Martinez decision delayed – negotiations continue
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7 HRS AGO - Wigan manager Roberto Martinez has delayed making a decision on his future until early next week. Martinez was expected to make a decision today, but according to Sky Sports News a meeting with chairman Dave Whelan did not reach a conclusion. … Continue reading → Collapse
Meet the FA Cup in person
1 DAY AGO - We are looking into arranging a night at Sharpy’s Restaurant sometime in the next couple of weeks Expand
1 DAY AGO - We are looking into arranging a night at Sharpy’s Restaurant sometime in the next couple of weeks to relive the 2012/3 FA Cup Winning run. The night would probably be a Thursday, include a 2 … Continue reading → Collapse
Final game of the season ends in stalemate – Wigan Athletic 2 Aston Villa 2
3 DAYS AGO - Wigan’s last game in the Premier League ended in stalemate as they were held 2-2 by Aston Expand
3 DAYS AGO - Wigan’s last game in the Premier League ended in stalemate as they were held 2-2 by Aston Villa. Darren Bent gave Villa an early lead with a shot from eighteen yards before Emmerson Boyce equalised with a header and then Latics … Continue reading → Collapse
Success for Latics Achieved?
7 DAYS AGO - It’s easy for me now to say that I would take the FA Cup win, it is something tangible that Expand
7 DAYS AGO - It’s easy for me now to say that I would take the FA Cup win, it is something tangible that Wigan have won and I can taste the victory and the moment when that Ben Watson header his the back of the net. But would I now swap it for Premier League survival?
By getting relegated it could cost us somewhere in the region of £40 million a year. Yet with players to leave on frees in the summer, the FA Cup tournament money, and the parachute payments from the Premier League our financial future isn’t a problem; like many media outlets have reported Wigan are in no need to sell any players.
Instead what we can now do is go through a period of rebuilding. Many of the youth players coming through will now be given a chance to show they can handle playing for the Latics senior team. We could choose a full starting 11 with players 22 years old or younger and all of them I would say could handle themselves.
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FA Cup to be Paraded Monday 20TH May
7 DAYS AGO - The parade will be starting around about 5pm (BST) with the players expected to board an open top Expand
7 DAYS AGO - The parade will be starting around about 5pm (BST) with the players expected to board an open top bus and for this bus to go down Standishgate. They will disembark at Market Place where a stage will be there for the celebrations to begin.
The Council, Wigan Athletic football club and Wish FM are all working together on the project and it is surely going to be a fantastic time; the chance to revile in something that may only come once in a life time for us Latics fans.
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Wigan suffer relegation after Arsenal defeat – Arsenal 4 Wigan Athletic 1
5/14/2013 - Wigan Athletic experienced the two extremes in football in the space of only four days. They had Expand
5/14/2013 - Wigan Athletic experienced the two extremes in football in the space of only four days. They had their best ever day on Saturday when they won the FA Cup and today they suffered one of their darkest days when they were … Continue reading → Collapse
Manchester City 0-1 Wigan - 2013 FA Cup Final
5/14/2013 - Manchester City 0-1 Wigan - 2013 FA Cup Final
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5/14/2013 - Manchester City 0-1 Wigan - 2013 FA Cup Final
Appearing in the final for the first time in their 81-year history, they snatched a dramatic victory with a late winner in the 91st minute. Collapse
The Relegation Round Up: Two Wins for Survival
5/13/2013 - Three days after playing the biggest game in the clubs history, the players now go and play the Expand
5/13/2013 - Three days after playing the biggest game in the clubs history, the players now go and play the most important game in the clubs history. Are you with me so far? Thanks to the Latics not managing to beat Swansea on the Tuesday previously, the club now stares relegation in the face.
That is thanks to Newcastle United’s, and Norwich City’s two wins against QPR and West Bromwich Albion respectively. The only way we could have needed to win one of our remaining two games, was if Newcastle United and lost their remaining two games (including the one against QPR).
Now the Wigan players know what they have to do (not that it makes much difference, we would still have tried to beat Arsenal anyway). Lose in London and Tuesday night and we are down (a draw would not mathematically relegate us, but with Sunderland’s massively superior goal difference we would need a miracle), but win then it all comes down to the last game of the season.So here is each scenario:
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Has Wigan Athletic’s win restored faith in the FA Cup?
