Jonny Smith

Left Midfielder - Wigan Athletic
22 Nov 2026
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Marked for Jonny Smith

15 Edition

The Wigan Athletic Herald

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad9 Nov 2026

Christian Saydee signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Christian Saydee commits to Wigan Athletic for another 4 years.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

One of those days for Fraser Murray

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.08, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Wigan Athletic lose Morgan Fox

14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Matheus Machado

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match7 Nov 2026

Wigan Athletic share the spoils with AFC Wimbledon

A 1‑1 draw with AFC Wimbledon leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Kai Payne 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.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Words at Wigan Athletic training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Camilo Charris 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.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

Timothy Dixon: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

Will Aimson is still paying for one afternoon at Wigan Athletic

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

In brief

Back issues
13 Edition

The Wigan Athletic Herald

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Reggie Walsh, 18, plays like he has been here for years — 7.61

A mark of 7.61 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 18-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

The terraces26 Oct 2026

One of their own: Reggie Walsh

He is 18 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Match24 Oct 2026

Reggie Walsh sends Wigan Athletic past Exeter City

It finished 1‑0, and it was Reggie Walsh’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Wigan Athletic.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Wigan Athletic keep their word to Joshua Quarshie

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

Squad26 Oct 2026

A falling-out at Wigan Athletic

Callum McManaman and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Wigan Athletic are still strangers to each other

6 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Timothy Dixon, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Jonny Smith beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 13. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Jensen Weir

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jensen Weir, and the manager let it.

In brief

12 Edition

The Wigan Athletic Herald

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

A defender's goal wins it for Wigan Athletic — 7.55

1 for Reggie Walsh, marked 7.55, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Isaac Mabaya is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Jonny Smith was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Match17 Oct 2026

Wigan Athletic share the spoils with Leyton Orient

A 1‑1 draw with Leyton Orient leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Half-satisfied: Timothy Dixon on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Words at Wigan Athletic training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Camilo Charris 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.

Looking ahead19 Oct 2026

Ryan Trevitt goes back to face Exeter City

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Ryan Trevitt’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Wigan Athletic needing him to play as if none of it matters.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

No place in the plan for Matheus Machado

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

Market19 Oct 2026

Wigan Athletic pick up Camilo Charris for nothing

The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Camilo Charris arrives at Wigan Athletic with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.

In brief