The Wigan Athletic Herald
Match10 Feb 2029
The wait goes on for Wigan Athletic
12 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market12 Feb 2029
Yevhen Zhylinskyi hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Wigan Athletic can pretend not to have heard.
Market12 Feb 2029
Tyrese Francois is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Wigan Athletic is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Transfer targets12 Feb 2029
No deal for Julian Widecki-Estima at that price
Wigan Athletic offered $84.0K; Wrexham said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Match6 Feb 2029
Northampton Town take the points off Wigan Athletic
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Transfer targets12 Feb 2029
Door shut on Cameron Congreve
Wigan Athletic asked and West Ham United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Batata in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Wigan Athletic this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
No hiding place for Sam Tickle
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sam Tickle, and the manager let it.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Tyrese Francois frozen out at Wigan Athletic
This is not rotation. Tyrese Francois has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Wigan Athletic is pretending otherwise.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Michael Lawrence joins the Wigan Athletic first team
- Market One of our own: Simon Clark joins the Wigan Athletic first team
- Squad Sam Tickle makes it 200