Sources at AFC Fylde are reporting that the club will be playing a friendly against Wigan Athletic on 20th July 2012. The club, based at Kellamergh Park, have released the following statement on the club’s official website… “The game is being played on the Friday in a bid to attract sports enthusiats who are tourists […]
Liverpool supporters, knowledgeable folk that they are, appear to be up in arms about the possible appointment of Roberto Martinez as their new manager. They are completely at odds with the Wigan Athletic chairman who claims that his manager would be more than capable of filling Kenny Dalglish’s shoes. It was the Liverpool supporters who […]
Wigan Athletic midfielder James McArthur has pledged his future to the club despite growing concerns that manager Roberto Martinez could be leaving for pastures new. Thoughts of leaving Wigan Athletic are the last thing on McArthur’s mind and he has today signed a two year extension to his current contract which still has two years […]
………..well, we have to start thinking about it don’t we! We where here this time last season, when Randy was looking to make Roberto Manager at Villa. All we can hope for now at Wigan, is that Bob takes the same approach. Apparently back then he never actually spoke to Villa, he acknowledged their interest, […]
Apparently so, Roberto Martinez has been given permission by Dave Whelan to speak to Liverpool about their vacant Managers post. Dave has been quoted on ESPN as confirming in the last hour that Liverpool have been in contact. The story is now in all the major News Media streams, including the BBC & Sky. Of […]
Okay we know it may not be the best timing, what with all the speculation on Roberto Martinez. But back in April TNS started some work with Michael Cox @ Zonal Marking, to look at how Robert Martinez had developed and shaped the Wigan Athletic 3-4-3 formation. Michael has come up with a fantastic article […]
Wigan Athletic supremo Dave Whelan has reportedly revealed that Roberto Martinez going to Liverpool now would be a wrong move in the Spaniard’s managerial career. Talking to ESPN immediately following the sacking of Kenny Dalglish, Whelan was of the opinion that the Anfield club was in turmoil and that a whole new management structure was […]
New England manager Roy Hodgson has named the squad that will compete in the European Championship held in Poland and the Ukraine next month. Among them is former Wigan Athletic left back Leighton Baines. .Leighton was in his second year as a trainee at Wigan Athletic when he played his first competitive game for the club. […]
This time last year James McArthur and the rest of the team donated a million pounds to help with the building of the Wigan Youth Zone. This time round James will be physically helping another place close to his heart. McArthur, a friend and his uncle are raising money and awareness for Yorkhill Children’s Hospital […]
Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan insists that he hopes to keep hold of manager Roberto Martinez despite interest from Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion and Liverpool who are all reportedly trying to entice the Spanish managerial maestro away from the DW Stadium. Whilst the chairman freely admits that Martinez is destined for bigger things some […]