Tag Archives: Wigan Athletic

Henriquez Secures Wigan Loan Move and King Joins Blackburn Permanently

By Nathan Youd Angelo Henriquez has joined Wigan Athletic on loan until the end of the season. The 18-year-old Chilean International joined Manchester United in the summer and has made four appearances scoring two goals in the process for the U21s team. Henriquez is in line to make his debut against AFC Bournemouth in the third [...]

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5 Things We Learned: Manchester United 4 Wigan Athletic 0

By Thomas Doyle 1. Buttner Can Challenge Evra With Patrice Evra out injured against Roberto Martinez’s side, the stage was set for Alexander Buttner to make his Manchester United debut – and what a debut it was. The young Dutchman was a livewire down the left for United, and ended up with a superb goal and an [...]

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Match Preview: Manchester United vs. Wigan Athletic

By Richard Evans Introduction Manchester United entertain Roberto Martinez’s Wigan on Saturday, looking to record a third straight win in the league, and keep pace with early league leaders Chelsea. It was only Robin Van Persie’s excellence that allowed United to notch up a second win of the season at Southampton two weeks ago, after [...]

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5 Things We Learned: Wigan Athletic 1 Manchester United 0

By Thomas Doyle 1) Scholes has become integral to United…again With Paul Scholes being given a rest, the midfield duties were left to Michael Carrick and Ryan Giggs against a WIgan side that has never gained a Premiership point from United. While the duo combined for a slick move in the first half, they failed [...]

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Manchester United 2010-11 Season Review Part 3 (February – May)

By Mark Young. Read Manchester United 2010-11 Season Review here February (PL) United 3 – 1 Aston Villa (PL) Wolves 2 – 1 United (PL) United 2 – 1 Manchester City (FA) United 1 – 0 Crawley (CL) Marseille 0 -0 United (PL) Wigan Athletic 0 – 4 United February was an interesting month for [...]

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Manchester United 2010-11 Season Review Part 2 (November – January)

By Mark Young. Read Manchester United 2010-11 Season Review here November (CL) Bursaspor 0-3 United (PL) United 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (PL) Manchester City City 0-0 United (PL) Aston Villa 2-2 United (PL) United 2-0 Wigan Athletic (UCL) Glasgow Rangers 0-1 United (UCL) United 7-1 Blackburn Rovers (CC) West Ham United 4-0 United Man United were [...]

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OSoC: Wigan Athletic Fans on Today’s Match and Relegation

With Manchester United facing Wigan on Saturday, I posed several questions to forum members of the Vital Football’s Wigan Forum Section. Read the Stretford End Arising match preview here: Wigan Athletic vs. Manchester United. Stretford End Arising: What are your thoughts on Saturday’s game? What team is Roberto Martinez likely to select and what formation [...]

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Match Preview: Wigan Athletic vs. Manchester United

By Sleepy Manchester United face Wigan Athletic on Saturday for what is on the face of it an easy fixture, but could easily turn into a banana skin without the right application. The Latics will be hoping to avoid their 13th straight defeat against league leaders United since their return to the top flight, whilst [...]

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SEA’s Player Ratings: Manchester United v Wigan Athletic

Welcome to the Stretford End Arising’s Player Ratings. Patrice Evra (his first goal since the 7-1 romp against Roma) and Javier Hernandez (now Man United’s equal leading goal scorer) grabbed the goals in a relatively comfortable victory over local rivals Wigan Athletic. Saturday was a cracking afternoon for Sir Alex and his team with close [...]

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Other Side of Coin: Wigan Fans On Tom Cleverley & Saturday’s Game

With Manchester United facing Wigan Athletic on Saturday, I posed several questions to forum members of the Vital Football’s Wigan Forum Section. Stretford End Arising: What are your thoughts on Saturday’s game? How are Wigan likely to line up? What formation do you think they will adopt and what team do you expect to be [...]

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