The Wigan Athletic Supporters Club has raised over £190,000 so far to prop up the club by hosting online memorabilia auctions and other fundraising activities – the most recent of which include teaming up with local band Quaintest Show On Earth after their recent single ‘Good Old Days’ went viral on Facebook – reaching over 100,000 people in the town.

Thomas Jones, (left) lead singer, commented “the song is a love-letter to a simpler time, Wiganer’s love things ‘the way they were’ and the song seemed to come at a really good time - the message definitely resonated with the town, as we’re all a bit stuck in Wigan at the moment. We thought it would be great if we could convert some of the 100,000 people reached into money for the cause, and our keyboardist Mike Frost (right) who wrote the song is an avid Latics fan.”

The band reached out to the Supporters Club proposing they joined forces and release the single together, putting the track available as a free download with an honesty box donation page on Crowdfunder - generating over £500 before last night’s (Wednesday 16th) music video was released on the band’s Facebook page.

The video shows the band performing the song around the eerily empty DW Stadium facilities, mimicking Richard Ashcroft (also of Wigan descent) in his ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ video climbing on a car bonnet, in period costume outside local landmark Wigan Pier and lifting the prestigious FA Cup from the club’s unforgettable victory over Manchester City in 2013.

The music video premiered on Wednesday 19th at 6pm on Facebook. It was met with great reception and hopes to contribute significantly to the Supporters Club’s £250,000 fundraising target.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/qsoearth/

YouTube: https://youtu.be/9RCP0tc7kpo

Crowdfunder: http://bit.ly/LaticsDONATE

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Background Information on the Quaintest Show On Earth

Quaintest Show On Earth (QSOE) were formed in 2013, centred around lead singer/songwriter Thomas Jones, and has featured a variety of talented musicians and song writers. They often feature musicians from other local bands or solo artists when on stage - so you never what or who you'll see perform at a Quaintest Show!

QSOE have played main stage alongside artists from all over the world at festivals such as the Lechlade Music Festival, Ukulele Festival of Scotland, Grand Northern Ukulele Festival, and in 2019 even had a short house-band residency in Nagano prefecture, Japan. The Wigan band has released three full studio albums of original music and one live album, available on Spotify, iTunes & Bandcamp.

Their music has been featured on highly successful advertising campaigns with viewership well into the 100,000s. Example 1, Example 2, Example 3. They've also had extensive radio play, participated in both 'The Narrow-boat Sessions' and 'Sofar Sounds', contributed to film soundtracks and were recently asked to submit their music to the British Library. 

QSOE have helped to revitalise the local music scene with regular performances around Wigan, working as part of Wigan Live to help organise fantastic live local music events, putting on bi-monthly events showcasing local talent and bringing in new performers from out of town to enrich the music scene. 

Background Information on the Wigan Athletic Supporters Club

Wigan Athletic Supporters Club has provided a place for a pre and post match drink and travel to Wigan Athletic first team away games for its members for over 15 years. Last season they clocked over 4500 miles, taking over 4,000 fans to away games and this season saw record-breaking application numbers for the 2020/2021 season.

They are a non-profit organisation and Members of the Supporters Club enjoy the benefits of the Wigan Athletic Supporters Club Bar, which provides a safe place for fans to go a couple of hours before and after home games. Here food and drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) are available, plus the early or late games on Sky Sports will generally be shown in an extremely comfortable and welcoming Suite.

We occasionally put on some form of entertainment and invite past and present players in to answer questions and mingle with members. Bookings for away travel, renewing or applying for membership and details of any Supporters Club Events are also available there.