Kevin Kilbane - Starts management

Pos: 7th
December 2012























Player of the month
Joel


Why has he deserved it?
With Ali Al-Habsi playing in the WAFF Championship for Oman, loanee Joel had to step in for the month and fill Ali's boots well. In the first game of the month against Sunderland, he scored a free-kick like Rogerio Ceni and then went on 5 clean sheet in the 8 games. It looks like Ali Al-Habsi will have to impress Kilbane to get back into the First XI.

Kilbane's month in words
A great month for us as we strolled into the Knockout Rounds of the Europa League with the likes of Premier League giants, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur. We also managed to reach the semi's of the Capital One Cup after beating Sunderland 2-0 as a reward we get their rivals Newcastle in the semi's which is contested over 2 legs. In the Europa League we have been drawn with Group J and Romanian champions Steaua Bucharest who finished 1st in their group over 2006 and 2007 UEL winners, Sevilla and then if we beat them Braga or Real Sociedad which will be interesting. In the league we did great as well overshadowed by a great 4-0 away win at Loftus Road!

UEL draw:



Capital One Cup Draw:



League table:



UEL Group G table:

Well done on reaching Wembley mate

2013-08-31 21:05#132626 wellsy1498 : Well done on reaching Wembley mate

It means nothing yet. Haha, got to beat Chelsea. Thank you!

January Window 2013

Top 10 transfers - Worldwide

Toni Kroos -- Bayern to Real Madrid -- £29.5M
Domenico Criscito -- Zenit to Arsenal -- £22.5M
Christian Benteke -- Aston Villa to Chelsea -- £18.75M
Giuliano -- Dnipro to AS Monaco -- £18M
Odil Ahmedov -- Anzhi to Liverpool -- £17.25M
Andre Ayew -- Marseille to Dortmund -- £15.75M
Lorenzo Insigne -- Napoli to Porto -- £16.25M
Hatem Ben Arfa -- Newcastle to PSG -- £13.5M
Nikica Jelavic -- Everton to At.Madrid -- £13.5M
Siem De Jong -- Ajax to Man City -- £13.5M

Top 10 transfers - Barclays Premier League

Domenico Criscito -- Zenit to Arsenal -- £22.5M
Christian Benteke -- Aston Villa to Chelsea -- £18.75M
Odil Ahmedov -- Anzhi to Liverpool -- £17.25M
Hatem Ben Arfa -- Newcastle to PSG -- £13.5M
Nikica Jelavic -- Everton to At.Madrid -- £13.5M
Siem De Jong -- Ajax to Man City -- £13.5M
Vlad Chiriches -- Steaua Bucharest to Liverpool - £6M
Arouna Kone -- Everton to Lille -- £5.25M
Junior Hoilett -- QPR to Southampton -- £4.8M
Vadis Odjidja -- Club Brugge to Southampton -- £4.8M

Wigan Athletic vs Chelsea - Capital One Cup FINAL

Wigan's road to Wembley

3rd round = 4-0 vs MK Dons (H)
4th round = 2-0 vs Southampton (H)
Quater Final = 2-0 vs Sunderland (H)
Semi Final 1st leg = 3-2 vs Newcastle (H)
Semi Final 2nd leg = 0-0 vs Newcastle (A)

Chelsea's road to Wembley

3rd round = 3-1 vs Huddersfield (A) AET
4th round = 2-1 vs Aston Villa (A)
Quarter Final = 1-0 vs Tottenham (H) AET
Semi Final 1st leg = 1-1 vs Stoke (H)
Semi Final 2nd leg = 2-1 vs Stoke (A)

13 mins - Mata cushions a header down to Andre Schurrle who has a shot and IT BEATS JOEL AT HIS NEAR POST! 1-0 TO CHELSEA!!!

45 mins - And that's half time, Schurrle's goal seperates the sides at half time. Wigan haven't had a chance, Kilbane needs to give a good team talk.

47 mins - Beausejour is in and unmarked. Omeruo cuts out the pass, IT COMES OUT TO HOLT WHO SHOOTS..... AND SCORES!!! 1-1 GREAT VOLLEY BY GRANT HOLT!

59 mins - Hazard finds Oscar on the edge on the box who nods down FOR MATA TO STRIKE AND WHAT A SHOT!!! 2-1!!! RIGHT INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER!!!

66 mins - Beausejour blasts it up field and Mitchell Beeney clears the ball, only as far as to HENRIQUEZ WHO HAS AN OPEN NET AND SCORES FROM 40 YARDS!! WHAT A GIFT AND WHAT A DEBUT TO REMEMBER FOR YOUTH PLAYER MITCHELL BEENEY! 2-2 GAME ON!!

