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Whilst our league position might be seen as slightly worrying, Saturday gives us all a chance to revel in a moment of history.
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Despite Aston Villa's crushing win over Sunderland on Monday night, Premier League survival is still in the sole hands of Wigan Athletic but that could all change with defeat…
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As history has taught us, when we reach April and survival is still to be earned, you cannot pick and choose fixtures that you think you can win…
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Pardon the pun, but it's that time of year again when the players of Wigan Athletic have to show their ability if they want to stay in the Premier…
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The FA Cup run has been a fantastic journey and a great bonus for the club, but it’s a possibility it could act as a disguise -or even…
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Wigan Athletic’s return to Wembley was an inevitably massive day for the club, even if we failed to sell out our allocation. Although our victory has been overshadowed…
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History will be made on Saturday evening as we take part in our first ever FA Cup semi final and hopefully the history making won't end there as we…
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Around 500 Wigan Athletic fans took a trip down memory lane on Tuesday night as they re-lived the 1999 Auto Windscreens Shield win over Millwall in aid of local…
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As Paul Scharner carried out his post-match interview, Chairman Dave Whelan joined him to share a dream he had last week, one which would see Latics face his former…
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Well the result against Liverpool wasn't what we wanted to go into this game on the back of, but it isn't very often we manage to put some form…
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The financial reports have been released for the 2011 – 2012 season for Wigan Athletic and it makes good reading. Firstly we have made a profit for the first…
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Written by Jason Taylor
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Friday, 17 May 2013 23:45 |
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The Aruna Kone Foundation are raising money for a purpose built hospital in the Ivory Coast. They are holding a football tournament on 26th May at the Powerleague soccerdome and are looking for just a few more teams to enter.
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Written by The Duke
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 20:34 |
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As the rain poured down on Roberto Martinez and his fallen troops at the Emirates, the pathetic fallacy perfectly summed up the mood. We have inflicted these emotions directly onto other clubs in recent years, we’ve seen Sheffield United, West Ham and Blackburn perish as we have simultaneously celebrated, but now it’s our turn to feel the pain of relegation.
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Written by The Duke
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 20:12 |
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Last Tuesday, the DW Stadium resembled a cauldron of despondency. Wigan players and fans alike had their energy zapped out of them and left the stadium in sheer disbelief, knowing that it could be the night survival finally slipped from our grasp. This was a fairly atypical event to precede a Cup Final, but the Latics put league troubles behind them to rise from the ashes on Saturday at Wembley.
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Written by Adam Conroy
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Monday, 13 May 2013 17:43 |
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.....well we have now. Obviously as fans of the club we're all well aware of the proud history that we have, but now nobody can make that comment no matter how uneducated they are on the histories of Wigan Athletic. Whether we fast forward 5 years, 25 years or 50 years we will always and forever be known as the 43rd winners of the Football Association Challenge Cup. We may be consigned to relegation in just over 24 hours time but they can never take the 2013 FA Cup win away from us. I wasn't nervous ahead of the game simply because I was proud to be there regardless of the result. All week my heart had said 1-0 Wigan whilst my head said 2-0 City. Unfortunately on the way to the game I got the sudden feeling that Callum would be our hero and put my bet on a scorecast as opposed to a simple 1-0 win. Shame I didn't back him to be awarded the man of the match which he fully deserved. You could have been highly critical of him at half time for wasting the two big chances we had by inexplicably cutting inside and then failing to find the unmarked Arouna Kone or Shaun Maloney having made a fool of Joe Hart but thankfully neither incident cost us in the end which we've seen so many times this season and is one of the reasons why we sit on the verge of relegation. I'll hold my hands up and say that a few months ago I commented that he would never make a Premier League player as long as he had a hold in his backside but he has certainly proved me wrong with his performances recently. Two more big ones please Callum. I'm massively pleased for Ben Watson as well. Can you get a more super sub than that? Having played no FA Cup football at all all season he steps up and buries the winner. He should have had the chance to do so from a penalty in my opinion after Callum was brought down but as I actually said at the time to the guy sat next to me "We wouldn't have got that even if he'd shot him.....we'll have to score from the corner instead." Thankfully we did because I don't think I could have taken another half hour. Whilst we were by far the better side there was always that nagging feeling that they would hit us just as they did at The Etihad. Not this time of course and the moment the ball hit the net and seeing Boycie and Gary Caldwell lift the trophy will live with me forever. Read this story and then read this one. Unbelievable. Onto tomorrow night. I was hoping that results would go our way yesterday of course because I don't think we will get the win we need, but as this team has proven time and time again you just never can write them off. If we play as we did on Saturday then there is absolutely no reason why we can't. I hope the eleven that started the game are all fit enough to start again because I think that that is the best side we can turn out at the moment although I've read today that Adrian Lopez and Jean Beausejour could play which helps with our defensive issues. Antolin Alcaraz has to start though because he is by far and away the best defender we have at the club I think and he's such a calming influence. I don't think we would have lost to Swansea had he played. We've had our injury problems this year at the back with practically everyone of our defenders spending some time on the sidelines which I think most clubs would struggle with, but the two main reasons in my opinion why we are where we are are that we give away far too many cheap goals which you just cannot do at this level. You can list several goals this season that have cost us points which were gifts. The two against Tottenham and two against Swansea obviously springing to mind straight away. Then there's not taking our chances again which you can't afford to do. We should have beaten City in the league at least once, we dropped two points against QPR both home and away, and we played Stoke off the park at The Britannia but again only came away with a point. Unfortunately this season we may not get away with it but until it's confirmed then I'll still believe because as Saturday showed, nothing is impossible. I hope you all enjoyed your day/weekend - I certainly did and I'll never tire of hearing, reading or typing these words: Wigan Athletic - FA Cup Winners 2013. One final thing....can we please stop singing "Championees ole ole ole"? We are the cup winners not the champions. A personal pet hate that one. :) |
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Last Updated on Monday, 20 May 2013 11:57 |
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Written by Adam Conroy
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Thursday, 09 May 2013 13:31 |
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Whilst our league position might be seen as slightly worrying, Saturday gives us all a chance to revel in a moment of history.
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Written by Adam Conroy
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Tuesday, 07 May 2013 09:38 |
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Despite the many doom merchants this time last week, Saturday's win at West Brom means Premier League survival is a very real possibility.
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Written by The Duke
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Monday, 06 May 2013 18:59 |
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The common perception of Wigan Athletic is a club that has grown rapidly over the last decade but has now fully expended all of its modest resources and cannot grow any further. Many consider Latics to be unsustainably punching above their weight, with it only being a matter of time before the luck runs out and Wigan fall back from whence they came. Roberto Martinez however has other ideas, and the next few weeks will determine whether his dream will have potential, or will be nothing more than an ambitious concept of unrealistic idealism.
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Written by Julian Thorburn
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Friday, 03 May 2013 18:57 |
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BBC North West Tonight will be broadcasting live from Berkley Square ahead of the FA Cup Final on Saturday.
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