It was billed as the grand finale to a topsy turvy season for Wigan Athletic. The home match with fellow strugglers, Aston Villa, was to be crucial in determining Latics’ future in the Premier League. But sometimes things just don’t work out as you hope they will. Wigan Athletic go into their last match […]
Last summer Indonesia played a friendly against Inter Milan in the Senayan Stadium in the centre of the city. One expected to see the red and white colours of Indonesia in that ground that holds 65,000 people, but probably around 70% of the crowd wore the blue and black replica shirts of […]
* this post was co-written by the father and son writing team, from the perspective of the Jakarta Jack, the father. My father loved Wigan Athletic Football Club. Hardly a minute would go by after the final whistle before he would launch into talk about the next match. Conversations – and in some cases, […]
Following a nail-biting win at West Bromwich, Wigan Athletic entertain Swansea City at the DW Stadium on Tuesday evening. Since the Welsh team’s return to the top flight, Latics have been unable to beat them. The Swans won their last match at the DW with two beautifully taken goals from Gylfi Sigurdsson in March […]
“There’s only one Bob Martinez.” So sang a group of Wigan Athletic supporters on Saturday, after their team had gained a massive three points from the trip to the Hawthorns. Once again they were starting to believe that what the charismatic Spaniard had been saying had been right all along. Who else but Martinez […]
“I don’t think they’ll get an easy game here. Not too many teams come to the Hawthorns and get an easy game, and I don’t think that will be the case this weekend.” The words of West Bromwich manager, Steve Clarke, when discussing Saturday’s visit of Wigan Athletic. Clarke had also previously stated his […]