The Wigan Athletic Herald
Market13 Nov 2028
Joe Whitworth 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.
The dugout13 Nov 2028
Jensen Weir: 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.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Tempers go at Wigan Athletic
Joe Whitworth was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Words at Wigan Athletic training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fraser Murray is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match11 Nov 2028
Wigan Athletic get the job done against Wycombe Wanderers
A 2‑0 win over Wycombe Wanderers, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings13 Nov 2028
Christian Saydee in the eights
A performance of 8.74 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Market13 Nov 2028
Mark Brown steps up from the Wigan Athletic academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mark Brown 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.
Market13 Nov 2028
One of our own: Liam Palmer joins the Wigan Athletic first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Liam Palmer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market13 Nov 2028
Wigan Athletic promote Simon Murphy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon Murphy 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.
In brief
- Squad James Carragher reaches 100 appearances
- The dugout A satisfied Christopher Grant
- Player ratings Fraser Murray runs at them all day