Middlesboro and Wigan played out a goalless draw in blustery conditions in the North East yesterday.

  9542 hardy souls braved The DW wind and rain to watch Latics staunch defence of the trophy they so gloriously won against City last season. Wigan Athletic FA Cup winners 2013, I’ll never tire of that. Anyhow in an end to end game with both keepers making excellent saves Wembley Watson opened the scoring […]

A collective poor performance by Wigan Athletic saw the first defeat under Uwe Rosler’s tenure as they were convincingly beaten by basement battlers Doncaster Rovers.

On loan Manchester United midfielder Nick Powell stepped off the bench last night to score a brace of goals and prevent the very real danger of Wigan’s defence of the F.A.cup falling at the first hurdle.

  A wonderful instinctive goal from Marc Antoine Fortune yesterday set Wigan on the way to a comprehensive victory over AFC Bournemouth, a fine revenge for the early season defeat at Dean Court.

An end to end rousing cup tie at the DW yesterday saw the honours shared in a game in which both sides can count themselves unlucky not to have won the game.

Wigan gained a much needed three points in their campaign for a return to the Premier League with a committed team performance providing further evidence of the changes that Uwe Rosler is making within the club.

Wigan and Burnley shared the spoils in a frenetic Lancashire hotpot but once again their dominance in terms of possession came to naught with once again their lack of quality upfront the major cause for concern.

In a game largely devoid of skill guile and endeavour, Wigan and Birmingham had to settle for  a goalless draw in which chances were at a premium and Birmingham, reduced to ten men following the straight red card issued to Lingard will be happier with the result.

Wigan made the pre Christmas trip to Royal Berkshire looking to build on two fine performances in the past week and close the gap on the teams in the play off places one of whom was today’s opponents Reading.