5/13/2013 - It is now twenty-four hours since Wigan Athletic won a historic first ever FA Cup Final and the Expand
5/13/2013 - It is now twenty-four hours since Wigan Athletic won a historic first ever FA Cup Final and the reality of what they have achieved is just starting to sink in. The Wigan story is a modern-day football fairytale. A small town … Continue reading → Collapse
FA Cup Winners 2012-13 – Video evidence that it actually happened
5/12/2013 - I have not been too well of late. Yesterday I was hallucinating that Wigan Athletic won the FA Cup Expand
5/12/2013 - I have not been too well of late. Yesterday I was hallucinating that Wigan Athletic won the FA Cup so I think a trip to the doctor for stronger medication is in order. I am still unsure whether all that really did happen and that I will wake up tomorrow morning to news that Latics [...] Collapse
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Progress With Unity Progress Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 46: PWU End Of Season Dinner
11 HRS AGO - [Scattered applause punctuated by the odd chesty cough] Thank you, ladies and gentlemen! I welcome Expand
11 HRS AGO - [Scattered applause punctuated by the odd chesty cough] Thank you, ladies and gentlemen! I welcome you to Sharpy’s Restaurant for this very special end of season dinner. While the PWU regulars are currently tucking into their cod and chips, here is a brief montage of memorable clips from this campaign. Wait, what? We haven’t got [...] Collapse
Wigan Athletic’s FA Cup Homecoming [Photos] Part II
2 DAYS AGO - Did you see the 4-page victory parade special in today’s Wigan Evening Post? Did you open Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Did you see the 4-page victory parade special in today’s Wigan Evening Post? Did you open the centre spread and try to spot yourself among the crowd? Because I did, and it’s like Where’s Wally? without the red stripy shirts – they were nowhere to be seen. I haven’t been back to the town centre [...] Collapse
Wigan 2-2 Aston Villa: Not goodbye, just au revoir?
4 DAYS AGO - I really wasn’t sure what to feel today. On one hand it is sad to think the DW Stadium will not be Expand
4 DAYS AGO - I really wasn’t sure what to feel today. On one hand it is sad to think the DW Stadium will not be hosting top flight football next year, on the other there was the sheer elation of seeing the FA Cup paraded around the pitch as if it were the Marsden Cup or something. Surreal [...] Collapse
Progress With Unity Wigan Athletic Podcast No. 45: Pleasure/Pain
7 DAYS AGO - Good evening, podcasters! I hope you aren’t in too foul a mood following the events of Expand
7 DAYS AGO - Good evening, podcasters! I hope you aren’t in too foul a mood following the events of Tuesday evening, and have enough energy to enjoy this week’s Progress With Unity. The FA Cup win is no doubt a sweetener, and the thing you will remember until the day you die. Once I recover from the disappointment [...] Collapse
Wigan Athletics Player of April: Callum McManaman
7 DAYS AGO - He was the clear winner and this seasons surprise package certainly had been that, how this young Expand
7 DAYS AGO - He was the clear winner and this seasons surprise package certainly had been that, how this young man could have changed our season had be played from the start? His pace and guile on the ball make him a potent threat to any defence, not a lot of players have managed to deal with him yet.
Good with both his left and right foot, showing this with his great left footed effort against Tottenham Hotspur, the winger can only go from strength to strength, and bagging the second in the FA Cup seni-final at Wembley. You could see how much it meant to the player.
One for the future and his call up to the under-21 squad is a worthy reward and I hope he will do Wigan proud. That is if the injury he sustained at Arsenal wasn’t too serious, being carried off on a stretcher is never nice. Hopefully it is nothing serious.
It has been a great return for the 22 year old this season. Scoring six times in 30 games for the club this season, that includes substitute appearances. A player very much Collapse
Wigan Athletic Are Relegated
5/14/2013 - The match report on the game will follow. But for now its time for a bit of self pity. After Expand
5/14/2013 - The match report on the game will follow. But for now its time for a bit of self pity. After winning the FA Cup at the weekend, we go to the low of relegation in the next. The players didn't give up the fight and did try their best, but in the end defensive mistakes cost us.
What does it mean for the club?
Who knows at this moment in time many things could happen, and then many other things may not. Will we keep hold of our manager? Will we keep hold our our talented players? Will we bounce back?
Many questions have to be answered and they will all come in the following months. Our next target as a club though as to be to stem the flow of losing players. People on a free will more than likely go which means losing about five. Couple that with Joel and Scharner's departure we will need new faces.
