Owen Coyle’s revolution at Wigan Athletic took a firm step forward on Saturday with a rousing win at Barnsley. Not only was the result impressive, but Latics did it in such a style that it will send shockwaves to all teams in the Championship who consider themselves promotion contenders. In a short amount of […]
“This year gives us our best opportunity to get back into the Premier League. Financially we have an advantage over the other clubs because it is a significant amount of money. We want to get back first time for a number of reasons. But financially it makes sense.”
The signing of Grant Holt might well be a landmark for Wigan Athletic. The centre-forward’s rise through the divisions mirrors that of the club he has joined – early years in non-league football followed by a period of consolidation in each of the three Football League divisions before enjoying Premier League success. Like Wigan Athletic, he has come up […]
Yesterday, a player known in some circles as Perchinho became the latest of Wigan Athletic’s new signings. He could well become a key piece in the jigsaw puzzle that Owen Coyle is putting together to get Latics back into the Premier League. Despite the nickname, Perchinho is not a flamboyant Brazilian who will help Latics maintain […]
In light of the much-needed flurry of transfer activity Owen Coyle has orchestrated in recent days, we thought we’d re-visit a special feature approach and ask more informed writers about who exactly the club is signing. Twenty-three year-old Norweigan centre-back Thomas Rogne became the third free transfer in less than a week to join the […]
What a breath of fresh air Owen Coyle has brought to Wigan. Like him or loathe him he cannot be criticized for sitting on his backside and waiting for things to happen. Within the place of week he has signed two new players who look like a really good fit for the club. At […]
Non-League Day which is now into its fourth year. NLD started as a Facebook campaign in 2010 organised by a handful of fans. It has since grown to become a celebration of football outside of the 92 league sides. The event is the brainchild of QPR and […]
A good friend of mine, Chris Marsh, sent me a message a few weeks ago telling me that there was a lecture on at the National Football Museum with the aforementioned title. Luckily enough the date of the lecture fell on the same […]
The women’s Euros in Sweden are soon to be upon us, the recent Olympics have highlighted more than a passing interest in the female footballer. So much so that the BBC has decided to screen all of England’s matches live on BBC TV, BBC Radio 5 live or 5 live Sports Extra and the […]
It is time for change at Wigan Athletic with a new manager having come in, with a huge quantity of new players to recruit. It is exactly the situation Latics supporters would have wanted to avoid. There are too many change parameters to cope with at the moment. What is going to happen to […]