please log in to view this image please log in to view this image https://wiganathletic.com/ The DW Stadium is a stadium in Robin Park, in Wigan, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The ground is owned and managed by Wigan Football Company Limited, which is 85% owned by Wigan Athletic and 15% owned by Wigan local authority. It is used by Wigan Athletic football club and Wigan Warriors rugby league club, the rugby league club having a 50 years lease on tenancy to play games at the stadium. Built and opened in 1999,[1] it is named after its main sponsor, DW Sports Fitness.[5] In UEFA matches, it is called Wigan Athletic Stadium due to UEFA regulations on sponsorship.[6] The stadium architect was Alfred McAlpine.[7] Wigan Athletic and Wigan Warriors moved into it from their long-term homes of Springfield Park and Central Park respectively. International rugby league matches have also taken place at the venue. Its current capacity is 25,138—seated in four single-tier stands—and its record attendance was on 11 May 2008 when 25,133 people watched Wigan Athletic play Manchester United in the final match of the 2007–08 Premier League season.[8] Initials are Dave Whelan apparently he broke his leg once MANAGER LEAM RICHARDSON Managerial career Accrington Stanley and assistant manager roles In January 2012, Richardson became the caretaker manager of Accrington Stanley, after John Coleman departed to join Rochdale.[7] On 28 January, Richardson took charge of his first match in charge: at home to Gillingham, which they won 4–3 and briefly moved into a play-off position for the first time that season.[8] Accrington appointed Paul Cook as their new permanent manager the following month,[9] though Richardson was re-appointed as manager after Cook left to become manager of Chesterfield that October.[10] Originally employed as caretaker manager for a second spell, he was appointed as the manager of the club on a permanent basis from 1 November, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal.[11] On 30 April 2013, it was announced that Richardson had left Accrington in order to re-unite with Paul Cook, becoming his new assistant manager at Chesterfield.[12] The two would later move on to manage Portsmouth in 2015, winning promotion to League One in 2017.[13][14] Wigan Athletic On 31 May 2017, Richardson once again followed Cook to Wigan Athletic, once again acting as his assistant manager. [15] He and Cook oversaw Wigan's promotion to the Championship in their first season in charge, and kept them there for two seasons.[16] Following a takeover in mid-2020, Wigan collapsed into administration and were relegated after being punished with a –12 point deduction. Cook resigned as manager on 4 August 2020 and Richardson was appointed to take charge of training duties until further notice.[17] John Sheridan was appointed as the club's new permanent manager, but he left after just 15 games to join Swindon Town, and Richardson was named caretaker manager.[18] Following Wigan's takeover in March 2021, the new owners stated that Richardson would continue in his caretaker manager role until the end of the season.[19] Despite this, Richardson was appointed as the permanent manager of the club on 21 April 2021 with three games still remaining. Richardson confirmed that Cook, who had recently been appointed manager of Ipswich Town, had asked him to join him in Suffolk as his assistant again, but he declined so he could remain at Wigan. He insisted however that there was no ill-will on either side and that they remain on good terms.[20][21] He was able to keep Wigan up, avoiding relegation to League Two.[22] In November 2021 Wigan striker Charlie Wyke collapsed during training after suffering a cardiac arrest. Following his discharge from hospital Wyke praised Richardson's swift initiation of CPR saying: "...my life has been saved by the actions of the gaffer [Leam Richardson] and the club doctor Jonathan Tobin..." [23] On 24 April 2022, Richardson was named the 2021–22 EFL League One Manager of the Season at the league's annual award ceremony.[24] Later that month Richardson led Wigan to promotion into the Championship as they finished the season as League One champions.[25] In and Outs http://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=113 Last time at the DW
Preston North End will get their 2022/23 Championship season underway on Saturday with a short trip to the DW Stadium to face Wigan Athletic. In The Dressing Room please log in to view this image Manager Ryan Lowe has almost a fully fit squad to choose from for this fixture, with only Sean Maguire currently missing, and he’s not expected to be available until mid-August. The gaffer has plenty of options all over the pitch, though, and could hand out competitive debuts to up to six players this weekend. While most of the signings have featured during pre-season, Álvaro Fernández and Troy Parrott could feature for the first time in a PNE shirt in this fixture. A Look At Our Hosts Wigan Athletic will be looking to make a strong start to their campaign after being crowned champions of League One last season, finishing on 92 points. The Latics spent almost the entirety of 2021/22 occupying a top-two spot, but it wasn’t until the final day that their promotion and title was secured. They enter the new campaign – their first in the Championship since 2019/20 – with pretty much the same squad as last season, with former Blackburn Rovers defender Ryan Nyambe their only addition of the summer window so far. Going Head-To-Head Games played: 47 PNE wins: 20 Draws: 14 Wigan Athletic wins: 13 Last meeting: Wigan Athletic 1-2 PNE, 8th February 2020 One To Watch please log in to view this image Former PNE loanee Will Keane had the best year of his senior career during the 2021/22 campaign, hitting 26 goals in League One and finishing the season top of the division’s goalscoring chart. Match Officials please log in to view this image Bobby Madley will referee his first PNE fixture in over five years on Saturday. He last took charge of a North End fixture in January 2017, when Arsenal came out narrow victors in the third round of the FA Cup at Deepdale. Madley – whose brother Andy has refereed PNE regularly over the years – officiated League One and Two games last season, but has been promoted to Select Group 2 ahead of the upcoming campaign.
