Sentences with phrase «as wigan»

Not since Boxing Day, when beating Wolves 2 - 1 at Molineux, has Roberto Martinez masterminded an away victory as Wigan manager — the Greater Manchester outfit drawing three and losing three of their six away matches in 2011.

The Hammers» six - year spell in the Barclay's Premier League came to an abrupt end last Sunday as Wigan Athletic came back from the death to seal a quite stunning 3 - 2 victory to spark scenes of sheer jubilation in Greater Manchester, as the Wigan supporters rushed onto the pitch to congratulate the players who had pulled off a miraculous recovery — coming from 2 - 0 down at half - time to snatch all three points right at the death courtesy of Charles N'Zogbia's stoppage time winner.

That was the case for both sides as Wigan deserve immense credit for the way they've defended the FA Cup as holders from last season.

A stalemate in Greater Manchester isn't out of the question, especially as Wigan aren't exactly handy in front of goal.

Leon Barnett and Shaun Maloney score in the second half as Wigan fight from two goals down to draw 2 - 2 with Doncaster in a midweek Championship game

Nick Powell, a second half substitute for Gabriel Obertan, scores a 10 minute hat trick as Wigan come from behind to beat Barnsley 3 - 2 Continue reading →

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We can do this.City are not unbeatable as Wigan proved.If our preparation has been correct and the players have been drilled on what this team needs to win this game we can do this.

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Got done and literally left on his arse by Robbie Keane stepovers in the loss to Tottenham, pushed Andy Johnson for the whole «diving» business and proceeded to rugby tackle Everton players after being beaten easily on 3 or 4 other occasions, and then was primarily at fault for letting Emile Heskey score twice as Wigan came back from 2 - 0 down.

Not exact matches

McCarthy has been involved in ongoing contract talks with Everton though the former Wigan Athletic man is yet to be given an improved deal following his superb first season on Merseyside and this has led to a great deal of speculation as to his long term future at Goodison Park.

The Italian manager was shown the door after a poor season at the Etihad Stadium, culminating in a shock FA Cup final defeat at the hands of Wigan Athletic, who were also confirmed as relegated on Tuesday night with a 4 - 1 defeat to Arsenal.

«As manager, to see the desire Leon has to play for Wigan Athletic is tremendous and we're all delighted to have enticed a player of his calibre to our club,» he told the club's official website.

This all took place as Whelan defended the appointment of new Wigan boss Malkay Mackay, the Scot also currently under investigation for alleged homophobic, sexist, and racist comments during his spell with Cardiff City.

This was just the second game of Tuanzebe's senior career, having featured as a sub in January's 4 - 0 FA Cup thrashing of Wigan.

Another day another moan from Pascal Chimbonda, the man who laughs when asked to play centre back, who used Wigan as a «stepping stone» and likes slapping Butts (Nicky that is)... Todays moan from Pascal tells us of his growing disappointment with Tottenham's apparent interest in any full - back with a pulse, and could possibly hint that Pascal isn't rated too highly by Juande Ramos.

City do have a habit of losing when Pep Guardiola dips into the squad — as well as Basel, Wigan Athletic, and Shakhtar Donetsk have beaten a rotated City side.

Wigan Athletic have completed the signing of Honduran international left - back Juan Carlos Garcia as they prepare to bounce stright back into the Premier League, Sky Sports reports.

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez is making a shock move for Watford's powerful centre half Adrian Mariappa as he looks for three new signings.

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has revealed he rejected the chance to take over as Liverpool boss this summer.

Speedy in attack and sensibly when in defence, the left sided defender, who can also play at centre back, has taken part in two Premier League matches, coming on as sub against Wolves and Wigan.

If Wigan Athletic stay up then that outlay could well turn out to be the best investment Dave Whelan has made as owner of the Grater Manchester club.

The former Wigan boss has already added eight new signings to his squad this summer, but is targeting Colback and Tie Bi, both 23, as the season opener against Chelsea is now under two weeks away.

Wenger has slowly but surely taken our club backwards and the Board are as much to blame as him.How he was given an extended contract just for winning an FA Cup (small clubs occasionally win cups - Wigan Portsmouth Wimbledon Sp ** rs).

Wigan Athletic's failure to score at home came back to bite them in the end, as Queens Park Rangers pulled off a 2 - 1 victory at home to advance to the Championship playoff final.

At Wigan, Valencia was played as a Winger / forward before arriving Manchester.

