The Wigan Athletic Herald
Squad5 Oct 2026
Joshua Quarshie 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.
The terraces5 Oct 2026
The crowd has taken to Joe Taylor
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.
Match3 Oct 2026
Joe Taylor sends Wigan Athletic past Luton Town
It finished 1‑0, and it was Joe Taylor’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Wigan Athletic.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Wigan Athletic lose Joseph Hungbo
18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Callum McManaman signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Callum McManaman and Wigan Athletic agree another 1 years.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Joseph Hungbo was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 16. 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.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
The afternoon belonged to Joe Taylor
A mark of 7.92, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Reggie Walsh makes the team of the month
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Timothy Dixon has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Timothy Dixon on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
In brief
- Market Baba Adeeko is free to find somewhere else
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Baba Adeeko
- The dugout Callum McManaman is still being punished for one mistake