Industrious WIgan seal thrilling win
A rollercoaster of a game saw Wigan come back twice to secure a late winner from Callum McManaman to give fresh impetus to Wigan’s perennial battle to escape relegation
A rollercoaster of a game saw Wigan come back twice to secure a late winner from Callum McManaman to give fresh impetus to Wigan’s perennial battle to escape relegation
A potentially season ending injury to Maynor Figueroa marred what was a superb team performance from Wigan who must be wondering how they didn’t leave the DW Stadium the winners against high flying Tottenham.
Injury forced Antolin Alcaraz to leave the field after 15 minutes. Up to that point Wigan Athletic had taken the game to the home team and looked confident and composed. The psychology changed after the Paraguayan went off. Once again, playing the better football, Wigan were to come home pointless. Roberto Martinez had brought […]
Wigan made the long trip to a sun kissed Boleyn Ground to face Sam Allerdyce’s West Ham side knowing that a victory today would see them out of the bottom three. Wigan manager Roberto Martinez perhaps mindful of the aerial threat of Andy Carroll opted to change around his defensive formation, bringing back captain Gary […]
History made, as final beckons for Wigan by Ned . Wigan Athletic made history today after a professional performance at Wembley saw off Millwall to secure a spot in their first ever FA Cup final. The 2-0 scoreline was probably a fair outcome given the number of chances created on either side, while the quality […]
A goal in either half from the Maloney and McManaman ensures Wigan’s comfortable progress into their first ever F.A.Cup Final, sending their 20,000 plus supporters into paroxysms of delight at a rain sodden Wembley Stadium. Much of the previous week’s build up had been centred around Wigan’s inability to sell out their allocation but […]
Wigan travelled to London for a crucial relegation battle knowing that a win would open up a ten point gap between themselves and the bottom two and increase the pressure on the sides just outside the relegation zone.
A game high on effort but low on quality was settled by the one sliver of quality in a largely moribund game. The fact that this quality came from Kone was testimony to his never say die attitude and his willingness to strive for victory when a draw seemed to be the likeliest result.
A 90thminute scrambled goal by Aroune Kone gave Wigan a hard fought win and the accompanying three points in a game which had everything; passion, skill, controversy, two sendings off and a terrible injury all thrown into a cauldron of a football match which had all 22,000 plus fans on the edge of their seats. […]