Wigan to refund supporters who sat through 9-1 thrashing

iceFatboy SG

Not saying that he's the only one at fault.....

But come on..... having nine shots going past you, and having to pick the ball out from the net nine times.... that surely must suck, right?

well, if it happens, also bobian lor..

spurs in a zone, just be lucky, it is not a double digit.. :)

Y_Shun SG

Smells kelong lo....Let Spurs build GD

sand king SG

By Soccernet staff

November 23, 2009

Wigan Athletic's playing staff have offered to reimburse the entrance fees for all supporters who travelled to White Hart Lane to witness their 9-1 destruction at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.

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The scoreboard says it all at White Hart Lane

Spurs equalled the record for goals scored in a Premier League game when producing a ruthless second-half performance, with Jermain Defoe scoring five goals to equal the record jointly held by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer.

After suffering such acute embarrassment, Wigan's players will now personally refund the admission price paid by every Latics supporter who attended the game in North London.

"We feel that as a group of players we badly let down our supporters yesterday (Sunday), and this is a gesture we have to make and pay them back for their tremendous loyalty," Melchiot told the club's official website.

"There's not a lot else to say, just that as a group of professionals we were embarrassed by the way we performed. We feel it was below our standard and this is something we feel we owe to the fans.

"Now we have to draw a line under the game, focus completely on training this week and bounce back on Saturday. We are professionals, we will take it on the chin and move on, but it's important that we do not take our supporters for granted."

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez said after the game: "It was unacceptable and unexpected. The way we defended in key moments was not good enough. I am embarrassed as it's a result we don't want to be associated with. We need to move on quickly and give a good reaction in the next game."

sand king SG

Tottenham Hotspur's remarkable 9-1 victory over Wigan Athletic was the second biggest victory since the formation of the Premier League in 1992/93.

Only Manchester United have bettered that score with their 9-0 thrashing of Ipswich Town in March 1995.

Spurs' result was all the more remarkable as they were only 1-0 up at half-time, making them the first team to score eight goals in one half.

Jermain Defoe joined Andy Cole and Alan Shearer as the only players to score five goals in a Premier League match.

However the Tottenham Hotspur striker is out on his own as the only man to net five in one half.

Shearer was the last man to hit five in one match. He achieved the feat in Newcastle United's 8-0 win at home to Sheffield Wednesday in September 1999.

Cole became the first player to register five goals in a Premier League fixture when he enjoyed a field day against Ipswich Town in March 1995.

That 9-0 scoreline at Old Trafford remains the biggest win in Premier League history.

Here we look back at the top five victories.

This Old Trafford fixture in March 1995 looked an obvious home win - but no-one could have foreseen the Premier League record scoreline.

Manchester United went into the match three points behind leaders Blackburn Rovers while George Burley's Ipswich Town side were second from bottom and eight points adrift of safety.

Roy Keane opened the scoring on 15 minutes before Andy Cole hit a classic hat-trick, netting three in succession after 19, 37 and 53 minutes.

Mark Hughes made it 5-0 two minutes later and quickly added his second before Cole got his fourth on 65 minutes.

Paul Ince made it 8-0 with 18 minutes remaining and Cole rounded off an astonishing afternoon with his fifth three minutes from time.

With the score 1-0 at half time at White Hart Lane, you would have been forgiven for thinking this match was going to be decided by the odd goal.

But after the break, a rampant Spurs side emerged from the dressing room, putting a further eight goals past Wigan goalkeeper Chris Kirkland, who would later be praised for making a string of fine saves that prevented the scoreline from being even greater.

After Peter Crouch netted the opener in the first half, his strike partner Jermain Defoe scored five goals in the second period, the only player to do that in a match since Alan Shearer for Newcastle United in 1999. The former West Ham man scored his first three goals in seven minutes the second fastest hat-trick in Premier League history, as Harry Redknapp's side cruised to their biggest win for 32 years.

The victory sent ambitious Spurs fourth, to the Champions League qualification places and level on points with local rivals Arsenal.

The returning Aaron Lennon was to prove majorly influential, setting up three of the home side's goals and netting one of his own, with Kirkland also on the score-sheet for an own goal, and Niko Kranjcar putting the icing on the cake with a ninth on 90 minutes.

Paul Scharner had pulled one back for the Latics near the hour mark, but it was little more than a consolation.

Bobby Robson could not have wished for a better first home match as Newcastle United manager as his rampant side rattled in eight without reply at home to Sheffield Wednesday in September 1999.

With his side out to impress the new manager, they ended a run of 14 successive Premiership matches without victory in emphatic style.

Talismanic captain Alan Shearer scored a first-half hat-trick in 11 minutes, before adding two more in the second half.

