It is reported from reliable sources that Wigan Athletic are in the process of signing Swedish defender, Markus Holgerrson. The highly-rated Holgersson is 28 years old, 6’2”tall and can play at right back or in the centre of defence. He comes from New York Red Bulls as a free agent, having allowed his contract to […]
An unknown third choice goalkeeper from Spain, an end of contract midfielder from Kansas City and a 32 year old unwanted by Hamburg. Such were the loan signings made by Wigan Athletic a year ago. The feeling at the time among Latics supporters was of being “underwhelmed”. Was this the best that Roberto Martinez could […]
Wigan Athletic’s failure to win at Middlesbrough on Tuesday leaves them seven points short of the play-off zone, level on points with the north east club, but having played two games less. “Before the game I would have taken a point” said Uwe Rosler, nevertheless disappointed with his team’s performance and their inability to play […]
In May 2013 it looked like a fire sale was on its way at Wigan Athletic. Having lost its place in the Premier League the club looked ready to sell most of its prized assets. There was a need to cut the wage bill to meet the harsh financial reality of relegation and to create a […]
I didn’t go to Doncaster. I was supposed to be going, but decided I couldn’t afford it. That’s not to say I’m destitute or particularly struggling. It’s just that some things have changed since we started planning the trip and I haven’t got bags of cash lying around.
Wigan Athletic travel to the Keepmoat Stadium this afternoon having won their last three away games and being unbeaten in the league in seven matches under Uwe Rosler. Doncaster are fighting to get themselves out of the relegation mire, currently sitting on 22nd place. Their home record reads W4 D2 L6. Under normal circumstances one […]
I think we all know those footballers who the notoriously hard to please Wigan Athletic fans love most: those high energy grafters: witness the current love in over all-action cartoon hero Roger Espinoza. Run around like a headless chicken and they’ll love you forever!
“The budget is spent in terms of the amount of players we have in. It’s a big squad but that was needed because of the European games. What (the January transfer window) allows me is it might free up some money on the wage budget to bring in loan players until the end of the […]
Results often improve after a new manager arrives at a football club that has been struggling. The challenge for the new boss is to maintain that improvement over a more extended period. Uwe Rosler had made an impressive start to his reign at Wigan Athletic. He has already shown himself to be more tactically astute […]
They might be a new football club and they may have come about under somewhat scrupulous circumstances but dare I say it, on the pitch at least there was something about the MK Dons that I liked.