Month: May 2011
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Wigan Athletic games of the season 2010-11: The nine wins that ensured safety for Latics
This past season has seen more intrigue, magic, terror and excitement than an X-rated Harry Potter novel. A better comparison might be the 2006‐–07 Premier League campaign, which also saw Wigan scrape through by the skin of a skinny supermodel’s rice pudding. Actually, that’s a stupid comparison as the likes of Kate Moss would most […]
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Final day fascination and devastation: Wigan’s survival battle in retrospect
If you reckoned nothing could top Wigan-West Ham, then the almost excruciating events of yesterday may well force you to rethink. It wasn’t a classic game of football by any means, and by pure footballing standards it was relatively tame in comparison. In football, however, context is everything, and you’d have been a fool to […]
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Stoke 0-1 Wigan: Hugo the hero as Latics seize survival chance
Latics ensured their Premier League survival with a significant away win, only their fourth of the season but arguably the most decisive. The tension and nerves of last week’s classic encounter with West Ham were simply hors d’oeuvres for today’s main course, which predictably proved nigh on indigestible for great periods. But did Martinez’s side […]
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Wigan 3-2 West Ham in video: Thanks, YouTube (and Charlie Nicholas)!
In this age of technology, Sky Sports and ESPN aren’t the only ones covering Premier League games. In fact, I’d suggest some of the fan-made videos uploaded to the Internet, whilst not exactly of the best quality, offer an insight the big stations’ HD and 3D cameras don’t, and that’s the fan’s eye view. Following […]
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One game to go: Latics final day Premier League permutations
At 5pm on Sunday we were out of it, or at the very least toeing the very edge of a rather large crevice that leads to the Championship canyon. Thanks to a comeback the likes of which we haven’t seen for months (the last time Wigan came from 2-0 down to win was that game […]
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Wigan 3-2 West Ham: The Great Escape?
When we sit and look back upon Latics’ spell in the Premiership, whether it be a period of six years or longer, there will be certain encounters that really stand out. Games you can be proud to say “I was there,” moments that will stay with you forever – Charlie’s winner against Arsenal last year, […]
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Aston Villa 1-1 Wigan: A point closer to survival
Latics preserved their unbeaten record at Villa Park with a deserved point that could prove so crucial in the Premier League run-in. After a first half which saw both sides enjoy decent spells of possession and pressure, the visitors passed out the second half – but not without the odd scare. After a cagey opening, […]