The Wigan Athletic Herald
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Dael Fry says Wigan Athletic went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market23 Aug 2027
François Mendy 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Eyes on Joseph Hungbo again
The phone has started ringing about Joseph Hungbo again, and this time the name on the line is Barrow AFC. Wigan Athletic are listening politely and promising nothing.
Match21 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Wigan Athletic
4 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Owen Evans is a Wigan Athletic player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
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.
Match21 Aug 2027
3 matches without a goal for Wigan Athletic
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Nilson Angulo back under a manager who knows him
The new man at Wigan Athletic has worked with Nilson Angulo before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Wigan Athletic rebuffed over James Shea
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Luton Town have kept their man, and Wigan Athletic go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Match Wigan Athletic come up short against Blackpool
- Market One of our own: Alexander Wright joins the Wigan Athletic first team
- Match Burton Albion take the points off Wigan Athletic