Barnsley 0 – 4 Wigan Athletic Oakwell Ref Geoff Eltrigham Attendance 13,096 Wigan started life in the championship with an impressive win at Oakwell. Yes a solid 4-0 win, with also a good start for their defence with Scott Carson keeping a clean sheet, an area Wigan’s Owen Coyle would be happy with. Another plus […]
How times have changed. Less than a year ago Wigan Athletic were entertaining Chelsea in the opening match of last season’s Premier League campaign. On Saturday they travel to Barnsley to open their Championship season. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since that encounter with the London giants. Wigan’s eighth Premier […]
The top European football competitions are blessed with the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Wigan Athletic whoa just stop there folks, Wigan Athletic ? Well for those of you living outside of the ancient & loyal borough of Wigan let me educate you that our “local team” is about […]
Wigan’s pre season preparations ended in defeat following an entertaining game against Dundee Untied, a game which enabled Owen Coyle to assess the strengths and weakness of his new charges against a combative Scottish outfit.
Wigan fans who made the short trip to the sun kissed Lancashire coastal town of Morecambe were rewarded with a fine performance from Owen Coyles charges as the new manager seeks to identify his best starting eleven prior to the advent of the new season in less than two weeks time. Owen Coyle once […]
Wigan has signed Honduras defender Juan Carlos Garcia on a free Transfer. The 25 year old defender recently left his home country team of Olimpia. It is understood he’s signed a 3 year contract as long as Wigan can get his UK visa sorted.[PPD_PAYTOREADMORE] This will be the 8thnew signing that Owen ‘No shorts for […]
On Saturday, Wigan Athletic play host to Dundee United at the DW Stadium. It will be their final warm-up fixture before the Championship season starts for the at Barnsley on August 3rd. By the time it gets to the final pre-season game a manager tends to have a good idea of what his first choice […]
Wigan Athletic continued their run of pre-season victories with a win over Atromitos at Leigh Sports Village. The Athens-based team, also competing in Europe, promised to give Wigan a stern test and so it was to prove. Despite standing on a 2-0 lead at half time, Wigan must have been glad to hear the […]
The spectacular fireworks that followed Latics 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Riverhounds provided a fitting finale for the first phase Owen Coyle’s revolution at Wigan. It is only around five weeks since the effervescent Scotsman took over at the club, but a lot has happened in that time. To be honest, Coyle’s appointment […]
Wigan Athletic’s first ever USA tour is not just proving a success in terms of conditioning and team bonding — it has set the perfect stage for the beginnings of a US-based supporters club, as fans from all over the country communicated on Twitter and Facebook to meet up, get to know one another, […]