Wigan Athletic F.C.

Wigan Athletic's Excellence Hints at an Overdue Change in Title Landscape
The deserved victory for Roberto Martínez's team knocked Chelsea off the top of the Premier League table

The Chelsea Manager Carlo Ancelotti Admitted He 'didn't Know' Why His Side Performed So Badly Against Wigan
Chelsea's storming start to the season hit an unexpected brick wall at Wigan, where Petr Cech was sent off after 50 minutes as the league leaders were deservedly beaten 3-1. The Czech goalkeeper is automatically suspended for one match, and misses Liverpool's visit to Stamford Bridge next Sunday...

Petr Cech Was Sent Off As Wigan Athletic Inflicted a First Defeat of the Season on Chelsea
All good things must come to an end, and Chelsea's pristine start to the season received its first blemish at the DW Stadium, where they lost both their goalkeeper, and the match against much-improved Wigan. What was always a good, entertaining contest had its decisive moment five minutes...

Hugo Rodallega Goal Earns Wigan Victory Over Lacklustre West Ham
Wigan Athletic beat West Ham after Hugo Rodallega's second-half goal decided a dreary match

Turgid Everton Leave It Late
A stoppage time penalty for Leighton Baines ensured Everton a low-key win over Wigan Athletic

Premier League Preview No19: Wigan Athletic
Paul Wilson: The challenge for Roberto Martínez is make the Lactics hard to beat but easier on the eye

Bulldozer at Top of the Pyramid
Despite having swapped life in north Africa for a spell in north England, Amr Zaki is having no problem finding the net

Aliadière Rewards Defensive Boro
Middlesbrough stole a 1-0 win from a dominant Wigan Athletic through Jeremie Aliadière's goal two minutes from time

Week to Forget for Hughes As Power of Zaki Upstages Robinho Show
An entertaining match was decided in Wigan's favour by Amr Zaki's questionable penalty

'Outrageous' Refereeing Helped Victors, Says Bruce
Wigan's manager claimed the referee made 'horrific' decisions which aided a United victory at the JJB Stadium

Ferguson Wants More After 10th Title
Sir Alex Ferguson said this could be his best team, after a win at Wigan sealed his 10th title with Manchester United

Wigan to Make Play for Lockyer
Australian captain Darren Lockyer is being targeted by Wigan to replace Trent Barrett

Noble Gets Another Season at Wigan and Draws Up List of Targets
Wigan ended recent speculation by confirming Brian Noble as coach until the end of next season

Wigan Cast Around As Barrett Seeks a Way Out
Wigan issued no comment about rumors that they will lose Trent Barrett and sign Michael Dobson for next season

Bruce Begins to Clear Wigan Decks
Julius Aghahowa and Saloman Olembe are set to leave the JJB this summer for Turkey

Buoyant Pompey Need Defoe Alternative at Wembley
Soccer: Premier League: Portsmouth 2-0 Wigan. Jermain Defoe's brace gave Portsmouth victory over a profligate Wigan side at Fratton Park

Wigan Heal Good Friday Wounds
Super League: Wigan 18-12 Hull KR. Mark Calderwood's try four minutes from the end gave Wigan a face-saving victory over Hull KR

Bentley Drives Rovers With Timely Display
Soccer: Premier League: Blackburn 3-1 Wigan. David Bentley was irrepressible as 10-man Rovers outplayed Wigan to move up to sixth in the table

Wigan See Best of Reformed King of Bling
Big interview: Marlon King tells Daniel Taylor how he worked his way from prison to the Premier League

Wigan Game Top Priority - Megson
Uefa Cup: Gary Megson has admitted that Bolton's relegation clash with Wigan is more important than facing Sporting Lisbon

Judgment of Jewell in Doubt After Derby's Woes Deepen
Premier League: Wigan 2-0 Derby. Goals from Paul Scharner and Antonio Valencia compounded Derby manager Paul Jewell's misery

Bosc Puts the Boot Into Cas
Super League: Both Catalans Dragons and Wigan recorded comeback victories

Reid Helps Sunderland's Learner Drivers Steer Clear of Relegation
Premier league: Sunderland 2-0 Wigan Athletic. A cracking 25-yarder from Daryl Murphy helped secure the points for Sunderland against Wigan

Pitch Battles Show Wigan an Obvious Route to Safety
Wigan Athletic 1-0 West Ham United Premier League: A combative win on an awful pitch lifted Wigan out of the relegation spots

Wigan Athletic 0 - 2 Everton
Can Everton maintain their push for a Champions League place? Find out with Scott Murray from 1.15pm

Wigan Athletic v Everton - Live!
Can Everton maintain their push for a Champions League place? Find out with Scott Murray from 1.15pm

Vainikolo Can Do for England What Inga the Winger Did for Wigan
The selection of Tongan powerhouse Lesley Vainikolo for England has excited many, and Shaun Edwards understands why

