Sentences with phrase «wigan last»

He had some great games for Wigan last season, and if anyone can get the best from him, it's MoN..

By the time their Boxing Day fixture with Wolves at Molienux comes round, it will have been well over a month since Wigan last celebrated victory in the league.

Same at home to Wigan last week.

After back - to - back victories over West Brom and Aston Villa, Newcastle went back to their form before Joe Kinnear arrived, by losing at Fulham and then drawing 2 - 2 at home to ten man Wigan last weekend.

Wolves in 1998, Middlesbrough in 2002, Sheffield United in 2003 and Wigan last year are all examples of not playing well but getting the result in the semi-final.

Two of City's rare slip - ups this season have come on Monday nights as hopes of an unprecedented quadruple were ended by a shock FA Cup defeat at third - tier Wigan last month, while Everton escaped with a 1 - 1 draw from the Etihad Stadium back in August.

And they have every right to fancy their chances against the team who succumbed at home to lowly Wigan last weekend.

Their 1 - 1 draw with relegation threatened Wigan last Saturday extended their run without winning to three games, their manager is once again having problems with his health while big names are rumoured to be on their way out in the summer, that despite reports suggesting midfielder Stewart Downing, who has been one of their stand - out performers this term but is a rumoured target of Liverpool's, is in talks regarding a new contract.

The Gunners notched their third consecutive league win with a 1 - 0 victory at Wigan last weekend, and now sit in seventh place in the league.

Meanwhile Wolves, who go into the game on the back of consecutive away defeats to Everton and Chelsea, will look to record their second straight win at home following their 3 - 1 victory over Wigan last month.

Manchester City have been fined # 50,000 ($ 55,000) for failing to control their players in the shock 1 - 0 FA Cup defeat at Wigan last month.

Manager Garry Monk confirmed that the left - back refused to play in Leeds» final game of the Championship season against Wigan last weekend ahead of a probable move to the Premier...

Their win at Wigan last weekend was a first in eight attempts, and it should be straightforward for the Rams after Saturday's big one in the early game against rivals Brentford.

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

Let's get pass reading / bradford first, remember the game against wigan last year.

Whilst the north London side are clearly favourites, they will be wary of what a fight they could have on their hands if they underestimate the Championship side — they need only look at their battling semi-final with Wigan last year.

Arsenal needed penalties to beat Wigan last year, they are conserving all their energy to not win without the nervy shootout this time around.

OK, so they managed a creditable 0 - 0 draw at Wigan last weekend, although the decision to bring back Leroy Lita from his loan spell at Charlton smacked of desperation, while the Daily Mirror report tension in the camp ahead of Saturday's game against Spurs.

Not exact matches

• In the last issue, we quoted George Orwell's famous remark in The Road to Wigan Pier on how embarrassing his fellow socialists were.

They were a committed Reading team who were comparable to what we faced last year against Wigan Athletic.

Reading may not be the hardest opponents in the world for Arsenal to face today, especially on form and history, but the Gunners also know that last year Wigan took us right down to the wire before going through to the Final on penalties.

Didn't Pep and Manchester City Lose last night to Wigan, a league 1 club (English 3rd tier).

Struggled to establish himself at Chelsea and had a torrid time on - loan at Liverpool last season, but since heading to Stoke things have clicked again for this former Crystal Palace and Wigan Athletic star.

Wigan are seeking a return to form when they host Reading, fresh from their first win of the season last weekend.

Hughton may well feel the need to further strengthen an attack that managed just 41 goals in the Premier League last term and having allowed Grant Holt to join Wigan Athletic the Carrow Road boss has his sights set on Lopez.

Do nt be delusional Justin, nobody gives a damn about the FA cup, it is the League or the CL, the FA cup can be won by anybody Wigan and Portsmouth won it in the last 10 years for god's sake how big of a deal can it be?

QPR boss Mark Hughes has set his sights on Spurs centre - back Sebastien Bassong and Wigan striker Hugo Rodallega in a last - minute spending spree.

The FA has announced that the fine / money paid by Man City (# 50millions) for breaching the fair play will be redistributed amongst the teams that qualified for European competitions last season Those teams are Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs (sh*t), Swansea and Wigan.

His nine goals last season were so important for Wigan to stay up.

He has scored five goals in the last five seasons during loan spells at Wigan, QPR, Sheffield Wednesday and Preston North End.

we scraped past wigan an hull to win last year, actually scraped - got ta learn from today - do nt be over confident!

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.

And just last week, lowly Wigan proved that City can be outfought by knocking Man City out of the FA Cup, and our Spanish wing back Hector Bellerin thinks this has given Arsenal extra belief that today's final is winnable.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has explained what he said to Wigan boss Paul Cook during what looked an explosive exchange of words in the tunnel at half time last night.

Next you will be telling us that everyone knew Wigan would beat City last week!

According to forbes arsenal are the fifth wealthiest club on the planet but unlike other top teams we have one trophy to our name in last 9 years and a board and manager who pretend we are more like hull or Wigan when it comes to spending power....

In the last ten years Wigan and Portsmouth have won them and Millwall and Hull (who were robbed by an incorrect corner given from which we equalised at 2 - 2 and otherwise we would have lost 2 - 1 in 90 mins) made a final.

After looking certain for relegation, the diminutive former Charlton boss led West Ham to seven wins out of their last nine games, beating Blackburn, Everton, Bolton, Wigan, Arsenal, Middlesbrough and a last - day spectacular 1 - 0 win at Manchester United, to keep West Ham in the Premiership.

Bullard, who lists Wigan Athletic and Fulham among his former employers, started only 14 times for Hull last season due to injury after his # 5 million signing.

Last season Zaki scored 11 goals when on loan at Wigan but upset then manager Steve Bruce after returning late from international duty four times.

We played against Reading and [we know] from the game last year against Wigan that it's not easy to win the game.

After such a great start last season, Everton must now be considering the future of Roberto Martinez after a far worse second campaign under the former Wigan boss, whose side look poor defensively and lacking inspiration.

The naysayers that reckon the Gunners have no chance of winning today probably said the same thing when Man City faced Wigan in the FA Cup last week and they would have been very wrong.

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.

The last Arsenal game I watched was the last game at Highbury back in 2006 v Wigan.

Powell will be looking to refind the form that he enjoyed down the road at Wigan Athletic in the second tier last season, with the former Crewe Alexandra trainee becoming one of the most exciting attacking midfields in the division and helping the Latics into the play - offs, where they were beaten by QPR at Loftus Road.

The Gunners have needed extra time in all three of the games played at the home of English football in the last couple of years and we even had to endure the tension of a penalty shoot out in the semi-final against Wigan Athletic last season.

Wenger's men shipped 17 goals in 3 big games last season, failed to beat the weakest Man United team, stumbled our way past Wigan to end our trophy drought, led most of the season but couldn't sustain momentum when the big fights came to town.

More recently we've witnessed relegated Wigan Athletic beating mega-wealthy Manchester City against all the odds in the 2013 final, League One outfit Bradford City recovering from a 2 - 0 deficit to defeat Premier League leaders Chelsea 4 - 2 at Stamford Bridge in 2015 and just last February Lincoln City shocking Premier League Burnley to become the first non-league club since 1914 to reach the cup quarter - finals.

The fourth official is Paul Tierney (Wigan) who refereed our game at Watford last week.