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Tim Ream returned to England earlier this week with all the necessary paperwork completed for
him to suit up for Bolton Wanderers, and he might not have to wait long at all to make his
debut.
Bolton manager Owen Coyle told reporters on Thursday morning that Ream, and two of the other
club's recent acquisitions, will be on the gameday squad that will take on Wigan Athletic in a
match with relegation implications on Saturday.
By Chris Wright
Remember on Tuesday evening? When Benoit Assou-Ekotto very nearly carved Franco Di Santo's leg
in twain with a disgusting, over-the-ball leg-breaker of a horror tackle?
A tackle, it's perhaps worth noting, that apparently didn't merit any form of punishment for BAE
from either the referee at the time (as the blood sopped through the Argentine's sock) or the FA's
disciplinary committee?
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez was left furious when Tottenham left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto was
allowed to remain on the pitch despite a high tackle that forced forward Franco Di Santo out of the
Latics' 3-1 defeat at White Hart Lane.
With his side firmly rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table, the only positive
Martinez could reflect on was the mild nature of Di Santo's injury.
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez was left furious when Tottenham left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto was
allowed to remain on the pitch despite a high tackle that forced forward Franco Di Santo out of the
Latics' 3-1 defeat at White Hart Lane.
With his side firmly rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table, the only positive
Martinez could reflect on was the mild nature of Di Santo's injury.
By Alan Duffy
Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Wigan Athletic Premier League 31st January 2012
Welsh wing-wizard Gareth Bale was once again Tottenham's star performer as the north Londoners
got their title tilt back on track at White Hart Lane in front of Harry Redknapp, who was back in
the dug-out to watch his charges win.
By Alan Duffy
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Chelsea Premier League 17th December 2011
After excellent wins against Valencia in the Champions League and Manchester City in the Premier
League, Chelsea were brought back down to earth with a bump at the DW Stadium against a Wigan side
who fully deserved a share of the points.
A pivotal trip to White Hart Lane is on the holiday horizon. Slow your roll, though. First, we
need to navigate this potentially tricky venture to Greater Manchester on Saturday.
Hey, it's Franco
On paper, away to Wigan doesn't appear to be too much trouble.
I see my place in the centre
Hello and I hope you're having a super Saturday. There's Arsenal today and there can't be
anything bad about that. Well, not if we win the game anyway. Today sees us visiting the DW Stadium
to face Wigan, a team mired in the relegation zone. After the sacking of Steve Bruce at Sunderland,
it would be fair to say that Roberto Martinez will be slightly worried about his position.
We really should win.
Squillaci cost us two points last season in this fixture with an own goal in the 81st
minute.
There are are must-win games because a team needs points late in the season or to progress in a
tournament, and then there are these kind of games (of which Fulham at home was one).
The weekend just gone saw as many crucial contributions from Argentines as ever in the world's
biggest leagues, and a welcome return to form for the usual suspects in the Mexican league after
last week's no-show. With the usual contributions ... Continue reading →
Nothing seems to be going so right for Sunderland at the moment, The Mackems created several
chances before going down to a 1-2 loss in stoppage time from a miscommunication from the defender
and the keeper. Featured player Nicklas Bendtner is still finding his feet in his new club, on his
10th appearance, He had a relatively quiet game yesterday, but played a part in Sunderland's
first goal cutting back onto his right foot, before smashing a low effort that bounced up towards
Al-Habsi, who fumbled it and it fell to Swedish midfielder Sebastian Larsson who smashed it in from
close range.
Nothing seems to be going so right for Sunderland at the moment, The Mackems created several
chances before going down to a 1-2 loss in stoppage time from a miscommunication from the defender
and the keeper. Featured player Nicklas Bendtner is still finding his feet in his new club, on his
10th appearance, He had a relatively quiet game yesterday, but played a part in Sunderland's
first goal cutting back onto his right foot, before smashing a low effort that bounced up towards
Al-Habsi, who fumbled it and it fell to Swedish midfielder Sebastian Larsson who smashed it in from
close range.
By Alan Duffy
Sunderland 1-2 Wigan Athletic Premier League 26th November 2011
Argentinian striker Franco Di Santo is enjoying his best spell so far in England, after
struggling at Chelsea and Blackburn. The hitman netted his fourth of the current season at the
Stadium of Light, double what he had managed in his three previous seasons combined.
The shock on their faces was there for everyone to see. From Conor Sammon's look of pure
surprise after netting the equalizer against West Ham on the season's final day, to Roberto
Martinez's delirious celebrations after Charles N'Zogbia's stoppage time winner, and the subsequent
final whistle, Wigan somehow seemed to have cheated death during the dramatic climax of last year's
edition of the Barclays Premier League.