I Don't Want My Future in These Players' Hands, Blasts Allardyce
Premier League: Wigan 1-0 Newcastle

Five-star Wigan Wonderland As Bent Hat-trick Slays Santa Cruz
Wigan 5-3 Blackburn. Wigan edged a thriller at the JJB that saw hat-tricks from Marcus Bent and Santa Cruz, a sending-off and a missed penalty

Bent Hat-trick Earns Wigan Win in Eight-goal Thriller
Premier League round-up: A remarkable afternoon at the JJB Stadium ends with Steve Bruce's side claiming a 5-3 victory over 10-man Blackburn

Late Defoe Winner Sinks Manchester City
Bolton humble Wigan in four-goal haul

Bruce is Buoyed By Wigan's Fightback
Premier League: Steve Bruce began his second tenure at the JJB Stadium by ending Wigan's eight-game losing streak thanks to a Paul Scharner equalizer

Black to Join Bruce at Wigan
Birmingham caretaker manager Eric Black has left St Andrews and pointed his car in the direction of the JJB Stadium

Bruce Cleared to Take Charge at Wigan on Monday
Wigan have confirmed that Steve Bruce will take over as manager on Monday

Wigan Still Waiting for Bruce
Steve Bruce is still haggling with Birmingham over the severance of his contract, meaning his unveiling has been delayed yet again

Bruce's Move to Wigan Held Up Over Image-rights Dispute
Steve Bruce's move to Wigan was delayed after Birmingham demanded he return a £225,000 bonus

'Unforeseen Circumstances' Delay Bruce's Wigan Unveiling
Wigan are still waiting to officially present Steve Bruce as their new manager after his appointment was delayed due to "unforeseen circumstances".

Bruce Agrees Wigan Return
Steve Bruce has moved to Wigan on a £2m a year contract, but his assistant Eric Black looks to be staying in Birmingham

Bruce Closes on Wigan Return With Backing of Birmingham
Steve Bruce could be on his way back to Wigan after Birmingham gave the Latics permission to speak to their manager

Ince Cools Wigan Speculation
The MK Dons manager Paul Ince has distanced himself from speculation linking him with Wigan, insisting he wants to stick with the League Two leaders "for the long term".

Jewell Tops Wigan's Wish List
Dave Whelan wants Paul Jewell to return to management with Wigan after Chris Hutchings' sacking earlier this week.

Hutchings Axed As Wigan's Patience Runs Out
Manager Chris Hutchings pays price for leading Latics through run of six successive defeats.

Lenegan Assumes Control of Warriors
Ian Lenagan's protracted takeover of Wigan Warriors has been finally completed, after the Harlequins chairman confirmed he had reached an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in the club from Dave Whelan.

Free-flowing United Find Their Rhythm and a Shape That Suits
Man Utd 4-0 Wigan

Man Utd 4 - 0 Wigan
Kick-off is 12.45 but you can follow all the action with Barry Glendenning from 12.30.

West Ham Are Calling on Ashton to Advance
Soccer: West Ham 1-1 Wigan Athletic: This was a three-minute thriller. It was as if, some time deep into the second half, the players had been informed of a contractual obligation to provide Match of the Day with a minimum amount of usable highlights and met the basic obligations before, two goals and little over 180 seconds later, slipping back into a slumber.

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Wigan Athletic Chairman Dave Whelan Appoints Chris Hutchings As the Club's New Manager
Soccer: Wigan have appointed assistant boss Chris Hutchings as the club's new manager after Paul Jewell resigned today - less than 24 hours after leading the club to Premiership safety.

Premiership: Reading 3 - 2 Wigan
Soccer: An Ivar Ingimarsson header helped to condemn the Latics to their eighth straight defeat.

Premiership: Wigan Athletic 1 - 3 Manchester United
Soccer: Wayne Rooney turned in a season's best perfomance as Man Utd swept aside struggling Wigan at the JJB.

Premiership: Wigan Athletic 1 - 0 Reading
Soccer: Reading the new Wigan? Not on this evidence, which suggests that they are better off at home or that Middlesbrough's defence is very porous indeed.

Wigan 0 - 1 Liverpool
Soccer: The Reds' strikers continued to misfire but defender Sami Hyypia got the Anfield club three points against The Latics.

Wigan Athletic 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Soccer: Premiership: Edgar Davids scored his first Premiership goal and brought Tottenham a deserved victory in a ...

Premiership: Wigan Athletic 2 - 3 Arsenal
Soccer: Three first-half goals, including an absolute peach from Thierry Henry, gave Arsenal their first away victory of the season.

Aston Villa 0 - 2 Wigan Athletic
Soccer: Premiership: Wigan's extraordinary start to the season continued with a two-goal victory at Villa Park that saw them move up to third in the league.

