Category Archives: Brentford

Latics must keep fighting despite difficult week – Brentford 3 Wigan Athletic 0

Posted on July 5, 2020 by ianhaspinall

It’s been an incredibly difficult and emotional week for everyone associated with Wigan Athletic and things didn’t get better on the pitch as they were outplayed by an in-form Brentford at Griffin Park. Said Benrahma scored a hat-trick for the … Continue reading →

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Desperate day at the DW – Wigan Athletic 0 Brentford 3

Posted on November 10, 2019 by ianhaspinall

Wigan Athletic turned in their worst performance of the season as they slumped to a 3-0 defeat against Brentford at the DW Stadium. Latics were behind after only five minutes as some dreadful defending allowed Bryan Mbeumo to stab the … Continue reading →

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Trying to find the finishing touches – Wigan Athletic 0 Brentford 0

Posted on April 1, 2019 by ianhaspinall

Wigan Athletic remain in the relegation dogfight after a 0-0 draw at home to Brentford and are four points above the drop zone with seven games remaining. It was a creditable performance by Latics who had the best chances to … Continue reading →

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Latics take a stinging from the Bees – Brentford 2 Wigan Athletic 0

Posted on September 15, 2018 by ianhaspinall

Brentford moved to second place in the Championship table with a convincing victory against Wigan Athletic at Griffin Park. The Bees were buzzing from the kick off and Romaine Sawyers forced a very good low save from Christian Walton in … Continue reading →

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12th Man – Big buzz around Brentford

Posted on September 14, 2018 by ianhaspinall

Latics travel to West London tomorrow for what should be an exciting Championship fixture against Brentford. The former Walsall manager Dean Smith has made a big impact since taking over in November 2015 with some attractive attacking football. Latics and … Continue reading →

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Battling Wigan move out of the drop zone – Wigan Athletic 2 Brentford 1

Posted on January 23, 2017 by ianhaspinall

Latics moved out of the bottom three after a dominating display against mid-table Brentford at the DW Stadium. Man of the match Sam Morsy fired Latics ahead after 28 minutes and soon afterwards the Eqyptian international added a second when … Continue reading →

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12th Man – Building blocks for survival

Posted on January 20, 2017 by ianhaspinall

What an incredible debut for Callum Connolly at Burton last Saturday, the 19-year-old Everton loanee had only signed for Latics just prior to kick off and he made a dream start scoring two headed goals to clinch a vital win. … Continue reading →

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Captain Warnock is leading by example – Brentford 0 Wigan Athletic 0

Posted on October 2, 2016 by ianhaspinall

The recently appointed Wigan Athletic captain Stephen Warnock produced a Man of the Match performance in the 0-0 draw at Brentford and helped the club to their first away point of the season. The 34-year-old former England international defender inspired … Continue reading →

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12th Man – Let’s cut out the backbiting

Posted on September 30, 2016 by ianhaspinall

It was great to see Latics get back to winning ways against Wolves on Tuesday night. It was a hard fought but deserved victory against a very good Wolves team who had recently beaten Newcastle and Brentford. Prior to Tuesday’s … Continue reading →

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Listless Latics undone by busy Bees – Brentford 3 Wigan Athletic 0

Posted on May 3, 2015 by ianhaspinall

Wigan ended their woeful season with a 3-0 defeat as Brentford convincingly moved into the Championship play-offs. The Bees took the lead through Alex Pritchard’s deflected first half free-kick. Jota’s goal early in the second half took Brentford into fifth … Continue reading →

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