Wigan Athletic have confirmed that England Under 20 goalkeeper Lee Nicholls has extended his contract at the club until the Summer of 2014. Liverpool-born Nicholls arrived at the club as a 16 year-old in 2009 and has continued to show immense promise for the Development Squad. He caught the eye of England Under 20’s coach […]
This Northern Soul is proud to be supporting walk4emma and on February 11th 2012 several of our team will be joining hundreds of other Wigan Athletic fans in walking from the DW Stadium to the Reebok. The walk has quickly gained momentum since it was first put forward by Worbo from Vital Wigan and is […]
Wigan Athletic’s loanee left back, Patrick Van Aanholt has returned to his parent club, Chelsea. Pat, who had previously featured in the Champions League for the Pensioners, was signed on a season long loan from Chelsea on 31st August 2011. Latics became his fourth club as a loanee player, Coventry City, Newcastle United and Leicester City […]
Wigan Athletic have this evening confirmed that Conor Sammon’s red card, picked up at Old Trafford for not committing a foul on Michael Carrick has been rescinded. The inept refereeing decision taken by Phil Dowd virtually ensured a Wigan Athletic defeat against Manchester United on Boxing Day, but at least now Conor does not have […]
Wigan Athletic are to formally ask the FA to rescind the ludicrous red card that Conor Sammon picked up for shielding the ball against Manchester United on Boxing Day. Match referee Phil Dowd, forty yards from the incident, decided that Conor had fouled Michael Carrick as the United star hit the ground as if pole […]
Wigan Athletic midfielder Mohamed Diame is set to play for Senegal in the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations tournament. Diame, who has already represented his country on five occasions will hopefully play his first game for Senegal in Equatorial Guinea, Bata against Zambia on 21st January 2012. The length of his absence from first team […]
Following the confirmation of Michael O’Neill being appointed the new manager of Northern Ireland, here is a brief resume of his time at Wigan Athletic and beyond… Mike was born in Portadown on 5th July 1969 His other clubs include, Coleraine, Newcastle United, Dundee United, Hibernian, Coventry City, Aberdeen, Reading, St Johnstone, Clydebank, Portland Timbers, […]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager Terry Butcher is keen to extend the loan arrangement of Roman Golobart. Butcher is expected to contact Roberto Martinez shortly asking for the central defender’s loan spell to be extended until the end of the season. Golobart, who scored his first career goal on Saturday during a 2-1 victory over Aberdeen […]
LATICS PLAYERS SPREAD SOME CHRISTMAS CHEER The whole of the Wigan Athletic squad has been out and about in Wigan helping to give something back to their community as the season of goodwill is upon us. Armed with Christmas presents that the players had paid for themselves, they visited Willow Grove and Hope Schools and […]
In true Latics United style, the supporters of Wigan Athletic are once again planning to help a local person by coming together to prove that fans of a local football team do care about their fellow man. Barry Worthington the website owner of VitalWigan has hit upon an idea that could go a long way […]