Wigan Athletic 1 - 0 Newcastle United
Soccer: Premiership: Wigan Athletic briefly touched second place in the Premiership as a result of this victory and, after surviving the curse of the manager-of-the-month award, Paul Jewell can expect to...

Disgraced Sprinter Mitchell in Running to Coach Wigan
Wigan have revealed plans to be coached by Dennis Mitchell, the American sprinter who was once banned for two years for taking drugs.

Championship: Ipswich Town 2 - 1 Wigan Athletic
Soccer: Wigan fullback Leighton Baines's 30-yard rocket was incredibly upstaged by Darren Bent's opportunistic finish as Ipswich took all three points.

Reborn Lions happy to walk into Wigan's den
Nobody expects Swinton to win their first Challenge Cup quarter-final tie since 1972 tomorrow at Wigan but for the delighted 1,500 Lions' fans set to make the hop from Manchester's northern outskirts to the JJB Stadium, it is enough that they still have a team to follow.

Lam leads the slaying of the Dragons
Doncaster's coach St John Ellis insists on calling the Dragons' home ground the "House of Pain" and had promised Wigan the traditional warm welcome in the build-up to this fifth-round tie. However, with Craig Smith in their team, Wigan were never going to be intimidated.

Cole puts Rovers in semi-final
Blackburn are just two games from their second successive Worthington Cup final after finally ending the rousing campaign of Wigan Athletic, although Graeme Souness was forced to watch much of the second half from the stands after being sent from the dug-out.

Great Britain hooker escapes affray charge
Wigan's Great Britain hooker Terry Newton has been given a conditional discharge in a Manchester court after pleading guilty to a charge of public disorder.

Saints line up Bulls battle
Super League: Saint Helens saw off Wigan, and will meet arch-rivals Bradford Bulls in Saturday's grand final.

St Helens 24 - 8 Wigan
Super League: Chris Joynt was among the heroes as good old fashioned graft saw Saints through this rain-drenched semi-final, but at a cost.

Saints ready to put bite on Wigan
Wigan play St Helens for the fifth time this season tonight with a place in next Saturday's Super League grand final at stake, but Jamie Ainscough, their Australian wing, is still suffering the effects of the last- but-one derby in July.

Newton fit to play Saints
Terry Newton has been named in the Wigan team for Friday's Super League final eliminator at St Helens after recovering from injury.

Wounded Wigan win
Super League play-offs: After dismissing Leeds, Wigan need two more wins - and a fresh supply of bodies - to add the Tetley's Super League title to their spoils.

Farrell knows the score as Wigan cruise past ragged Rhinos
Wigan cruised to within 80 minutes of a third consecutive grand final appearance by swatting aside the Rhinos as though they were flies last night, although a more appropriate metaphor for this Leeds performance was hair-brained.

Referees relegated after play-off protest
Steve Ganson and Steve Cross, the referee and video referee who were criticised by both coaches after Saturday night's Super League play-off between Wigan and Castleford, have not been appointed for this weekend's big matches.

Wigan must watch the bruiser who bounced back
The winter before last Michael Smith was spending his Saturday evenings as a nightclub bouncer in York. He plans to be more glamorously engaged at the weekends for the next couple of months, in his new role as second-row bruiser for Castleford, who go to Wigan in tonight's intriguing Super League elimination play-off, and also for New Zealand, after his surprise selection for their three-Test trip to Great Britain later this autumn.

Wigan wilt as McGuire leads Rhinos charge
Danny McGuire emerged as a bright new talent in Super League when he inspired the Rhinos to a breathtaking win over the Wigan Warriors after all seemed lost here last night.

Cassidy the classy catalyst for Wigan
Super League: Wigan crushed Warrington with a clinical display of finishing to close to within a point of Bradford.

Lam tears Salford apart with hat-trick of tries
Salford remain rooted to the bottom of the Tetley's Super League despite competing with Wigan for an hour yesterday. But four tries in 13 minutes won the match for a jaded Warriors outfit for whom Adrian Lam was outstanding.

Albert does the trick to lift sorry Saints
An M62 traffic jam removed any chance of Halifax exploiting St Helens' depression following last Saturday's Challenge Cup final defeat by Wigan last night.

Meet the most miserable man at Murrayfield
Rarely have I seen anyone as disconsolate in defeat as Sean Long. At the final whistle, the St Helens scrum-half, normally the most ebullient of players, slumped to the ground, impervious to the attempts of his team-mates and the victorious Wigan players to buck him up.

O'Neill the ultimate Warrior seeks triumph after so much tragedy
The once wild Wigan stand-off has the experience to keep today's Challenge Cup showdown in perspective.

Leigh to investigate latest crowd trouble
Leigh have launched an investigation into the crowd trouble which marred Sunday's Challenge Cup defeat by Wigan at Hilton Park.