Wigan Athletic’s third match in the Europa League will be at home to Rubin Kazan on October 24th. The return match is scheduled for November 7th . Rubin are currently in 7th place in the Russian Premier League, but are unbeaten. They have won two and drawn five matches, conceding only three goals. Last season Rubin finished […]
Wigan Athletic’s second match in the Europa League is scheduled for October 3rd with a visit from NK Maribor of Slovenia. Maribor currently top the PrvaLiga – the Slovenian League. After winning their first six league matches they were held to a disappointing 1-1 home draw by Gorica on Sunday. Last season Maribor won the 10 team PrvaLiga by a […]
Wigan Athletic’s first match in their Europa League campaign commences on September 19th, with a trip to Belgium to play Zulte Waregem. SV Zulte Waregem lie in second place in the Belgian Pro League, currently known through its sponsor’s name as the Jupiler League. They are unbeaten in the first six league games, beating Anderlecht 4-3 at […]
A superb team effort from Owen Coyle’s chargers against the previously high flying Nottingham Forest saw Wigan secure their first home win of the season in an exciting, pulsating game at DW stadium yesterday.
For the second time in a week, Wigan secured a two all draw at home against opponents who they should have expected to beat on paper but in reality as Wigan trooped of a sun kissed DW stadium at the end, they could consider on the basis of chances that they were fortunate to have […]
A header in the last minute of normal time earned Wigan a point they just about deserved following a spirited second half performance against a well drilled and highly motivated Doncaster side.[PPD_PAYTOREADMORE] Wigan manager Owen Coyle opted to make two changes for his home league debut, introducing McCann and McClean with Beausejour and McArthur the players […]
Wigan made the long trip to the South coast to play a Bournemouth side looking to rebound from a six one drubbing last week at Watford. Wigan manager Owen Coyle opted to make one change from last week’s Community Shield line up with Jean Beausejour returning in place of new signing James McClean who had […]
Wigan Athletic travel to the south coast on Saturday to take on newly promoted Bournemouth. The two clubs have a significant history of encounters, of which Bournemouth have won 13 times and Wigan 14, with 10 draws. Last season’s FA Cup run started with a 1-1 draw against the Cherries at the DW Stadium, […]
Wigan made their third trip in as many months to Wembley Stadium for their first ever Community Shield appearance against the Premier League Champions Manchester United.
Dave Whelan is well known for supporting his managers and his comments during the week have already taken pressure off Owen Coyle ahead of Sunday’s Community Shield match at Wembley. Whelan said that he regards the match as “a show game and a bit of a friendly game”. He downplayed its importance […]