Category: News
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Caldwell return ‘will not be rushed’
Club captain Gary Caldwell has revealed to Latics Official that he could return to reserve team football before the year is out. But the Scotland international warns he will only make himself available for selection when he is sure of his fitness. Caldwell underwent hip surgery in the summer, but is making significant progress thanks […]
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Will Keane become a Wigan Athletic player?
Owen Coyle’s quest to transform Wigan Athletic into a Manchester United B-team continues apace with news that 20-year old forward Will Keane is close to securing a loan deal. That’s if you believe the sources, and there is certainly no reason not to. Nope, none at all. There are now less than two weeks remaining […]
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England v Chile: Jean Beausejour’s big TV date
Ready your VCRs and Videoplus+ boxes! Energetic Latics wingman Jean Beausejour could return to action for Chile against England tonight, and it’s being shown live on ITV. The game kicks off at 8.00pm, so dig out an old episode of Top Gear you don’t mind taping over (they’re all on Freeview TV channel Dave anyway) […]
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Callum McManaman ‘on radar’ for shock England World Cup call-up
The mainstream media is today reporting that Callum McManaman “isn’t out of Roy Hodgson’s radar” for a somewhat surprising international call-up. One’s immediate reaction to this might be, “were PWU‘s Kendrick or Farrimond at that press conference to ask the question?” Twitter, that most reliable of online sources, seems to indicate otherwise, though evidence suggests […]
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Bye bye, Bobby: Out with the old, in with the… who?
*Snores loudly* Huh, wha? Grumble! How dare you wake me from my summertime slumber! Like hedgehogs, us football bloggers like to hibernate during fallow periods; it prevents us from losing touch with reality when the madness of the season begins in earnest sometime after July. Or maybe even earlier, if you’re Swansea. Don’t quote me […]
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Things we noticed from watching Euro 2012
Thank goodness for the European Championships, eh? Just when the media’s collective foreheads were about to explode Scanners-style over the vacant Tottenham post (getting alkaline flesh and acid blood all over the coffee table), there’s nothing like an international tournament to return us to the sanity of actual football. Or not, as the case may […]
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Holiday time is over: Back to business for Martinez & team
Following reports that Graeme Jones has turned down the Swansea job, it looks as though Wigan will survive through to the start of the European Championships with their management team intact. That such high-profile clubs are even interested is somewhat surprising, especially given the club’s situation not six months ago – the dramatic upturn in […]
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Roberto Martinez signs new three-year contract with Wigan
Following 48 hours of intense speculation over the Spaniard’s future, Roberto Martinez has opted to stay at Wigan Athletic, putting pen to paper in a contract that will keep him at the club for three more years. It is thought Martinez rejected a deal with Aston Villa worth around twice his current contract because of […]
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Roberto Martinez in talks with Aston Villa: A question of faith?
As soon as it became clear Gerard Houllier would not return to manage Aston Villa, rumours about who should replace him began to fly. One of those in the running was Wigan’s own Roberto Martinez, who was immediately instated as the bookies’ third favourite when chairman Randy Lerner expressed an interest in the Spaniard. It […]
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This Northern Soul, a new Latics website to unite the fanpages
Some big news straight from the world wide web. Representatives from [Thas] Not a Patch on Harry Lyon, Ye Olde Tree and Crown and the Mudhutter have clubbed together to form a new, all-encompassing megasite entitled ‘This Northern Soul‘, the intended successor to said sites. This does mean NAPO, YOTAC and Mudhutter will be closed, […]