Revitalised Wanderers break loosing streak
- Saturday, October 15, 2011
- Venue: The DW Stadium
- Attendance: 17,261
- Referee: Mike Dean
- Nigel Reo-Coker [4]
- Darren Pratley [23]
- Mohamed Diame [40]
- Franco Di Santo [45+1]
- David Ngog [45+3]
- Paul Robinson [63]
- Dedryck Boyata [67]
- Maynor Figueroa [71]
- Gary Caldwell [73]
- Kevin Davies (penalty miss) [73]
- Antolin Alcaraz [79]
- Martin Petrov [82]
- Chris Eagles [90+2]
Bolton Wanderers lifted themselves off the bottom with a deserved win away to
Wigan.
With Emmanuel Adebayor struggling with a hamstring injury after the Arsenal match, and seeing his
price coming back down to cost, I'm playing with a new line-up for next week. Franco Di Santo has
been hit or miss this season, but hosting a struggling Bolton side he could find himself in the
points.
With Emmanuel Adebayor struggling with a hamstring injury after the Arsenal match, and seeing his
price coming back down to cost, I'm playing with a new line-up for next week. Franco Di Santo has
been hit or miss this season, but hosting a struggling Bolton side he could find himself in the
points.
By Alan Duffy
Franco Di Santo has finally started to score on a regular basis. His rediscovered form earns the
towering Argentinian/Italian striker a place alongside another (albeit shorter) man with Italian
blood in his veins, Pisa-born Jackass star Jason Acuna aka Wee Man
It's just under five months since Wigan were last at Villa Park and they've proven to be
something of a bogey team for us in our limited history of playing them. This will only be the 7th
time this league fixture has been played, but we're yet to win one. The pattern so far is LDLDLD;
clearly we need to break that pattern one way or another today.
This week's Argentines Abroad is late, thanks to the midweek round of matches here in Argentina
keeping me busy. Better late than never, though. As well as Lionel Messi's hat-trick in Barcelona's
8-0 demolition of Osasuna, we've got videos of ... Continue reading →
Premier League. Saturday 24th September 2011. DW Stadium. 3pm Kick Off.
Wigan. A team that have been struggling and scrapping around the bottom of the table since their
impressive start to their Premier League life. Wigan. A team that Spurs destroyed 9-1 at White Hart
Lane in 2009.
By Alan Duffy
David Moyes' Everton side produced a valuable 3-1 win against Wigan despite putting out a first
11 with no natural strikers.
Tim Cahill lead the line for the Toffees but it was debut goals from Apostolos Vellios and
Royston Drenthe (after a strike from Phil "Jags" Jagielka) which won the game for the home
side.
Everton left it late to record their first home victory of the season as they
came from behind to beat Wigan 3-1 at Goodison Park today.
Franco Di Santo put the Latic's 1-0 up before Phil Jagielka equalised just two minutes later,
Apostolos Vellios and Royston Drenthe grabbed the late goals which ensured Everton's win.
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Liverpool- September 17, 2011- Saturday Final score and result:- Everton vs Wigan 3-1 ( Jagielka,
Vellios, Drenthe/ Franco Di Santo) Wigan Athletic take [.
Columbus, Kansas City and Houston all lost last night, which is great news for the Union.
The Independence lost the WPS Final for the second straight season. But while last year's loss
was a wipeout, this team came to play. The Independence did itself, women's soccer, and the city of
Philadelphia proud.
Inspired by a tremendous performance again by Luis Suarez, produced an electrifying performance
at Anfield, Liverpool beat 3-1 to move top of the Premier League.
Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam scored their first Liverpool goals and with Downing and Suarez
in terrific form, Kenny Dalglish has his Liverpool side is looking very much like Champions League
contenders.
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Quick Reminder, Real Life Wigan avoided relegation last season, just barely, finishing in 16th
thanks to some late season heroics by Charles N'Zogbia (now an Aston Villa player) in a dramatic
come from behind victory against relegated West Ham. Aside from N'Zogbia and goalkeeper Ali
Al-Habsi, who had a breakout season and has proven to be a very reliable Premier League goalkeeper
with a nice
Long-term HEGS readers will remember that in 2007, 2008 and 2009 I ran an award to find the Best
Argentine Abroad according to my readers. This year, in an attempt to widen the voting, the award
(which in 2009 was the ... Continue reading →
There are four games remaining and the relegation battle is far from decided. Every team at the
bottom has a legitimate shot at staying up. It will be up to the performances over the next four
games to decide who will be in the Premier League in 2011/12.
20. West Ham United, 32 pts - West Ham had the unenviable task of facing Chelsea at Stamford
Bridge over the weekend.
Better days
Salomon Kalou without a shirt on does not do it for me, no. Still, glancing at that horribly
uncomfortable photograph, I have to ask: Remember that day?
We were on top of the world. Well, not the world Internazionale had a firm grasp on that claim
but we were the toast of England.
