Sam Tickle

Goalkeeper - Wigan Athletic
22 Nov 2026
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Marked for Sam Tickle

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
11 Edition

The Wigan Athletic Herald

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

Real improvement from Bradley Burrowes at Wigan Athletic

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Bradley Burrowes is 18, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Sam Tickle signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sam Tickle commits to Wigan Athletic for another 5 years.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Morgan Fox out for 45 days

The medical room confirms 45 days on the sidelines for Morgan Fox, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Jason Kerr

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

Market12 Oct 2026

No place for Jensen Weir in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Jensen Weir has his answer from Wigan Athletic; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Will Aimson is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Fraser Murray wants to know why he earns less

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and Wigan Athletic have no good answer.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Ronan Darcy has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Ronan Darcy has written the date down.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Jensen Weir knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jensen Weir trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

4 Edition

The Wigan Athletic Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

A brace, and Joe Taylor takes the afternoon — 8.77

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Joe Taylor provided it, and the 8.77 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad24 Aug 2026

6 saves: Sam Tickle was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Market24 Aug 2026

Harrison Bettoni 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.

Market24 Aug 2026

Wigan Athletic say no — this time

The offer from Reading for Tyrese Francois was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

The paperwork begins on Joshua Quarshie

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Wigan Athletic have done the hard part with Southampton, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Calvin Ramsay will not be coming to Wigan Athletic

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Liverpool is saying, and nobody at Wigan Athletic is enjoying the guessing.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Tottenham tell Wigan Athletic: Mason Melia is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The terraces24 Aug 2026

Wigan Athletic supporters have found a favourite in Joe Taylor

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Joe Taylor has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match22 Aug 2026

Burton Albion take the points off Wigan Athletic

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief

3 Edition

The Wigan Athletic Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market17 Aug 2026

Wigan Athletic turn down Union Berlin for Sam Tickle

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

William Osula will not be coming to Wigan Athletic

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Newcastle United is saying, and nobody at Wigan Athletic is enjoying the guessing.

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 Dominic Hyam

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Wrexham have kept their man, and Wigan Athletic go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market17 Aug 2026

Reading join the queue for Tyrese Francois

Add another name to the list: Reading have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Tyrese Francois. The answer from Wigan Athletic has not changed — yet.

Market17 Aug 2026

Wigan Athletic promote Jack Ross from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jack Ross 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: Alexander Dixon joins the Wigan Athletic first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alexander Dixon 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

The formation has left Matheus Machado behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Wigan Athletic will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Wigan Athletic ask about Mateo Tanlongo

A loan enquiry to Sporting CP: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief

2 Edition

The Wigan Athletic Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Lamare Bogarde will not be coming to Wigan Athletic

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Aston Villa is saying, and nobody at Wigan Athletic is enjoying the guessing.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Door shut on Max Dean

Wigan Athletic asked and KAA Gent said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market10 Aug 2026

Union Berlin watching Sam Tickle

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Wigan Athletic have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Sam Tickle signs a new deal

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

Squad10 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Wigan Athletic

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

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

A loan move for William Osula is in the works

Wigan Athletic have made the call to Newcastle United. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Wigan Athletic

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Joseph Hungbo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Joseph Hungbo

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

Looking ahead10 Aug 2026

A reunion for Dara Costelloe

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Bradford City in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

In brief