A Different League (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the wake of their 9-1 destruction by Tottenham on Sunday, Wigan’s players decided to refund the fans who made the long trip to London. The gesture has received widespread approval and praise, serving as an antidote to those who argued players and clubs were losing touch with the common fan. The whole event throws up an intriguing question - should football fans encourage the cultivation of...
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
WHAT a fine juxtaposition of how clubs treat their fans - as loyal servants or targets to be exploited for every last penny.
Football.co.uk (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Yesterday it emerged that Wigan Athletic players, led by Captain Mario Melchiot, would be refunding the fans who made the 400 mile round trip to London on Sunday to witness their side's humiliating 9-1 defeat to Tottenham...
Extravagant Nonsense (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Wigan Athletic's decision to refund fans who travelled to their 9-1 humiliation at White Hart Lane has brought about a devastating domino effect as supporters across the country have pushed for compensation payments ranging from £6.50 to £500,000. After falling victim to Harry Redknapp's new strategy of scoring nine goals , Wigan captain Mario Melchiot declared that his side would be refunding...
Mizozo (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Soccer club Wigan Atheletic announced that they will refund each fan who bought their tickets for the premier league game against Tottenham HotSpur after an embarrassing 9-1 loss. It was the second worst defeat in Premier League history with 8 goals in the second half. The club have announced that the players of Wigan Athletic have decided to personally refund every Latics fan who bought a ticket...
France24 (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Wigan's shell-shocked players on Monday offered to refund supporters who travelled to London to watch their side being thrashed 9-1 by Tottenham. The Latics crashed to the second worst defeat in Premier League history as they conceded eight second-half goals at White Hart Lane on Sunday. Defender Mario Melchiot admitted the result was embarrassing and, along with the rest of his team-mates, will pay...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
• Club captain Mario Melchiot apologises to Wigan fans • 'We feel that as players we badly let down our supporters' First came the humiliation, now for the compensation. The Wigan Athletic players responsible for the worst result in the club's 31-year league history – the 9-1 rout at Tottenham Hotspur – are to refund every Latics supporter who squirmed through the torment at...
Dan's Doodles (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Maybe these guys are admitting that they ARE overpaid! clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Wigan players set to refund fans Wigan's players are to personally refund Latics fans who bought tickets at the DW Stadium for the 9-1 hammering at Tottenham on Sunday. Wigan took a large following to White Hart Lane for the defeat, the second heaviest in Premier League history. Defoe scores his second goal during Spurs'...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Wigan's shell-shocked players on Monday offered to refund supporters who travelled to London to watch their side being thrashed 9-1 by Tottenham. The Latics crashed to the second worst defeat in Premier League history as they conceded eight second-half goals at White Hart Lane on Sunday. Defender Mario Melchiot admitted the result was embarrassing and, along with the rest of his team-mates, will pay...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Subscribe here for your own daily copy delivered to your inbox AND THE WINNER OF THE BEST SCREENPLAY GONG AT NEXT YEAR'S OSCARS IS ... The Fiver has never scored five goals in a proper football match, but once man-marked a man who bagged seven in 50 minutes before being stretchered off with swollen swingers and a fat lip, so you'll pardon us for not being particularly impressed with Jermain Defoe's...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
• 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...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
After their tribulations at Roma in midweek, Fulham will settle for this draw quite happily. A match between two mid-table teams with limited goalscoring capacity always had the makings of an even encounter, and so it proved with Clint Dempsey's penalty for Fulham cancelling out Emmerson Boyce's opener for Wigan. They were offering 5% off in the club shop for every Wigan goal, but it was a bit early...
A Different League (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Burnley slumped to their first home defeat of the season against an inspired Latics side who fought back to take all three points. The game started off brightly for Burnley, with Robbie Blake flying past Mario Melchiot before delivering a pin-point cross past Chris Kirkland, to land right in front of Steven Fletcher. The Claret’s top scorer was hardly going to miss from there and managed to...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Wigan Athletic, with two goals from their dangerous Colombian international Hugo Rodallega, the smiling assassin, ended Burnley's unbeaten Premier League home record with a 3-1 victory, dominating the second half after the teams had gone in level at half-time. Having lost all of their away matches, Burnley will need to regroup quickly at home to Hull next week because a repeat of this result could...
The Observer (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Press the auto-refresh button for the latest action. Click here for the latest scores around Europe. And celebrate Phil Brown Day by emailing rob.smyth@guardian.co.uk 3.15pm Jonathan Woodgate lasted just 14 minutes on his first appearance of the season, and is replaced by Michael Dawson. Poor old Woodgate; he really coulda been a contender were it not for all those random injuries, and that bloody...
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