But who will be the man to bring those new faces in. I hope that it is Roberto Martinez. With this man we can ride the waves back to the Premier League, and hopefully onto greater success. Collapse
Time for another Wigan miracle
5/14/2013 - FA Cup winners Wigan Athletic go into tonight’s game at Arsenal knowing only another win Expand
5/14/2013 - FA Cup winners Wigan Athletic go into tonight’s game at Arsenal knowing only another win will do if they are to extend their eight-year stay in the Premier League. Wigan need to win their game at the Emirates and also … Continue reading → Collapse
The FA Cup Final: After Thoughts
5/13/2013 - The most important decision at the weekend was made by Roberto Martinez. Dropping Gary Caldwell Expand
5/13/2013 - The most important decision at the weekend was made by Roberto Martinez. Dropping Gary Caldwell and playing Antolin Alcaraz in the back three was a massive move, and one which worked well for Latics; seeing us change from defensive frailty against Swansea City, to solid wall at the back.
The tactical play between the three (Emmerson Boyce, Paul Scharner and Alcaraz) was superb. If one player went tight, then the other two plugged the gap in behind him, while our two wing-backs in Roger Espinoza and James McArthur would drop deep, when the ball was in the Latics final third.
It was like watching us play Manchester United last season. When we had the ball Jordi Gomez, Shaun Maloney and James McCarthy held to and looked for the pass forward or to get it wide. Up front we had Callum McManaman working the wide areas, with Arouna Kone working the Manchester City defence.
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The FA Cup Final: The Match Report
5/12/2013 - All the talk before the match was how many goals it was going to be. Not because both sides are Expand
5/12/2013 - All the talk before the match was how many goals it was going to be. Not because both sides are great attacking teams and everyone was hoping for a lovely flowing open game, but because Wigan were such rank outsiders that everyone, even a man and his dog were expecting City to steam roll past the Latics.
The City team was full strength even Joe Hart was in goal, as City took this seriously hoping to get some silverware for the third year in a row. The Wigan team on the other hand had a few changes from the midweek game. Out came Gary Caldwell and Ben Watson and in came Jordi Gomez and Antolin Alcaraz; both of which were good moves.
The start though was all about Man City. From the kick off they were sharper, well more quicker than a Wigan side who were happy to sit tight and let the Manchester club have the ball 30-yards from goal. The plan was lets keep tight and compact and make them come at us. The quick counter would be our best shot.
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Relive the FA Cup Final Day
5/12/2013 - Here are some exclusive pieces of footage from the Football Associations cameras which were behind Expand
5/12/2013 - Here are some exclusive pieces of footage from the Football Associations cameras which were behind the scenes: Wigan celebrate on the Wembley pitch after winning the FA Cup – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qLFHPFavB0 Exclusive FATV Tunnelcam from today’s … Continue reading → Collapse
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Info-Graphic | Most Error Prone Teams in the Premier League 2012-13
12 HRS AGO - There are some surprises in the info-graphic below. You’d expect the relegation threatened Expand
12 HRS AGO - There are some surprises in the info-graphic below. You’d expect the relegation threatened teams to be the most error prone in the Premier League and whilst this is true in the case of Newcastle United (just about stayed up) and Wigan Athletic (relegated) there is a surprise appearance from Champions League qualifiers Arsenal. Arsenal have [...]Info-Graphic | Most Error Prone Teams in the Premier League 2012-13
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Wigan Athletic’s FA Cup Homecoming [Photos] Part I
2 DAYS AGO - Seeing the FA Cup paraded around Market Place, just like we predicted on the PWU Podcast, was Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Seeing the FA Cup paraded around Market Place, just like we predicted on the PWU Podcast, was something of a surreal experience. Of course, we were never totally serious about it all, were we? The very notion of such a thing is foolish, surely? But no, this afternoon I got to see Arouna Kone balance [...] Collapse
The Premier League Shockers – How common are the shocking upsets?
6 DAYS AGO - Ok, so Landry was talking about the ‘other’ type of football, however the sentiment Expand
6 DAYS AGO - Ok, so Landry was talking about the ‘other’ type of football, however the sentiment remains true for ‘real’ football. One of the most beautiful things about the beautiful game is the potential for a freak, unexpected result. An incredible, unbelievable result. There’s nothing that neutral football fans enjoy more than seeing an underdog grabbing a [...]The Premier League Shockers – How common are the shocking upsets?
