Callum McManaman slots home in the 4-1 FA Cup win over Huddersfield in February. It seems like more than nine months ago since Wigan Athletic demolished Huddersfield Town in a fifth round FA Cup tie at the Galpharm Stadium. Callum McManaman was the star for Wigan, repeatedly ripping open the Terriers’ defence in a 4-1 How […]
Wigan Athletic 1964-65.Back row, Wilf Birkett (Trainer), Les Jackson (Chairman), Alan Halsall, Roy Wilkinson, Alf Craig, Ralph Gubbins, Derek Houghton, Derek Crompton, Frank Latham.Front Row: Les Campbell, Carl Davenport, Harry Lyon, Allan Brown (Player Manager), Walter Stanley.Thanks to WiganWorld for the photo. A couple of weeks ago at Blackpool with Latics a goal behind, […]
Marc Albrighton could be thrust into the crunch match with Queens Park Rangers at the DW Stadium tonight. The 23 year old has been signed from Aston Villa on what must be one of the shortest of loan periods – reported to be just 28 days. However, the winger has had injury problems and has […]
He was lauded as the best of Owen Coyle’s new signings. But if you were ask a room of Latics supporters which of the twelve new players brought in by Coyle has been the most disappointing – the name of Grant Holt would be the one which comes up most. What has happened to […]
A tired-looking Wigan Athletic rode the waves of Charlton pressure in the first half to come back with a better performance after the interval. Although it was a goalless draw both sides had opportunities to win the game. In the end a draw was a fair result. Owen Coyle lost Scott Carson injured […]
I tell you what, I’m feeling right miserable with this football malarkey at the minute. Good performances against Watford, Maribor and Blackburn are currently looking like blots on the Coyle landscape after performances against Blackpool and Rubin Kazan that suggest that playing ping-pong and practising ways to “hit the front man early” really are the […]
“It’s not great. The manager’s just not given me any chance at all. Of course it’s demoralising. You go down there and a manager (Martinez) buys you and tries to mould you into the player that he wants you to be and then of course he went to Everton. The new manager (Owen Coyle) has […]
Ben Watson’s great run into the penalty box in the 34th minute of the recent Maribor match enabled him to put Latics into the driving seat with a 2-0 lead. Watson’s header was spot-on, but would not have been possible without a wonderful cross from Jean Beausejour on the left. One of the features of Latics’ […]
No, not even we’re that obvious, but hey, let’s hope we’ve a few ‘Wild Rovers’ on our hands come tea time (note – our political correctness department have insisted I point out they’d be wild because they’re cross at losing, not because we’re encouraging hooliganism or casting aspersions about people from East Lancashire). No, today’s […]
The rumours are that Gus Poyet is lined up for the vacant position of Sunderland manager. A few months ago Dave Whelan was looking for a new manager, but Poyet was still involved in wranglings over his controversial dismissal at Brighton. Where would Wigan Athletic be now if Poyet had taken over at the DW?