Tevez was arrested for allegedly driving while disqualified on Thursday, an offence that carries a maximum six - month jail term, but he scored three times and made two goals at the Etihad Stadium as City joined Wigan in the last four.

The excuse of having to build a stadium and not having enough resources to compete have been proven fraudulent, as in that same period BOTH Birmingham AND Wigan beat us to trophies, not to mention the different «small» clubs, who have knocked us out of the two domestic cups over the years, with squads worth FAR LESS than ours.

Even by half time the Spanish tactician was fuming, as video showed him squaring up to Wigan boss Cook on the sidelines before the argument continued in the tunnel at the break.

I was still confident as my worst fear was Wigan taking the lead, because i knew how hard it would be for us to get back to the game, and actualy my worst fear was confirmed on the 63rd minute when BFG gave away a penalty — which was calmly converted by Gomez.

Like the mistakes against man united, West ham, Stokes, dortmund, Wigan etc You simply have a lamppost as a goalie.

And as great as he is, in to his 5th season at MCFC he has 3 league hat - tricks, against Wigan, QPR and THFC.

City are huge favourites, but anything can happen in a one off cup game, as we saw with Wigan last week.

It sounds ridiculous but hear me out, he always plays attacking football, or as our manager likes to say «approaches the game with a positive attitude», he knows how to be consistent with his goals (kept Wigan in PL despite everyone saying they would be relegated), also brought his team to a cup final on an extremely low budget, was also responsible for the passing philosophy in Swansea, and most importantly, he can nurture YOUNG talent (Lukaku already has 50 goals in England, Delofeu is starting to bloom, Stones is already flourishing,...) Imo someone like Matinez would be the perfect candidate for the job, but he has to prove he can win trophies as well and challenge in Europe as well.

It was a day full of mixed emotions as we were playing Wigan, a team that had eliminated Man City in the quarter final at the Etihad stadium.

Ridiculous how so many people bash Arsenal and it's players as soon as something goes wrong, but I never hear how Wigan defeated City twice winning the FA Cup then knocking them out the following season, Utd finishing 7th after winning the league the season before with the same players, Chelsea winning nothing in the so called Special Ones return and same for Liverpool witth Suarez.

Please, even the most hard core Or deluded Arsenal fan can not believe it is a «massive» achievement (Wigan won it 3 years ago as they were going down)...

So the Spaniard has his own problems, but his thoughts were with one of his teammates yesterday as Luke Shaw made his long - awaited comeback in United's friendly with Wigan Athletic.

Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs has emerged as a surprise candidate for the Wigan Athletic manager's job.

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez is on the trail of Liverpool's Sebastian Coates and Wolves» Ronald Zubar as he looks to bring in defensive reinforcements to aid the club's Premier League survival bid.

Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini, 25, and 28 - year - old left - back Leighton Baines will leave Goodison Park this summer as the Toffees look to shake things up following their FA Cup defeat by Wigan.

Everton are lining up Wigan's James McCarthy, 22, as a replacement for Marouane Fellaini if the Belgian midfielder leaves Goodison Park.

They beat Wigan in the league in a warm - up for the FA Cup final, as it was confirmed it would be the Latics they would meet at Wembley, though they capitulated to lose 3 - 1 at Tottenham despite taking a 1 - 0 lead.

In premier league there is a simple combination, splash a cash and win premier league or of can't splash a cash then you should have Sir Alex Ferguson as your manager... That man sold Ronaldo to Real Madrid for 80 Millions Pounds and bought Antonio Valencia from Wigan Athletics....

Bank Holiday football from the Championship continues as Newcastle look to take maximum points as they face Ipswich at Portman Road this afternoon while Brighton take on Wigan (KO 15:00).

Brighton, who have a very winnable home game against Wigan now have a four point advantage over Newcastle, and with only four games left, maximum points really are a must as Rafa Benitez's side travel to Portman Road.

Reports in the Daily Mail confirm that Powell has long been hailed as one of England's great hopes but his attitude has been brought into question over recent seasons by coaches at United, Wigan and now Leicester.

For Wigan, both David Perkins and Alex Gibley are both unlikely to feature as they continue to recover from respective injuries.

Man United host Wigan Athletic on Sunday as Jose Mourinho's side look to progress to the next round in the FA Cup.

Bruce's dismissal on Wednesday didn't come as a real surprise after the 2 - 1 defeat at home to lowly Wigan Athletic last Saturday.