The Wigan Athletic Herald
Match17 Aug 2027
Wigan Athletic tear Barnsley apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Barnsley, and it could have been more.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Josh March: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Wigan Athletic have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market23 Aug 2027
Wigan Athletic turn down Willem II for Christian Saydee
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market23 Aug 2027
Joe Adams turns Rotherham United down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Brandon Powell, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.70
A mark of 7.70 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market23 Aug 2027
Jason Kerr 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.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Wigan Athletic
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Crewe Alexandra tell Wigan Athletic: Tom Booth is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The terraces23 Aug 2027
The crowd has taken to Jamie McDonnell
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Peter Jackson joins the Wigan Athletic first team
- Match Wigan Athletic get the job done against Milton Keynes Dons
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Fraser Murray at his very best