Having spent last Tuesday freezing my proverbials off, as our game against Bradford headed to the inevitable penalty shootout, my mind has been increasingly turning to thoughts about more appropriate clobber for the winter months. The hat is already out, the long-johns are primed and a new pair of (smartphone friendly) gloves lined up for […]
Unsurprisingly following last Saturday’s excellent performance against West Ham , followed by the Capitol One cup debacle against Bradford, Roberto Martinez opted to re-instate the eight players rested on Tuesday with James McArthur the odd one out , being replaced by Ben Watson in his more familiar role of central midfield. Wigan’s record defeat was of […]
Wigan Athletic manager made nine changes to the side which performed so well against West Ham at the weekend with only Ramis and Al Habsi retaining their places in the starting line up. In amongst the nine changes there were surprise starts for Redmond and Fyvie with midfielder Ben Watson given the unfamiliar role as […]
Whilst the “lowest ranked” team left in this cup competition is factually correct it is a little bit belittling and an insult to Bradford City and their followers. Those with only a passing reference to what happens below the greed league with be thinking that if they get turned over then so they should, if […]
With the big game against Bradford City in the Capital One Cup, fourth round looming, perhaps it is an opportune time to look back at arguably one of the greatest servants that both clubs ever had! Paul Jewell was signed by Harry McNally from Liverpool in December 1984. He made his Latics League debut on […]
The appetizer before the glorious victory over Big Sams © outfit was the preverbal “game of two halves” First half The Robins played with the wind on their backs and raced into a well-deserved 2-0 lead before the break. They played controlled football and bossed their opponents from down the East Lancs and at the […]
Wigan gained their first home win of the 2012/13 season with a two one victory over West Ham although the score line didn’t do Wigan’s dominance justice and Aroune Kone in particular will be wondering how he didn’t depart the DW Stadium with a hat trick to his name. Roberto Martinez kept faith with the […]
I haven’t written for a while, time and inspiration have been somewhat lacking, but with the season underway and about to really (after the next international break) get rolling I thought it was probably best to give the blogging muscles a bit of a work out (3/16 of the brain, left arm for holding coffee, […]
NO CASH ON THE NIGHT FOR CUP Capital One Cup ticket sales now restricted to supporters with a previous purchasing history. Due to Bradford City having now sold out of their allocation of 5000 tickets, it will no longer be possible for Wigan Athletic supporters to pay cash at the turnstiles on the evening of […]
Roberto Martinez paid a visit to Latics’ oldest known fan and brought along some special gifts for Tom Gill who was twenty years old when Latics were formed back in 1932. The Wigan Athletic boss brought along some special gifts and said …. “It is great to see that we have such an outstanding supporter […]