Wigan Athletic are sending a representative side to Bangor this weekend to play in a friendly as Welsh Premier League side Bangor City proudly celebrate the opening of their brand new stadium. The game at the Nantporth Stadium, will go ahead at 2.30pm and Bangor chairman, Dilwyn Jones, is understandably thrilled, he told BBC North West […]
Wigan Athletic have confirmed that Chilean international midfielder Jean Beausejour has signed for Wigan Athletic from Birmingham City, for an undisclosed fee. The 27 year-old has passed a medical at the DW Stadium this morning and has now put pen to paper on a two and a half year deal. Latics manager Roberto Martinez said: […]
Wigan Athletic Chief Executive Jonathan Jackson has spoken out following a string of false stories of the imminent arrival of Bristol City striker Nicky Maynard by both the printed and internet media. Jackson has revealed that the closest that Latics ever came to signing the Championship hit man was an informal discussion a few weeks […]
Wigan Athletic have confirmed that England Under 20 goalkeeper Lee Nicholls has extended his contract at the club until the Summer of 2014. Liverpool-born Nicholls arrived at the club as a 16 year-old in 2009 and has continued to show immense promise for the Development Squad. He caught the eye of England Under 20’s coach […]
This Northern Soul is proud to be supporting walk4emma and on February 11th 2012 several of our team will be joining hundreds of other Wigan Athletic fans in walking from the DW Stadium to the Reebok. The walk has quickly gained momentum since it was first put forward by Worbo from Vital Wigan and is […]
Roberto Martinez took his Wigan Athletic team into the relegation battle with Queen Park Rangers knowing that a victory would lift the team above the opposition and possibly out of the bottom three but that a defeat would increase the pressure upon both him and his charges. Martinez opted to change the side that narrowly […]
This weekend’s trip to Loftus Road brings TNS the opportunity to look back at the career of a man whose career took in both clubs, step forward Bobby Campbell! No not that one! Robert was born on 23rd April 1937 and signed for Liverpool in the summer of 1954 and progressed through the youth ranks […]
Manchester City secured a valuable three points at the DW stadium without hardly breaking into a sweat against a spirited but limited Wigan Atheltic, thereby condemning their local rivals to another week at the bottom of the table and yet had Wigan not seemed intent on giving City far too much respect and possession in the […]
Yesterday afternoon results elsewhere conspired to ensure that Roberto Martinez’s under achievers were in the lowest possible league position available.
The visit of Manchester City on Monday evening gives TNS the opportunity to look back at the career of Jimmy Naylor, a player whose career briefly took in a spell at both clubs. Jimmy was a wing half who was born in High Crompton on 1st March 1901. It is fair to assume that his […]