The Wigan Athletic Herald
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Fraser Murray runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Wigan Athletic
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Wigan Athletic rebuffed over Artur Serobyan
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ararat-Armenia have kept their man, and Wigan Athletic go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Wigan Athletic
Gabriel Serrano and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: David Thompson joins the Wigan Athletic first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Thompson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Steven Shaw steps up from the Wigan Athletic academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Steven Shaw has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Wigan Athletic promote Mark Bailey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mark Bailey has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: James Morgan joins the Wigan Athletic first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Morgan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Wigan Athletic
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Finley Burns was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Transfer targets Wigan Athletic ask about Dante Cassanova
- Transfer targets A loan move for Trofim Melnichenko is in the works
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Wigan Athletic