A winner from Junior deep into injury time was a justifiable reward for a performance full of endeavour if a little short of class by Wigan Athletic in a game in which they were by far the better side but looked like it would be two points dropped.
“I want to smash the division with 100 points”. They could have been the words of Dave Whelan prior to the opening of the 2002-03 season. But they weren’t. The comment, or something close to it, was made by his grandson thirteen years later. Wigan Athletic did smash the third tier – then known as […]
Wigan and Bradford fought out an entertaining draw in front of a large crowd yesterday afternoon in a game which was a contrast of styles, with Bradford’s more direct style contrasting with Wigan’s more cultured passing football Once again Wigan manager Gary Caldwell named an unchanged line up , the only change being a return […]
Hiya, it’s been a while, but the cricket season has been well and truly over for about a month now and the bobble hat has made a couple of early morning appearances so I’m running out of excuses to not think too hard about the fortunes of Wigan Athletic. The only way I know to […]
A fine win in an entertaining game away at Peterborough last night saw Wigan extend their unbeaten run to seven games in a match which had fans on the edge of their seats until the very end. Unsurprisingly Gary Caldwell opted to retain the side which destroyed Colchester on their last outing, the only changes […]
‘You were a bit harsh’, that’s the feedback I got on my article about Gary Caldwell’s tenure to date, in the current issue of the Mudhutter (available in all good stockists and internets near you), ‘harsh’ indeed!!! Ok, it wasn’t especially complementary, but I like to think of myself as reasonable, and measured, and being […]
An afternoon when all the training ground preparations clicked in magnificent fashion, Wigan destroyed Colchester with a first half blitz which secured a valuable three points to move them up to eight in the league. Wigan made one change to the side which drew two all at Bury last time out, Grigg recalled to the […]
No. In fact, it’s 48 pages of lovingly crafted, homemade prose and pictures written by Wigan Athletic fans and football fans for your delectation. Priced at just two hundred pence, the latest issue of the Mudhutter hits the streets this weekend with the usual mix of irrelevance and irreverence on a range of subject matter […]
In early April the doom and gloom that was prevailing at Wigan Athletic was suddenly lifted. For so many months Wigan Athletic seemingly had no direction and leadership. But within a short amount of time Latics had a new chairman and a new manager, both young and hungry for success. Even if relegation were to […]
Wigan came back from two goals down for the third time in four away goals in a game which turned on the sending off of Bury defender Hussey for a second yellow card offence. Wigan made one change from the side which drew with Walsall; Wildschut starting in front of Grigg who was on international […]