Wigan Athletic: Martinez Sweats On Kirkland Injury
Birmingham City News (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Roberto Martinez is waiting on news of goalkeeper Chris Kirkland after injury forced him out of Wigan's defeat against Birmingham.
Birmingham City News (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Roberto Martinez is waiting on news of goalkeeper Chris Kirkland after injury forced him out of Wigan's defeat against Birmingham.
elieag549 | 12/07/2009
LONDON – Jermain Defoe scored five goals, including a seven-minute hat trick, to match a Premier League record in powering Tottenham to a 9-1 rout of Wigan on Sunday. Defoe equaled the mark set by Newcastle's Alan Shearer in 1999 and Manchester United's Andy Cole in 1995. "It did cross my mind whether I was going to get another (hat trick)," Defoe said. "I had another good chance
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Birmingham City extended their unbeaten run to six matches, and recorded their third successive Premier League win, with a 3-2 victory over Wigan Athletic, whose form remains as mercurial as ever. Wigan dominated the first half, taking the lead through Charles N'Zogbia, but were totally undone after half-time, with Sebastian Larsson scoring from two free-kicks, the first a gift, and Christian Benitez...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Adversity does not come in a bigger Premier League dollop than Wigan's 9-1 defeat by Tottenham last month and Roberto Martínez was both relieved and pleased by his side's immediate response against Sunderland – a win and a clean sheet. Chris Kirkland was singled out for particular praise, with the Wigan manager strongly believing his goalkeeper should be in England's World Cup squad....
segerzd7c2 | 12/04/2009
LONDON – Jermain Defoe scored five goals, including a seven-minute hat trick, to match a Premier League record in powering Tottenham to a 9-1 rout of Wigan on Sunday. Defoe equaled the mark set by Newcastle's Alan Shearer in 1999 and Manchester United's Andy Cole in 1995. "It did cross my mind whether I was going to get another (hat trick)," Defoe said. "I had another good chance
riordan0z4ro | 12/03/2009
LONDON – Jermain Defoe scored five goals, including a seven-minute hat trick, to match a Premier League record in powering Tottenham to a 9-1 rout of Wigan on Sunday. Defoe equaled the mark set by Newcastle's Alan Shearer in 1999 and Manchester United's Andy Cole in 1995. "It did cross my mind whether I was going to get another (hat trick)," Defoe said. "I had another good chance
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez insists Chris Kirkland is England's best goalkeeper. read more
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Steve Bruce rates Chris Kirkland as the most talented English goalkeeper but still does not think he will be in Fabio Capello's World Cup squad.
rockwella03u7 | 11/26/2009
LONDON – Jermain Defoe scored five goals, including a seven-minute hat trick, to match a Premier League record in powering Tottenham to a 9-1 rout of Wigan on Sunday. Defoe equaled the mark set by Newcastle's Alan Shearer in 1999 and Manchester United's Andy Cole in 1995. "It did cross my mind whether I was going to get another (hat trick)," Defoe said. "I had another good chance
roybrown27 | 11/24/2009
The club's first ever Premier League game was a home match against Champions Chelsea, a game they lost only to a 94th minute winner by Hernán Crespo. A successful run followed, and by November Wigan were second in the league. Good league form was coupled with an equally strong performance in the Football League Cup, with the Latics reaching their first ever major cup final after defeating Arsenal
Football.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Dejected: Wigan keeper Chris Kirkland let nine goals in at White Hart Lane on Sunday Wigan Athletic's humiliated players last night did their bit to repair the damaged image ofcash-obsessed modern footballers by offering to refund the entrance money of fans who travelled to see their 9-1 capitulation at Tottenham on Sunday...
Football.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Dejected: Wigan keeper Chris Kirkland let nine goals in at White Hart Lane on Sunday Embarrassed Wigan Athletic players will refund all their supporters who made the long trip to Tottenham on Sunday only to see the Latics thrashed 9-1...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
• This is a gesture we have to make, says Melchiot • 'We were embarrassed by the way we performed' Wigan's players have pledged to refund the ticket price for any of the club's fans who attended their side's 9-1 thrashing at the hands of Tottenham at White Hart Lane yesterday, The loss was a record defeat in Wigan's 31-year history and saw Spurs equal a Premier League scoring record for...
BBC Sport - Football blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Harry Redknapp says Jermain Defoe is the best finisher in England. Put a jam roly poly and custard in front of yours truly and I'll prove him wrong. Nevertheless five goals in one game is impressive stuff. There are times when Defoe looks right up there with the best. His movement is brilliant, he's got that sheer greed you need as a striker (you can just see him in the school playground hanging around...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
There is no coping with Tottenham Hotspur on occasions such as these. Spurs seared back into a Champions League qualification place here with a second-half destruction of Wigan that took the breath, Jermain Defoe plundering a hat-trick in seven minutes and later adding two more as home players revelled in the ease of it all. Local conviction that a top-four finish remains a possibility no longer feels...
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rurikydo2s | 3 hours ago
LONDON – Jermain Defoe scored five goals, including a seven-minute hat trick, to match a Premier League record in powering Tottenham to a 9-1 rout of Wigan on Sunday. Defoe equaled the mark set by Newcastle's Alan Shearer in 1999 and Manchester United's Andy Cole in 1995. "It did cross my mind whether I was going to get another (hat trick)," Defoe said. "I had another good chance but you can't complain...
elieag549 | 12/07/2009
LONDON – Jermain Defoe scored five goals, including a seven-minute hat trick, to match a Premier League record in powering Tottenham to a 9-1 rout of Wigan on Sunday. Defoe equaled the mark set by Newcastle's Alan Shearer in 1999 and Manchester United's Andy Cole in 1995. "It did cross my mind whether I was going to get another (hat trick)," Defoe said. "I had another good chance but you can't complain...
segerzd7c2 | 12/04/2009
LONDON – Jermain Defoe scored five goals, including a seven-minute hat trick, to match a Premier League record in powering Tottenham to a 9-1 rout of Wigan on Sunday. Defoe equaled the mark set by Newcastle's Alan Shearer in 1999 and Manchester United's Andy Cole in 1995. "It did cross my mind whether I was going to get another (hat trick)," Defoe said. "I had another good chance but you can't complain...