Category Archives: Wigan Athletic

Review: Done Deal – An Insider’s Guide to Football Contracts, Multi-Million Pound Transfers and Premier League Big Business by Daniel Geey

Posted on March 7, 2019 by ianhaspinall

If you are interested in the inner workings of the football industry this could be the book for you. Sports lawyer Daniel Geey provides insights into what goes on behind the scenes with high stakes transfers, television rights negotiations, player … Continue reading →

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A golden opportunity wasted – Derby County 2 Wigan Athletic 1

Posted on March 6, 2019 by ianhaspinall

Wigan Athletic wasted a golden opportunity to move clear of the Championship relegation zone when Derby County came back from a goal down to win 2-1 at the iPro Stadium. Latics had taken the lead through Gavin Massey on 25 … Continue reading →

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Cook’s tactics secure point but will it prove to be enough in the long run? Wigan Athletic 0 Middlesbrough 0

Posted on March 3, 2019 by ianhaspinall

Was this a point gained or an opportunity lost for Wigan Athletic? Latics set up to frustrate promotion chasing Middlesbrough at the DW Stadium and secured one point in their fight for Championship survival. The hosts rode their luck with … Continue reading →

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Lacklustre Latics leave it late – Wigan Athletic 1 Ipswich Town 1

Posted on February 24, 2019 by ianhaspinall

An out of sorts Wigan Athletic equalised in the 91st minute to deny bottom of the table Ipswich Town a rare away victory. The Tractor Boys went down to 10 men on 25 minutes when the last defender Jonas Knudsen … Continue reading →

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Latics maintain the gap – Rotherham United 1 Wigan Athletic 1

Posted on February 11, 2019 by ianhaspinall

Wigan Athletic maintained the six-point gap between themselves and fourth-bottom Rotherham United with a hard fought 1-1 draw at the New York Stadium. Latics lost new signing and acting captain Danny Fox after 25 minutes with a head injury and … Continue reading →

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An emotional week but Latics ease relegation pressure and edge past QPR – Wigan Athletic 2 – Queens Park Rangers 1

Posted on February 3, 2019 by ianhaspinall

  New loan striker Leon Clarke on target for Latics Wigan Athletic lost fans’ favourite Will Grigg late in the transfer window but moved seven points clear of the relegation zone after a hard fought victory against QPR at the … Continue reading →

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Huge disappointment as Grigg is allowed to leave Latics

Posted on February 1, 2019 by ianhaspinall

Transfer deadline day left Wigan Athletic fans hugely disappointed when their talisman striker Will Grigg was sold to Sunderland for a fee in the region of £4m.  It was surely Latics’ worst decision of recent times that they allowed their … Continue reading →

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Fine Forest finishing condemns Latics to another away defeat – Nottingham Forest 3 Wigan Athletic 1

Posted on January 27, 2019 by ianhaspinall

Despite matching Nottingham Forest for long periods Latics crashed to another away defeat at the City Ground. This was an improved performance on last week’s defeat at Sheffield Wednesday but Latics’ failure to capitalise on their chances and some clinical … Continue reading →

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Review: Going to the Match – The Passion for Football by Duncan Hamilton

Posted on January 22, 2019 by ianhaspinall

Duncan Hamilton’s latest book is inspired by L.S. Lowry’s famously evocative painting ‘Going to the Match’. The artist painted the supporters approaching Bolton Wanderers’ Burnden Park in 1953 and Hamilton uses the painting as his starting point. It is an … Continue reading →

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Another dire away day for Latics – Sheffield Wednesday 1 Wigan Athletic 0

Posted on January 19, 2019 by ianhaspinall

Latics’ abysmal away form continued with a 1-0 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday. They are now winless in their last 12 away games and they never looked likely to end the run with another poor away performance at Hillsborough. The visitors … Continue reading →

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