UK time is: 10:53:09

Choose your club

Other Sites

Network Navigation

Vital Partners

'If It's Football, It's Vital'

Wigan Athletic 1 - Sunderland 1

Robin Park Arena

24/02/2009 7pm

Attendance: 150 approx

Last gasp goal earns reserves a draw

A match that can be summed up in seven phrases.
They score
They miss a penalty
We miss a penalty
They have a man sent off
They have another man sent off
We have a man sent off
We equilise in the last minute of added time.

And that was about it really. Sunderland were the dominant side in the first half but created very few clear cut chances agaisnt a Latics side who have conceeded ten goals in the last two games.

Latics defence was caught out several times last week against Man United when trying to play an offside trap and once again it was a forward catching the Wigan dfence napping who burst onto a ball through the middle and slotted the ball past Nicholls in the Wigan net.

Latics offered vcery little going forwarded and were hampered by the early loss of Tomas Cwkya up front replaced by Mc Manaman.

Sunderland nearly made it two on the stroke of half time when a flicked on header just whizzed past the post.

The second half was in much the same vein but came to life, when Nicholls rose unchallenged to take a cross and promptly spilled the ball. In the melee that followed a WIgan defender was adjudged to have brought down a Subderland player.
Nicholls redeemed himself with a good save from the penalty.
Shortly after, Colgan in the Sunderland goal was deemed to have brought down a Wigan striker, whose dive was theatrical to say the least.
Breeze stepped up and blasted the ball agaisnt the bar, the ball was played back in and Colgan saved the shot.

Sunderland then had two players sent off and Latics one as the game descended into a farce but in the dying seconds of the third minute of time added on Mc Manamen flicked the ball past Colgan for an equiliser

Star Player

Erik Edman, showed his quality in another bid to get match fit. WOuld surely have earned the attention of the watching scouts.




Vital F1 Prediction League - Join now for Monaco

Writer: Baskerville Mail feedback, articles or suggestions

Date:Tuesday February 24 2009

Time: 9:38PM

Your Comments

Interesting game then!!!
worbo
Interesting game then!!!
worbo
 

Have Your Say

Click here to register an account

Recent Articles

Archived Articles

List All Vital Latics Articles
Have your say
Click here to suggest an article
Click here to suggest a poll

Vital Members League (view all)

1. Oscarbon 341
2. Marksparko 307
3. worbo 241
4. lathamwafc 141
5. StuT 135
6. russialatic 120
7. MadWig1 112
8. hayzee 107
9. scotdave 102
10. A Taiwan Pieman 90

League Results (view all)

Latest Results
Wigan 2 - 2 Aston Villa
Arsenal 4 - 1 Wigan
Wigan 2 - 3 Swansea
WBA 2 - 3 Wigan
Wigan 2 - 2 Spurs
West Ham 2 - 0 Wigan

League Table (view table)

Team P W D L GD Pts
14. Southampton 38 9 14 15 -11 41
15. Aston Villa 38 10 11 17 -22 41
16. Newcastle 38 11 8 19 -23 41
17. Sunderland 38 9 12 17 -13 39
18. Wigan 38 9 9 20 -26 36
19. Reading 38 6 10 22 -30 28
20. Q.P.R. 38 4 13 21 -30 25

Breaking League News

Klinsmann takes a dive
» Everton : 21/05/2013 10:44:00
Who Is Your Vital Arsenal Player of the Season?
» Arsenal : 21/05/2013 10:24:00
The Abuse Of NUFC Has To End. Now!!
» Newcastle : 21/05/2013 10:01:00
Hunt thanks fans following departure
» Reading : 21/05/2013 10:00:00
Damned if we do
» Spurs : 21/05/2013 09:29:00
Silly season is here!!
» Spurs : 21/05/2013 08:56:00
Liverpool: Reds To Free Toure
» Liverpool : 21/05/2013 08:38:00

Current Site Poll (view all polls)

Man of the Match v Villa
Suggested By:  Roberto Martinez
Ali Al-Habsi 0%
Emmerson Boyce 0%
Paul Scharner 0%
Roman Golobart 0%
Roger Espinoza 0%
Ben Watson 0%
James McArthur 0%
James McCarthy 100%
Jordi Gomez 0%
Shaun Maloney 0%
Arouna Koné 0%