“Delighted to have agreed a deal to join @LaticsOfficial for next season. Can’t wait to start and help get them back where they should be….” So said new Latics acquisition Richard O’Donnell on Twitter. O’Donnell is a 6 ft 2 in goalkeeper, born in Sheffield, who will sign Wigan Athletic as a free agent from […]
Wigan Athletic have announced the impending signing of David Perkins from Blackpool. Perkins is a 32 year old central midfield player who has just completed his second season with the Tangerines. The 5 ft 6 in Perkins is to sign a one year contract. Perkins is from Heysham and began his career at Morecambe at […]
Two weeks on from the original date which was cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch, the Latics Legends are set to strut their stuff once more at Ashton Town’s Edge Green Street ground with an even more impressive cast list than last time. The squad includes many of the previously confirmed Latics legends plus quite a […]
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” David Sharpe should take heed of Machiavelli’s words. A club that was tipped to win the Championship by the highly rated FourFourTwo […]
Our squad’s too strong for League One! Those aren’t my words, they are the words of Mike Taylor from TV Quick magazine. Anyway, I’m going off on a tangent already. Of course they aren’t but I have actually seen these words used on sections of social media in the last few days by both children […]
Review the season they said. Well the truth is, I’d rather not. It did however finish on a high for me, albeit one tinged with sadness at the fantastic Emmerson Boyce night which was brilliantly organised by that chap across the page Barry Worthington (er I mean internet on this version). You see Boycey […]
When a boxer is too beaten up to continue, his coach throws a towel into the ring to signal that the fight is over. Gary Caldwell might have wanted to throw in the towel at various times during an awful performance at promotion-chasing Brentford. The unfortunate deflection of a Pritchard free kick after 25 minutes […]
What an awful season it has been. Latics once again defied the odds, but this time it went the wrong way. How could a team tipped for promotion by the bookmakers end up getting relegated? With the Brentford game coming up Billy Grant (@billythebee99) of beesotted.co.uk asked me to respond to some topical questions about the nightmare that Wigan […]
At the start of the season there were rumours in the media that Wigan Athletic were looking to sign Benik Afobe on loan from Arsenal. Little did we know at the time that it would be Afobe who would put what could be the final nail in the coffin that represents Latics’ season. Afobe has […]
Our Brentford fan site favourite Billy Grant (@billythebee99) from Beesotted Fanzine (@Beesotted) – www.beesotted.co.uk has sent us the following information for Latics fans traveling to the match on Saturday. Drinking in Brentford For Wigan fans coming down, you are probably aware there plenty of pub options pre-match and all are most welcoming. Colours are fine and there […]