In 1964 non-league Wigan Athletic did so well to reach the big round of the FA Youth Cup and were drawn away at Everton. It was a wonderful achievement for Latics’ youth team to get to that stage and it captured my interest. My friend, Melvyn, knew Vic Gaskell, Latics youth team goalkeeper, and badgered […]
If a week is a long time in politics, this month has been an eternity in Wigan Athletic’s corner of football history. From that magical day at Wembley to the exhaustion and despair of relegation three days later, to the joy of the victory parade at which 30,000 Wiganers sang for Roberto Martinez to stay. Ten or […]
The classic double act was that of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor working in tandem. Together they won the First Division and two European Cups with an unfashionable club. What a duo! As expected Roberto Martinez’s move to Everton grows closer and closer, despite the denials of the Liverpool club. Rene Meulensteen and Karl […]
….. Jordi I read an article the other day that said Roberto Martinez will take no less than five Wigan Athletic players to Everton if he gets the job there. But then again you have to take these speculative articles with a pinch of salt. Everton are a well-run club, […]
Just over four years ago a Wigan Athletic team that was to finish in 11th place in the Premier League was gradually dismantled. The books were not being balanced, so the prized assets were cashed in and the wage bill slashed. In the January transfer window Wilson Palacios left for Tottenham and Emile Heskey for Aston […]
Managers come and go. Roberto Martinez has done a wonderful job against the odds. So did Steve Bruce and Paul Jewell before him. The common thread is the backing they have had from Dave Whelan. The owner is a rarity in English football – a chairman who played in the top flight. We Wiganers can […]
It would appear so. Congratulations to Crystal Palace who won promotion to the Premier League earlier this afternoon. I’m sure not too many of us will mourn the fact we won’t be having to travel to deepest, darkest Croydon next season. Let’s therefore have a quick run down of the teams we will be facing […]
Wlidhearts & Bar Staff’s views on “to go or not to go,” first up Widheart who wants him to leave with our blessing, while Bar Staff reckons we are blessed to have him. Sorry Roberto, its time to go. Another summer, another will he or won’t he move. Over the […]
A wonderful article by the Guardian on Monday quoted Trevor Silcock, 63, arriving at the FA Cup victory parade with three generations of his family. He recalled going to Springfield Park with his father and grandfather. “This is the greatest day of my life,” he said, before adding: “After the kids being born, that is.” Trevor […]
No sooner had the dust settled on Wigan Athletic’s FA Cup semifinal success over Millwall a month ago than a notion started circulating that the Latics could become the first club to win the FA Cup and suffer relegation during the same season. Deep in their hearts, most Wigan supporters suspected that the combination […]