Sunday, April 29, 2012

Wigan Athletic storm towards survival as Newcastle United stall



The way things are shaping up ewcastle United will be involved in most of the remaining Premier League issues, but they made an unexpectedly generous contribution to Wigan's survival chances here at the expense of their own hopes of a top-four finish.

No one takes Wigan lightly any more since their heroics against Arsenal and Manchester United, yet few could have expected quite such a landslide. When the first goal went in it was the first Newcastle had conceded in 411 minutes of football, which is an indication of how consistently well they have been playing. When Wigan took just two minutes to score another one, then sent their fans into rapture by adding two more before the interval, it was tempting to wonder which was the team fourth from top and which was the one fourth from bottom. It was only the fourth home win of the season at the DW, and certainly the first time they have scored four there.

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