Taken from the archives to remind us of the moment that people started to realise that maybe, just maybe, that lazy Spanish git wasn’t so rubbish after -all… Injury ravaged Wigan gave Chairman Dave Whelan a birthday present to remember producing an exciting enthralling performance to seal a last gasp victory with Jordi Gomez very […]
When Tom Gill turned 100 last season Hyder Jawad, deputy editor of Backpass magazine came to visit the DW stadium. He’s kindly allowed us to share his thoughts on the day and on Wigan Athletic’s past, and present. Thanks to Hyder and to Tony Topping for sorting this out for us. Wigan Athletic’s existence has […]
A tired-looking Wigan Athletic rode the waves of Charlton pressure in the first half to come back with a better performance after the interval. Although it was a goalless draw both sides had opportunities to win the game. In the end a draw was a fair result. Owen Coyle lost Scott Carson injured […]
18th September : off work all day wednesday … start packing bag ….. get my overtime and expenses claims written up and emailed in to work, this euro campaign will be financially crippling! 20:30 .. dig out old blue/white chequered flag from one of old latics promotion pushes …. look at it whilst thinking of […]
The spectacular fireworks that followed Latics 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Riverhounds provided a fitting finale for the first phase Owen Coyle’s revolution at Wigan. It is only around five weeks since the effervescent Scotsman took over at the club, but a lot has happened in that time. To be honest, Coyle’s appointment […]
Wigan Athletic’s first ever USA tour is not just proving a success in terms of conditioning and team bonding — it has set the perfect stage for the beginnings of a US-based supporters club, as fans from all over the country communicated on Twitter and Facebook to meet up, get to know one another, […]
Owen Coyle will take charge of his first game as Wigan Athletic manager on English soil against Greek side Atromitos, when the team return from their pre-season tour of the United States. The two sides will meet at Leigh Sports Village on Monday […]
Since that glorious day at Wembley were my club, Wigan Athletic deservedly won the famous old trophy, various fans of other clubs have asked me “have you got over it?” (meaning relegation from the greed league) I rise to my full height, belly in, chest out (no mean feat […]
Wigan Athletic can announce they will take on Scottish Premier League side Dundee United in a pre-season friendly at the DW Stadium on Saturday 27 July with a 3.00pm kick off. The game will see new Manager Owen Coyle take charge of his first home game at the DW Stadium, one week […]
Last summer Indonesia played a friendly against Inter Milan in the Senayan Stadium in the centre of the city. One expected to see the red and white colours of Indonesia in that ground that holds 65,000 people, but probably around 70% of the crowd wore the blue and black replica shirts of […]