Jack Whatmough headed home the only goal with 10 minutes of the match left as Wigan moved off the foot of the Sky Bet Championship table with a 1-0 victory over managerless Huddersfield.The big centre-back had admitted in the lead-up to the game it would be the biggest fixture since he arrived at Wigan from Portsmouth in the summer of 2021.And he capped a man-of-the-match performance with the cr...Full Story »

Wigan manager Shaun Maloney praised the “mentality” of his team after they secured a 0-0 draw at Blackburn in his first game in charge.Chances were few and far between in an encounter lacking in quality, but that was almost secondary to Latics, who lost five of the last six before the game. They limited Blackburn to few chances and when pressure intensified in the second half, Latics...Full Story »

Wigan earned a 0-0 draw at promotion-chasing Blackburn in new manager Shaun Maloney’s first game in charge.The closest they came to securing a victory that would have lifted them off the bottom of the Championship was debutant Martin Kelly’s disallowed second-half bundled effort.But Maloney, who spent four years at the DW Stadium as a player, will be encouraged with his new side, who...Full Story »

Wigan remain rooted to the bottom of the Sky Bet Championship after suffering a second home defeat to Luton in the space of four days – with the Hatters easing to a 2-0 win.The two sides must be sick of the sight of each other, given this was the third meeting already in 2023, and the fourth of the campaign.Having won on this ground in midweek to advance to the fourth round of the FA Cup, ...Full Story »

Luton Town manager Rob Edwards was doubly delighted to see Elijah Adebayo pop up with a 97th-minute winner to knock Wigan Athletic out of the FA Cup.Not only did it put Town through to a fourth-round home tie against Grimsby, it also avoided the need for extra-time – and possibly penalties – on a bitterly cold night at the DW Stadium.Thelo Aasgaard put Wigan ahead seconds after the r...Full Story »

Elijah Adebayo scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner as Luton Town advanced to round four of the Emirates FA Cup with a 2-1 victory at Wigan Athletic.Extra-time was on the cards after Cauley Woodrow quickly cancelled out Thelo Aasgaard’s second-half opener but Adebayo pounced from close range at the death.Luton had started well and Woodrow got in behind after skipping past two defenders, ...Full Story »

Cardiff have sacked manager Mark Hudson following a 1-1 draw at home against Sky Bet Championship bottom club Wigan which left them just above the relegation zone.The Bluebirds took the lead in the 82nd minute through Callum O’Dowda and looked set for a crucial three points only to concede an equaliser in the sixth minute of added time when Latics striker Will Keane poked home.Hudson was v...Full Story »

An equaliser deep into stoppage-time by striker Will Keane rescued a point for Wigan in a 1-1 draw with Cardiff.The Bluebirds looked set for a vital victory after Irish wing Callum O’Dowda scored with a side-footed volley from a Jaden Philogene cross in the 82nd minute.But, with the Cardiff City Stadium crowd getting ready to roar their approval of a first win in nine matches, Keane scramb...Full Story »

Wigan boss Kolo Toure was eager to praise his side’s spirited performance as they ended a run of four straight defeats with a 1-1 draw at Luton in the FA Cup third round.The Latics, who had conceded four times in their last three matches, went ahead through Tom Naylor’s goal after just 17 minutes, before being pegged back on the stroke of half-time by Harry Cornick’s equaliser....Full Story »

Luton and Wigan will have to do it all over again in the FA Cup third round after the two Sky Bet Championship sides drew 1-1.A quiet opening to proceedings in front of a half-full Kenilworth Road saw the visitors’ James McClean, on his 150th appearance for the Latics, try to break the deadlock, slicing wide from 20 yards.Wigan then took the lead with 18 minutes gone, after McClean’s...Full Story »

Hull boss Liam Rosenior admitted he ‘really enjoyed’ his side’s emphatic 4-1 victory at Sky Bet Championship bottom club Wigan.The Tigers inflicted a third 4-1 defeat on Kolo Toure’s Latics in the space of a week to move up to 16th spot in the table.After Jacob Greaves’ first-half goal was cancelled out by Wigan substitute Nathan Broadhead, three goals in the last 1...Full Story »

Rock-bottom Wigan suffered their third 4-1 defeat in the space of seven days as Hull moved up to 16th place in the Sky Bet Championship with victory at the DW Stadium.The visitors started well and only a great block from Joe Bennett diverted Alfie Jones’ shot behind for a corner. From the resulting set-piece, Sean McLoughlin sent the ball just wide of the far post.Another corner from Jean ...Full Story »

Sunderland manager Tony Mowbray was refusing to get carried away despite seeing his side move up to fourth in the Sky Bet Championship after winning 4-1 at Wigan.The sides were level at the break, after Wigan’s Will Keane had cancelled out Ellis Simms’ opener.But three goals in the last 25 minutes from Ross Stewart (penalty), Patrick Roberts and Amad Diallo were enough to propel Sund...Full Story »

Sunderland moved up into fourth in the Championship with a thumping 4-1 victory over Wigan at the DW Stadium.Second-half goals from Ross Stewart, Patrick Roberts and Amad Diallo earned the visitors a fourth win in six games.Ellis Simms’ early opener had been cancelled out by Will Keane for the Latics, who slip to the bottom of the table after a third successive defeat.Former Sunderland man...Full Story »

Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom felt his side made much harder work of their 2-1 Championship victory at Wigan than was necessary.The Blades were given the perfect start at the DW Stadium when John Egan headed them ahead from a corner inside eight minutes.Skipper Billy Sharp doubled the lead 11 minutes after the restart, and the visitors were very good value for it.However, Wigan pul...Full Story »

Sheffield United cemented their second-place spot in the Championship with a hard-fought but ultimately deserved 2-1 victory at struggling Wigan.John Egan put United in front early in the first half and Billy Sharp added a second before Nathan Broadhead got one back for Wigan.In Kolo Toure’s first home game in charge, Wigan engineered a massive chance inside 80 seconds, when the midfi...Full Story »

Kolo Toure was delighted with the attitude shown by his players in his first match as manager as Wigan held Millwall to a 1-1 draw at the Den.Will Keane marked Toure’s opening match as Latics boss with a well-taken goal from the centre of the box after 33 minutes.But it was not long before the home side equalised through a moment of supreme quality from Dutch star Zian Flemming.It was the ...Full Story »

Kolo Toure had to settle for a point on his managerial debut as Wigan and Millwall played out an entertaining 1-1 draw in the Sky Bet Championship at the Den.Will Keane put the Latics into the lead after 33 minutes when firing home from the centre of the box into a virtually empty net, with Millwall goalkeeper George Long cruelly deceived by a series of deflected efforts.It did not take long, ho...Full Story »

Millwall could have winger Tyler Burey back in contention for Saturday’s Sky Bet Championship match against Wigan.Burey was not in the squad for the 3-0 defeat at Sunderland after illness had kept him out of training.Midfielder Callum Styles picked up a calf problem after coming on as a substitute, so continues to be assessed.Striker Benik Afobe has a knee problem which has sidelined him s...Full Story »

Rob Kelly admitted Wigan’s victory over Blackpool – their first in eight Sky Bet Championship matches – was dedicated to departed boss Leam Richardson.The Latics surprisingly parted company with Richardson on Thursday, with Kelly stepping up from assistant to take charge of a vital six-pointer.And after trailing at half-time to Gary Madine’s rocket, Wigan showed tremendou...Full Story »