Match Report: Wigan Athletic 0 PNE 0 please log in to view this image Preston North End and Wigan Athletic played out a goalless draw at the DW Stadium on the opening day of the Championship season. Emil Riis and Troy Parrott came closest to breaking the deadlock for PNE in the first half, but ultimately neither side could find the breakthrough before North End then played the final ten minutes with a man disadvantage after Ched Evans saw red. Ryan Lowe handed out three full debuts in the Championship opener, with Freddie Woodman, Robbie Brady and Parrott all in from the start. PNE started brightly in the wet conditions, with the first real opportunity seeing Ben Whiteman fizz a low effort towards goal, and debutant Parrott stuck out a leg, but his touch was wide of goal. At the other end, Woodman was called into action by defender Jack Whatmough’s shot, tipping it wide of goal, before he then also kept out Tom Naylor’s header. Brady and Liam Lindsay then combined twice in the space of a few minutes as North End looked to break the deadlock, however the defender headed over the crossbar on both occasions. Left wing back Brady was involved again as he played it over the top to Riis, who charged towards goal before firing the ball across the box, and Parrott was just inches away from meeting it at the far post. The two strikers both had big chances in stoppage time, with Parrott firstly bearing down on goal, and his shot was saved by Ben Amos, who then produced another stop with his right leg to deny Riis’ follow-up effort. The resulting corner was won in the air by Andrew Hughes, and a flick goalwards from Riis saw the ball hit the bar and go over. It was the home side who started brightest in the second period, with a flurry of crosses coming into the PNE penalty area, and Woodman was required to keep out former North End loanee Will Keane on 65 minutes. Parrott then had a chance at the other end on 71 minutes in his last action of the game, being slid through into the area, but he fired across goal and wide. The visitors were then reduced to ten men on 80 minutes as substitute Evans saw red for a challenge on Tilt, and North End managed the game from that point to make sure they went home with a point. Wigan Athletic line-up: Amos; Darikwa, Whatmough (Kerr, 38), Tilt, Bennett (Pearce, 90); Lang, Power, Naylor, McClean; Magennis (Humphrys, 78), Keane. Subs not used: Jones, McGrath, Shinnie, Aasgaard. PNE line-up: Woodman; Storey, Lindsay, Hughes; Potts (Woodburn, 66), Whiteman, Browne, Johnson (Ledson, 85), Brady (Fernández, 72); Riis, Parrott (Evans, 72). Subs not used: Cornell, Bauer, McCann. Attendance: 15,429 (4,729 PNE fans) Referee: Mr R Madley.
Wigan boss Leam Richardson told BBC Radio Manchester: "A feisty derby? I'd echo that. I think it was everything you expected, fantastic for the fans, for a derby on the first game of the season. "The pace of the game was excellent. Every player who stepped on the pitch gave a good account of themselves and so did the fans as well. "Sometimes the sending off doesn't help. I felt the first half it was toing and froing, they probably shaded it. The second-half we grew into it a bit more, but with the sending off they're able to drop 10 yards deeper. "On reflection, a clean sheet, first game back into the Championship. These lads have done great." Preston boss Ryan Lowe told BBC Radio Lancashire: "We could be better, I thought we had some good moments and patterns of play, and got some great opportunities, we could have scored a couple of goals. "But ultimately Wigan as well put their body on the line for the cause and had some moments of play and good things from them. "It was two teams definitely trying to win the game and get three points at either end but more importantly I'm pleased with the reaction when we went down to 10 men. The back lads were resilient."
Ched Evans sending off was a bit harsh: clearly accidental, both slid in together but the Wigan player got a foot in the face and made a meal of it.
