Former Wigan Athletic defender Matt Jackson is at the forefront of club plans to gain Category Two Academy status which will lead to significant changes within the Club’s youth development programme for youngsters aged from 9 all the way to 21. Every body at the club is excited about what will be a massive upheaval in youth […]
The Wigan Athletic first team squad is currently chilling in Sweden ahead of this afternoon’s training camp game against Ostersunds. Having jetted off to Sweden on Tuesday this will be the first time that the players will actually partake in a game of football. Training has apparently been intenses and speaking of the game captain […]
Club officials have confirmed that a Wigan Athletic side containing reserve team players and several of the Youth Development squad will be travelling to Marine on Sunday 5th August for a match that will have a 2-00pm kick off. This is in addition to all the other confirmed ‘home soil’ friendlies which are as follows… […]
Following quickly on from the confirmed Austrian pre season camp, TNS understands that no other first team pre season friendlies have been confirmed by the club. Four pre season friendlies featuring the best players of the Wigan Athletic Development Squad will definitely take place and these are against AFC Fylde (July 20), Southport (July 28), […]
Wigan Athletic officials have confirmed that Roberto Martinez will be taking his team to the Austrian Alps again this season, as part of the big build up to the 2012-13 Barclays Premier League season on August 19th when Latics will entertain European Champions Chelsea. Latics are scheduled to play three training matches, one against a […]
Wigan Athletic’s opening game of the season against European Champions Chelsea at the DW Stadium will take place on Sunday 19th August, kicking off at 1-30pm. The game has been chosen as Sky Sports first televised live game of the season. The game against Premier League Champions Manchester City at the DW Stadium has also […]
Votes have been flying in for the TNS Top 50 players poll but you still have time to put your own favourites forward. We have now received over 800 nominations but we’d would dearly love to get over that thousand mark What we’re seeing so far makes fascinating reading. Three players have broken […]
Earlier today, Emmerson Boyce happened to tweet that he had been voted the 48th best Crystal Palace player of all time. Always keen to adapt a good idea here at This Northern Soul, we thought we’d carry out a poll of our own. The idea is simple. Just give us ten of your top Latics players. […]
Club officials have today launched the new away kit for the upcoming season. The kit, as you can see is all black and is available to purchase from 5th July. The kit, manufactured once again by Mi Fit, will be available from the official Wigan Athletic club store in the Galleries in Wigan Town Centre and online […]
The Premier League fixtures have been released today but in true money grabbing Premier League/Football League style sites like ours are prohibited to publish them unless of course we pay a fortune for the privilege. Notwithstanding Wigan Athletic are OUR team and we already pay a bloody fortune as it is following this sport, so […]