Defender Aaron Hughes scored the opener at St James' Park after just 12 minutes, to get Robson's return to the club off to a flyer.

Shearer had the impressive Kieron Dyer to thank for his super quick hat-trick, with the England man proving the creative force in the Magpies' midfield.

And as the second half started in much the same vein as the first, Dyer was rewarded for his troubles, getting a fifth goal early on, with Gary Speed making it six 12 minutes from time.

But there was still so much more to come from the home side, with Shearer adding another two to his tally in the last nine minutes to complete a remarkable afternoon on Tyneside.

Had it not have been for the introduction of super-sub Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, this match may well have ended a mere 4-1 to the away side.

After first-choice strike pair Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole had each netted a brace, Solskjaer came on to put his own stamp on the match, scoring four times as Manchester United produced a magnificent Premiership record away win.

Yorke had put the visitors ahead after just 85 seconds, before Alan Rogers had equalised for Nottingham Forest on six minutes.

But Ron Atkinson's men were shown what life in the top-flight is all about when Andy Cole first restored the Red Devils' lead straight from the restart, and then extended it just minutes after the break, netting the rebound after Forest keeper' Dave Besant had saved a shot from Yorke.

Yorke's second came midway through the second half, slotting home into an empty net after Jon Olav Hjelde had inadvertently diverted Jesper Blomqvist's low cross onto his own post.

Solskjaer replaced Yorke on 71 minutes and an already one-sided match became a rout. By the first minute of stoppage time, the Norwegian had sealed his hat-trick, before adding a fourth with just seconds remaining.

The result left Forest rooted to the bottom of the league, while Sir Alex Ferguson's United marched on to win the Premier League title among an historic treble of trophies.

Middlesbrough ended the 2007/08 season in some style, putting eight goals past Manchester City on what was to be the Blues' manager Sven-Goran Eriksson's last match in charge.

Neither side had much to play for, with Middlesbrough already safe from relegation and City unable to reach the UEFA Cup qualifying places.

But that did not stop Gareth Southgate's men from giving their home fans a delightful memory to help get them through the long, football-free summer months.

Riverside hero Stewart Downing fired home a 16th-minute penalty after Richard Dunne was sent off for bringing down Tuncay Sanli, with Afonso Alves slotting home the second from 14 yards eight minutes before the break.

A superb volley with the outside of his left foot from Downing, another strike from Alves, a deflected long-range effort from Adam Johnson, Fabio Rochemback's 30-yard free-kick and a goal from Jeremie Aliadiere were followed by a consolation for Elano before Alves completed his hat-trick.

5 Jermain Defoe - Tottenham Hotspur 9-1 Wigan Athletic November 2009

5 Alan Shearer - Newcastle United 8-0 Sheffield Wednesday September 1999

5 Andy Cole Manchester United 9-0 Ipswich Town March 1995

4.5 mins Robbie Fowler - Liverpool 3-0 Arsenal August 1994

7 mins Jermain Defoe - Tottenham Hotspur 9-1 Wigan Athletic November 2009

8 mins Gabriel Agbonlahor - Aston Villa 4-2 Manchester City August 2008

zocoss SG

Dejected: Wigan keeper Chris Kirkland let nine goals in at White Hart Lane on Sunday

Wigan Athletic's players are to refund fans' tickets for Sunday's humiliating 9-1 reverse at Tottenham.

A White Hart Lane horror show saw Roberto Martinez's side endure the proverbial run-around in the capital.

Having had time to assess their performance in North London, Wigan's players have come to the decision to refund their travelling supporters.

Captain Mario Melchiot accepts the level of their performance was unacceptable and hopes this gesture at least partially atones for such a heavy defeat.

"We feel that as a group of players we badly let down our supporters yesterday, and this is a gesture we have to make and pay them back for their tremendous loyalty," read a statement from Melchiot on the club's official website.

"There is not a lot else to say, just that as a group of professionals we were embarrassed by the way we performed, we feel it was below our standards and this is something we feel we owe to the fans.

"Now we have to draw a line under the game, focus completely on training this week and bounce back on Saturday.

"We are professionals, we will take it on the chin and move on but it's important that we do not take our supporters for granted."

zocoss SG

a broken watch tells the correct time twice a day

Hahaha... This is very funny... and yet true...

fudgester SG

Yeah, Wigan certainly had to play one of their worst matches ever to lose by that scoreline....

Okay, Spurs is not small opposition, but then again, remember that Wigan actually managed to thrash a technically even bigger opposition (Chelsea) 3-1 not too long ago.

the Bear SG

anyway, what about the blantant handball by the idiot with the horrific haircut?

sometimes i figure the refs are blind..

that one was as blantant as the Thierry Henry one!

sand king SG

Worst of all was that I chose Kirkland as my keeper on fantasy league -.-'''

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