Wigan Athletic News

There was a substitution at the DW Stadium before a ball had been kicked, referee Mark Clattenburg replaced by Phil Dowd as the man in the middle.

OWEN Coyle looks set to be handed a double fitness boost in time for this afternoona s visit of Hull City.

A YOUNG Tranmere side produced a strong and encouraging performance to take a Puma Youth Alliance point off Wigan Athletic at Raby Vale.

Roy Hodgson is sweating on the fitness of Damien Duff ahead of Fulhama s trip to Wigan Athletic on Sunday.

BURNLEY suffered their first defeat at Turf Moor in 34 weeks at weekend and surrendered their impressive 100% home record in the process.

The woman groped and punched by Wigan Athletic footballer Marlon King has waived her right to anonymity to call for his life ban from the game.

Your account has been frozen . For your available options click the below button.

The woman attacked in a London bar by Marlon King has revealed her true identity in a bid to have the disgraced Premiership player banned from football for life.

Liverpool had two players sent off and suffered a sixth loss in seven games on Saturday with a 3-1 defeat at Fulham on a day of red cards in the Premier League.

PORTSMOUTH striker Aruna Dindane destroyed Wigan with a superb hat-trick but Paul Hart's side still remain bottom of the Barclays Premier League.

Portsmouth v Wigan. Click here to bet. Click here for Portsmouth news Click here for Wigan news Click here for head-to-head stats Wigan will be without Maynor Figueroa in their Premier League clash at Portsmouth on Saturday as he recovers from a knee injury.

Disgraced footballer Marlon King will be signed by another club when his jail sentence is finished, his agent insisted.

Portsmouth v Wigan. Click here to bet. Wigan manager Roberto Martinez expects Maynor Figueroa to be out for up to seven weeks with a knee injury.

Wigan striker Marlon King has been jailed for 18 months after being found guilty of groping a young woman in a nightclub and then breaking her nose when she spurned his "disgusting'' advances, with the Premier League club confirming they will now sack the player.

Both managers are new to the Premier League and it says much for Wigan under Roberto MartA nez that they were disappointed last Sunday not to add Manchester City's scalp to Chelsea's. A point, MartA nez felt, did not reflect their domination but he hopes to "take the good things" into this game, such as the competitiveness of Hendry Thomas and ...

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez has "categorically denied" suggesting that the Football Association is afraid to punish his Manchester United counterpart Sir Alex Ferguson .

On target: Fernando Torres celebrates scoring Liverpool's first goal in their defeat of Manchester United Amen.

FOOTBALL star Marlon King broke a girl's nose with a punch after yelling: "Don't you know who I am? I'm a millionaire!", a court heard yesterday.

Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa is facing several weeks on the sidelines after damaging knee ligaments during the 3-1 win at Burnley on Saturday.

CAPTAIN Steven Caldwell has urged Burnley to prove their record breaking Turf Moor form wasna t a flash in the pan.