89 mins - Looks like we're going to extra time here as Cole passes back to Beeney, Henriquez is closing him down AND BEENEY HAS KICKED IT OFF HIM AND HENRIQUEZ HAS TAPPED IT IN!!! 3-2 TO WIGAN!!! THEY'VE DONE IT!!! HENRIQUEZ THE HERO AND BEENEY THE VILLAIN!!!

90 + 3 mins - AND THAT'S IT! WIGAN ATHLETIC HAVE DONE IT!!! 2 TROPHIES IN 2 YEARS!!! EUROPA LEAGUE FOR WIGAN ATHLETIC FOR ANOTHER SEASON!!!

Great cup final mate! Another European stage next year! #KilbaneLegend

2013-09-02 01:12#132906 Pauker : Great cup final mate! Another European stage next year! #KilbaneLegend

haha, cheers got lucky in the final though. :S and it says unstable for the job, surely they can't sack him #2ndAbramovich

Pos: 13th
March 2013



























Player of the month
Grant Holt



Why has he deserved it?
His hat-trick over the 2 legs got us through into the Quarter Final of the Europa League to get us a tasty tie with St.Etienne!

Kilbane's month in words
Good month again! QF's of the Europa League await but seriously need to get up the board otherwise I will get sacked. The lack of fit players are leaving me with a hard choice to make with the players. It makes no sense 2-1 at home to Real Sociedad but 1-1 at home to Doncaster Rovers with all respect to Doncaster.

League table:



Europa League QF Draw:



Europa League SF draw:

Good month! 5-0 is particularly pleasing.

2013-09-05 18:30#133645 Toon : Good month! 5-0 is particularly pleasing.

Cheers! Results are on and off!

Pos: 5th
April 2013









































Player of the month
Mislav Orsic



Why has he deserved it?
He's made a name for himself, brought on a sub against Blackpool to try to score to win and he duly delivered by scoring a goal and scoring 6 more that month.

Kilbane's month in words
We've made the games in hand count to get into the play-offs, we played amazingly against Leeds who have sadly been relegated. We keep performing well in the Europa League a stalemate at the Etihad Stadium speaks for itself. The lads played well to keep playing 13 games in the month with 3 in consecutive days and 4 in 5 days, 2 games against Leeds in 3 days!

League table:



UEL semi's:

Kilbane signs a new deal with Wigan Athletic

Sky sources undersatnd that Kevin Kilbane has renewed his contract until which will expire in 2017. The 36 year old will be on £15,000 a week. Kevin Kilbane has been delighted with the offer and said "I am very glad to stay at Wigan Athletic for more time, I will do everything to get them to the league that they should be in which is the Premier League!"

Pos: 5th
May 2013













PLAYOFF FINAL STORY NEXT UPDATE:

WIGAN VS NOTTINGHAM FOREST!

Venue: Wembley
Attendance: 87,989

Teams:



25 - Vukcevic finds Orsic who runs up from the half way line and carries the ball but shoots horribly wide.

29 - Maloney with the freekick AND IT SKIMS THE BAR.

57 - Vukcevic passes to Orsic who finds McCarthy and dinks it over to Maloney who is 1 on 1 at a tight angle AND SHOOTS! GOAL!!! 1-0 TO WIGAN! MALONEY CHIPS IT INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER PAST SCOTT CARSON WHO CAN ONLY WATCH!



58 - Gera runs through and decides to pass to DEXTER BLACKSTOCK!!! 1-1! QUICK REPLY BY FOREST. SLOTTED IT PAST AL-HABSI!



62 - Maloney heads it straight to Carson but Guediora nips in with a bad touch AND VUKCEVIC TAPS IN TO MAKE IT 2-1!

85 - Vukcevic looks for Orsic and Hobbs messes it up and ORSIC IS 1 ON 1 WITH CARSON AND THAT'S THAT!!! 3-1!!! WIGAN ARE BACK IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE!

90+3 - And that's out for a goal kick. THERE'S THE FINAL WHISTLE!!! HELLO, HELLO? WIGAN ARE BACK! AND THEY'RE GOING CRAZY! MALONEY, VUKCEVIC AND ORSIC THE HEROES TODAY!!!

2012-13 season -- England



Champions



Manchester City





Chelsea, Arsenal & Tottenham





Manchester United, Newcastle & Wigan Athletic (Won Capital One Cup)

Relegated



West Brom, Crystal Palace, Stoke City



Promoted



Reading, Watford & Wigan Athletic

Relegated



Leicester, Leeds United, Yeovil



Promoted



Wolves, Preston & Tranmere Rovers



Winners



Runners-up



Tottenham 1-0 Arsenal



Winners



Runners-up



Wigan Athletic 3-2 Chelsea