Blooded at Latics – playing for Team GB
Stuart Pierce has selected his 18 man squad that will historically fight it out for the Football Olympic title this year and a couple of the youngsters playing were at Wigan Athletic not so long ago.
The road to Europe – Latics fixtures released
Wigan Athletic have been handed a home game against Champion League winners Chelsea, at the DW Stadium for our opening game of the 2012 – 2013 season, closing with a home game against Aston Villa.
The newly re-vamped previous meetings of Wigan Athletic.
Over the past few months a lot of work has been done to simplify the previous meetings for Wigan Athletic against every team in the Football League, giving you an easy reference point.
Martinez and Latics’ fans look to have got it all
After all the speculation about Wigan Athletic losing Roberto Martinez to Liverpool or Aston Villa, common sense has kicked in with Mr. Whelan and the future looks good for manager and fans.
The disrespect is evident already – and Roberto hasn’t even been interviewed yet
The vitriol is flying now that King Kenny has been sacked and the owners announce their candidates to replace him as manager. I mean, how they dare consider a manager of Wigan Athletic, who are they….. Oh, they are a team that Liverpool has beaten once in his tenure here, with two wins over them under his belt.
Wigan: Where To Now?
There are some things that require patience to get the full benefit, but this quality tends to be rare in these times of the instant gratification generation and speed of information sent and processed.
The Perfect Swansong
You all know the drill by now. The final day is one where as-it-stands tables appear in the corner of your screen after every five minutes, Match of the Day switches between games and Paul Merson ends up going mental. It’s always highly dramatic of course, but yesterday was something else.
New kit, thunder sticks and a minutes applause
What else can you ask for? The players will be wearing the new Wigan Athletic kit against Wolves today, thunder sticks will be handed out before the game and we will have a minute’s applause to celebrate the 8th season in the Premier League in the eight minute.
Better Late Than Never
Now the perennial routine of midweek has set in, the weekend seems a long way back, so to call this article a ‘weekend review’ seems rather inappropriate. Regardless, the football witnessed over the last five days has been just what the doctor ordered.