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Arsenal 4 Wigan 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
7 DAYS AGO - With the end of the season around the corner, both the Arsenal and Wigan managers kept largely the Expand
7 DAYS AGO - With the end of the season around the corner, both the Arsenal and Wigan managers kept largely the same XIs as in the past few weeks. For Arsenal the only change was Gibbs coming in to play at left back as Monreal played there in the previous game against QPR. Martinez named the very same [...]Arsenal 4 Wigan 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
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Match Report: Arsenal 4-1 Wigan Athletic
5/15/2013 - The same line up was chosen by Roberto Martinez has he hoped to keep the momentum going for Expand
5/15/2013 - The same line up was chosen by Roberto Martinez has he hoped to keep the momentum going for Latics. Yet right from the off the Gunners were the stronger side. The wet slippery football pitch was suiting their fast pacey game of football, it was like slicing a piece of meat for Arsenal. Their knife was pretty sharp.
Inside ten minutes Latics were 1-0 down. Luckas Podolski heading home after a chipped in corner from Mikel Arteta. Paul Scharner and Joel Robles getting caught under the ball. That left the Germany forward to head in from close range and kill of the Wigan players with what little energy they had.
Did Latics have enough to muster a win now? Could they get themselves level?
Thankfully for us Arsenal had a dip in their eagerness to get forward quickly. Happy to get their noses in front early they were more happy to knock the ball about and probe around the Latics defence. Yet when Latics won teh ball we couldn't manage to make that pass which could create a chance.
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Arsenal 4-1 Wigan: From adulation to rele… er, the R-word
5/14/2013 - Not to be a party pooper, but I feel I must interject at this point. Remember a time long ago when Expand
5/14/2013 - Not to be a party pooper, but I feel I must interject at this point. Remember a time long ago when we all cared about the league? Nah, me neither. I don’t think I quite emphasised the importance of the Swansea game to Wigan’s Premier League survival. Hey, we all had other things on our [...] Collapse
Match Preview: Arsenal vs Wigan Athletic
5/14/2013 - Football is a cruel mistress. Only 24 hours after beating Manchester City at Wembley stadium, Expand
5/14/2013 - Football is a cruel mistress. Only 24 hours after beating Manchester City at Wembley stadium, Wigan Athletic are staring down the barrel of relegation. Withe Newcastle United and Norwich City winning it meant that only two wins will now do the Lancashire side.
The first is tonight's encounter against Arsenal. The gunners who have had over a week off to prepare and rest for this game, are looking to get a place in the top four. To do that, they will have to also win their next two games. At either end of the table this has massive importance.
Latics come into the game in great form after Saturday's win. With Antolin Alcaraz fit and ready to go, the Wigan ship had been balanced as captain Gary drops to the bench. The belief in the camp is high, but what at fatigue levels? The game tonight will be Wigan's fourth in ten days, that is some turn around, is everyone fit?
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What Would Roberto Martinez’s Everton Look Like? | Tactical Analysis
5/13/2013 - Whilst David Moyes faces the impossible task of replacing Sir Alex Ferguson as the Manchester Expand
5/13/2013 - Whilst David Moyes faces the impossible task of replacing Sir Alex Ferguson as the Manchester United manager next season (albeit under the guidance of Ferguson himself in his new role at Manchester United), Everton FC’s future is uncertain at best. Everton are faced with a few options: do they opt for a Moyes-like Malky Mackay? [...]What Would Roberto Martinez’s Everton Look Like? | Tactical Analysis
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More Exclusive FA Cup footage
5/12/2013 - We now have all the links for the match footage: Official highlights Wigan vs Manchester City 1-0 Expand
5/12/2013 - We now have all the links for the match footage: Official highlights Wigan vs Manchester City 1-0 – http://youtu.be/YEM00kBdbfk Ben Watson’s winning goal for Wigan – http://youtu.be/2J5ImKiQnbo Exclusive FATV Pitchside highlights – http://youtu.be/XcufTeKRV8Y Exclusive FATV … Continue reading → Collapse
Wigan Athletic – FA Cup Winners 2013
5/11/2013 - There are many things I football that can bring joy and woe, but they are usually forgotten in the Expand
5/11/2013 - There are many things I football that can bring joy and woe, but they are usually forgotten in the annuls of time. The FA Cup is not one of those, Wigan Athletic may be relegated … Continue reading → Collapse
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