Spoiler Alert. I was there. Match Report. Sunderland v Wigan
The reporter and Leam. (Claimer as opposed to disclaimer from the Blackburn match report. Before the cynics jump out of bed and say, “he has as much clue as a Prime Minister” and the word ‘Prime’ is used with reservations). Being a master tactician and Professor of...
Charlie Wyke back to full training and match fit
Wyke ready to go Leam Richardson has revealed for the first time his hope Charlie Wyke will be fighting fit and available for the start of Wigan Athletic's new season. Wyke hasn't played since he suffered a cardiac arrest during training in the build-up to Latics’...
Wigan Athletic 2022 – 2023 EFL Championship Season Fixtures
2022/23 Fixtures release Wigan Athletic are back where we started before that fateful day when we were plunged into administration. Leam Richardson has pulled off nothing short of a miracle, firstly keeping us in League One on a shoestring with mainly academy players....
New EFL Rules to come in for 2022/23
EFL Rules for 2022/23 At the EFL Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday 10th June 2022, EFL Clubs approved a number of regulation changes that will come into effect immediately. These include: SUBSTITUTES For League matches during the 2021/22 season, Clubs were able...
Initial friendly fixtures 2022 released
1st Batch of Pre-season Fixtures Wigan Athletic players return to training at Christopher Park on Thursday 23 June before heading to Spain for a pre-season training camp on Saturday 26 June. Leam Richardson’s side will play their first pre-season fixture on Tuesday 5...
Shrewsbury Town 0 – 3 Wigan Athletic Champions
League One - Montgomery Waters Meadow Saturday 30th April 2022 Shrewsbury Town 0 - 3 WIGAN ATHLETICVela O.G (43)Keane (50 pen)Keane (65) It was an afternoon to remember, saviour and cherish as Wigan Athletic sealed their promotion to the Sky Bet Championship as...
Shrewsbury Town preview 30th April 2022
Match Preview for visit to Shrewsbury Town The old saying goes, “Latics never do things the easy way” * 4 games to we needed a win and a draw to secure the league, now with one game to go we could well need to win to take the title, we at least need a draw to not...
Chairman gives Shrews tickets to fans who missed out.
The Chair shows the way After us questioning the whether taking tickets away from the fans that go to every game was selfish (article here), Wigan Athletic Chairman Talal has put his tickets up for grabs on twitter, he said: "So… I was hoping to attend in the away end...
Shrewsbury ticket situation – selfish fans or Club’s fault?
Selfish fans? There are dedicated fans that get to as many games as they can in a season, win, lose or draw. There are those that can only make a few, but make the effort. There also seems to be those that suddenly decide they want travel to their first away game of...