Well due to the unlucky play-off defeat to moneybags QPR, ( sleep well Mark C )  Latics will kick off the new season in The Championship on  Saturday 9th August 2014. (That is subject to the great god that is the television schedules) The inaugural week of the campaign will also host the First Round […]

The bore draw against Queens Park Rangers leaves Latics with a mountain to climb in the return game. After 61 matches this season can Uwe Rosler motivate his players to find sufficient energy and motivation to give it a real go at Loftus Road? Significantly there were no loan players in the starting eleven to face […]

You can’t beat a good 4-3 can you? There’s something quite magical about that scoreline and  if we must finish on the losing side then I suppose there are worse moments for it to happen.

Wigan Athletic have a paltry goalscoring record this season, notching just 81 goals in 60 matches. But among the goals they have scored there have been some absolute crackers. Jean Beausejour’s rocket shot at Derby, Jordi Gomez’s free kicks, Roger Espinoza’s 35 yard blinder against MK Dons. But in terms of sheer self-confidence and artistry […]

The big Swede, Markus Holgerrson, at last made his debut for Wigan Athletic, albeit coming on at Blackburn as a substitute after 72 minutes. Holgerrson was signed as a free agent from New York Red Bulls in early February, with glowing references. His contract is until the end of the current season, which is impending. […]

“It’s a strange scenario that, after 59 games, our season really starts now.” So said Uwe Rosler in the Alan Brazil Breakfast Show yesterday. Dave Whelan might well agree. Getting back to the Premier League is clearly his number one priority. Preferably this season, rather than next. A month or two back ago Rosler was […]

Uwe Rosler got the result he needed on Tuesday night when Latics ground out a 1-0 win at Birmingham. He can now focus on the route back to Wembley for the playoff final on May 24th. Next week Latics are due to play the first leg of the first phase of the playoffs at the DW […]

Can one single incident define a club’s season? Blackpool fans might well cite Matt Gilks’ superb save from Martyn Waghorn’s penalty on Saturday as the event that saved them from relegation. Latics had been well on top in that first 20 minutes and if they had scored the Tangerines might well have fallen apart. Waghorn […]

Barring major surprises, Wigan Athletic will host Queens Park Rangers on Friday, May 9th in the Championship playoffs. The return match at Loftus Road will take place the following Monday, May 12th. Both games will start at 7:45 pm. Latics need only one win from their final three leagues matches to make certain of their […]

“We’ve all got to take lessons from the performance, myself included” said Uwe Rosler post-match. So often since his arrival Rosler has got his tactics just right. This time he got them totally wrong. Playing hoofball was never going to be the way to get a result at Burnley. It played into the home team’s […]