As a prelude to this coming Thursday game with Maribor I made contact with Maribor fan Matej Zibert. Matej very kindly agreed to answer some questions about Maribor and its football club which are below. My thanks for Matej for his excellent command of the English language.
The DW Stadium will host an historic event on Thursday, with FK Maribor the visitors. Latics will be hosting their first-ever Europa League match. Wigan will come into the game in confident mood, following a resolute 0-0 draw against Zulte Waregem in Belgium. What are the chances of a Latics win?
Wigan made the trip to Hertfordshire to play promotion contenders Watford in the early autumnal sunshine seeking to improve on their poor away form in the league and cl;ose the gap on the leading contenders. Wigan manager Owen Coyle opted to make two changes from the victory over Ipswich, dropping both wide men McManaman […]
Bloggers are easily come by in the Premier League, they’re ten a penny and many of them are all too ready to share a word or two with anyone with a passing twitter account. That’s not necessarily a bad thing mind, we’re just finding it a little harder to come by people willing to answer […]
18th September : off work all day wednesday … start packing bag ….. get my overtime and expenses claims written up and emailed in to work, this euro campaign will be financially crippling! 20:30 .. dig out old blue/white chequered flag from one of old latics promotion pushes …. look at it whilst thinking of […]
A much changed Wigan Athletic side fell at the first hurdle last night as Manchester City gained some revenge for the shock of being beaten in the F.A.Cup final last May. Wigan manager Owen Coyle opted to rest players following Sunday’s league game with Ipswich by making nine changes and handing a first season start […]
What is the point of tonight’s match at the Etihad Stadium? Is there anything Wigan Athletic can gain from it, other than a share of gate revenue? The League Cup meeting between Wigan Athletic and Manchester City was being built up as a repeat of the FA Cup final. Could David once again kill Goliath?
Two goals one at either end of the halves by deadline day loanees Ryan s Shotton and Nick Powell secured three home points and a clean sheet home win for Wigan against Ipswich but these bare statistics don’t reflect on a game in which Wigan were once again indebted to the heroics of Scott Carson […]
Wigan Athletic made the trip to Belgium to make history in their first ever competitive European game. Manager Owen Coyle no doubt smarting from Saturday’s sub par performance and with one eye on the glut of fixtures over the next few weeks opted to ring the changes, bringing in seven players including on loan Ryan […]
A woeful performance from shapeless Wigan. They handed Leicester a gift after 15 minutes when big central defender Liam Moore headed in a corner with ease, nobody having marked him. The goal gave the home team the impetus and they never looked back. The result was sealed with a soft penalty in the last 10 minutes. […]