An historic victory for Wigan Athletic in their first ever European game last night delighted a noisy home crowd, not just for the result but for an excellent team performance which with slightly better finishing especially from Nick Powell could have seen Wigan approach double figures so dominant was their performance. Owen Coyle resisted the […]
The first time I remember watching Latics play “European” opposition was in February 1990 when Torpedo Moscow came to town. I doubt that I’d had any thoughts of us playing competitive European games before that stage but, after a frozen ninety minutes of with both teams turning out turgid football and serving up a nil-nil, […]
I mentioned at the weekend that we’ve had difficulty finding opposition fans to take part in Sixy Talk since we got relegated to the Championship and I really didn’t fancy my chances of finding anyone from Slovenia to answer some daft questions about tomorrow’s game with NK Maribor. Or at least I didn’t fancy it […]
The rumours are that Gus Poyet is lined up for the vacant position of Sunderland manager. A few months ago Dave Whelan was looking for a new manager, but Poyet was still involved in wranglings over his controversial dismissal at Brighton. Where would Wigan Athletic be now if Poyet had taken over at the DW?
As a prelude to this coming Thursday game with Maribor I made contact with Maribor fan Matej Zibert. Matej very kindly agreed to answer some questions about Maribor and its football club which are below. My thanks for Matej for his excellent command of the English language.
The DW Stadium will host an historic event on Thursday, with FK Maribor the visitors. Latics will be hosting their first-ever Europa League match. Wigan will come into the game in confident mood, following a resolute 0-0 draw against Zulte Waregem in Belgium. What are the chances of a Latics win?
Wigan made the trip to Hertfordshire to play promotion contenders Watford in the early autumnal sunshine seeking to improve on their poor away form in the league and cl;ose the gap on the leading contenders. Wigan manager Owen Coyle opted to make two changes from the victory over Ipswich, dropping both wide men McManaman […]
Bloggers are easily come by in the Premier League, they’re ten a penny and many of them are all too ready to share a word or two with anyone with a passing twitter account. That’s not necessarily a bad thing mind, we’re just finding it a little harder to come by people willing to answer […]
Owen Coyle surely knows that the npower Championship is not an easy place for a football manager. He has been there twice before. In the 2008-09 season he was successful, taking Burnley back to the top tier of English football for the first time since 1976. Just over three years later his inability to halt […]
Ryan Shotton has made a promising start to his career at Wigan Athletic. The big 24 year old defender arrived at Wigan only three weeks ago, on loan from Stoke City until January. We reached out to a father and son team who are lifelong Stoke City fanatics for their views on the player. Our thanks go to Will Condliffe, and […]