In which JImmy, Alan, Chris and Ian are joined by twitterwood a-lister @weahscousin to talk, Wolves, Brentford, England and speculate about fantasy football stings before revealing some wardrobe dysfunctions and debating whether Caleb Folan was shit or not.
27 Sep 2016, 01:00 0:000:00 In which Ian and Chris go into hiding to avoid the inevitable embarrassment over their performances in the last two podcasts, whist Jimmy, Dylan and Alan have a couple of pints to get over going bottom, losing to Preston and drinking Adder Liqueur. The conversation moves on to what the prodigal podcasters have been up to whilst they were away and their thoughts on what went on in their absence as well as answering some questions that Chris and Ian have left for them before moving back to football, fat Sam and Caldwell's chances of being down the social soon and some Wolves things before finishing on a really cheery note. Warning, contains "favourite album" chat.
Blissfully unaware of the Twitter storm their episode 7 comments about cutlery and burgers would cause, Jimmy, Chris and Ian stayed on to record another episode with John Coyne where they talk John's Latics career, Everton, holidays, reality "TV" and move on to the letter E in the Latics Emporium of Sh*te.
31 Aug 2016, 01:00 In which the lads meltdown, reveal dirty burger secrets, catch up on th'olympics and Chris’ MILFs. As well as revealing exclusives about a reality TV star and next year’s world pie eating championship. Warning, contains Big Fat Sam and Ian talking about Italy and Rugby BECAUSE ALAN WASN’T THERE. Oh, and perhaps more importantly, we find out who would win a fight between Sammy Lee and David Perkins.
In which, to our eternal shame, we let Ian talk rugby. But there's other stuff in there too like, finding out where Dylan is, preseason, food, music and more from the emporium of shite.
In which the boys, with the added bonus of Joe Curran, talk too much football again, but try to decide which local band that "nearly made it" was the best. With added Don Cowie and no food.
In which the tPANers pay a visit to the Northern Beer Temple, talk Latics, the Euros and, erm, you're my best mate you are, whilst retaining their composure and in no way whatsoever drinking too much, too quickly...
In which five lads from the football get together and see whether they can make a podcast