Category Archives: David Sharpe

12th Man – 2016 a year of contrasts

Posted on December 30, 2016 by ianhaspinall

We have now reached the half-way point in the 2016/17 Championship season and the success of last season’s glorious League One campaign feels like light-years away. That special day in Blackpool when Latics celebrated the League One title is in … Continue reading →

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12th Man – A backward step

Posted on October 28, 2016 by ianhaspinall

It was surprising and disappointing to see Gary Caldwell dismissed as Latics’ manager on Tuesday night after only 14 games of the season. Caldwell’s team was only three points from safety with two thirds of the season still remaining. They hadn’t … Continue reading →

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12th Man – A season to remember

Posted on May 6, 2016 by ianhaspinall

The Latics promotion party has continued all week and there will be more celebrating on Sunday when they are presented with the League One trophy. David Sharpe, Dave Whelan, Jonathan Jackson, Gary Caldwell, the coaching staff and players should all … Continue reading →

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12th Man – Five star Latics

Posted on April 29, 2016 by ianhaspinall

What a sensational season it’s been at Wigan Athletic. Many fans worried about the prospect of a young chairman and an untried manager running the club but David Sharpe has steadied the ship and Gary Caldwell has risen to the … Continue reading →

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12th Man – 23 battles ahead

Posted on January 1, 2016 by ianhaspinall

We have now reached the halfway point in the 2015/16 season and Latics have put themselves in with a great chance of promotion back to the Championship. At the beginning of the season I felt that given all the changes … Continue reading →

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12th Man: The Prediction League

Posted on August 7, 2015 by ianhaspinall

It’s been an illuminating week reading all the guides to the new football season. Every newspaper, magazine and website has given their opinion on the forthcoming campaign and many have predicted that Latics will be in the promotion mix at … Continue reading →

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When Saturday Comes Latics Season Preview 2015/16

Posted on July 25, 2015 by ianhaspinall

WSC pre-season preview 2015/16 – Wigan Athletic 1. Realistically, how will you do? Very difficult to predict as there’s been a huge turnover in playing staff and we have a new untried manager in Gary Caldwell and the youngest Chairman … Continue reading →

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Early doors – Latics preview

Posted on July 16, 2015 by ianhaspinall

With less than two weeks to go before the start of the 2015/16 League One campaign Latics are very much a work in progress. Manager Gary Caldwell is in the process of revamping the playing staff but there is still … Continue reading →

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12th Man: Can Caldwell be Superman?

Posted on April 10, 2015 by ianhaspinall

Latics fans used to sing about Gary Caldwell being Superman, but will he be a super success as a manager? Wigan’s young chairman David Sharpe has acted very quickly and some would say too hastily in appointing an untried manager … Continue reading →

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12th Man: Whelan’s contribution has been nothing less than incredible

Posted on March 6, 2015 by ianhaspinall

It’s been a momentous week in the history of Wigan Athletic. The retirement of Dave Whelan, the appointment of his grandson David Sharpe as his successor, and two back-to-back wins for the first time since August have revived hopes of … Continue reading →

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