This was one of those games you wish you’d brought a cap for, especially if you’re towards the back of the East Stand. I did not and spent 3/4 of the game shielding my eyes from the sun, as it was a surprisingly clement afternoon for Wigan in October. It kind of made up for the lack of positive on-pitch action, but not really. Still, here are some photos from the warmup for this South Lancastrian clash.

A bumper selection of pics for you today. High quality images will be made available on the Flickr Illarterate stream under the Creative Commons Attribution license. This means you are free to repost them wherever you wish, provided some credit is applied.

It’s time to catch up on some JWAW photography from recent home games. First up, we have snaps of the warmup from Wigan’s victory over QPR just under two months ago, which is incidentally the last time they did anything but lose. Has it really been that long since our last point?

A selection of the best pics from this game –as well as the pre-season contest with Villarreal– are in the process of being uploaded to the Illarterate Flickr stream. As ever, they’re much higher quality than the 100kb jpegs here, and, like all JWAW photos, are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution so feel free to use them for your own blogs, forums and photomontages if you wish.

All the fun of a pre-season friendly, captured in glorious jpeggedness for your viewing delectation. Refer to the following gallery of photographs for a taste of the atmosphere at the DW Stadium, which saw the début of Wigan’s new home strip and more presentation-related mirth than you can squeeze into a fun-size serving of jamón serrano. That’s Spanish for cured ham, incidentally.

As for Hugo Rodallega, he was present to partake in the odd kickabout. One can only speculate as to whether his absence from the first team against Villarreal is a clue to his fate, with clubs such as Arsenal reportedly ready to table a bit. I’d take those stories with a pinch of salt for the time being, however, and venture that he was simply rested for more important forthcoming fixtures.

Photographs from the crucial Premier League clash with Birmingham City on Saturday 19 March. It was a variously tense and exciting afternoon, especially when things picked up in the second half.

The best of these pics will be available on the Illarterate Flickr channel soon, so check that out if you get the chance.