Bolton Wanderers 0 v 1 Wigan Athletic
14th November 2006
Wigan Athletic came out on top at the end of this drab, rather uninspiring, local derby. The quality of the match itself is easily forgotten by the Latics faithful though, as they saw their team remain unbeaten by Bolton Wanderers for the third Premiership game in a row thanks to a 79th minute strike from substitute Lee McCulloch.
The Horwich based Wanderers are a very tough nut to crack due to their robust, hustling type of game and as early as the 28th minute the Blues had to make their first substitution of the game with Emile Heskey being taken off with McCulloch the man replacing the former England striker who is having a torrid time with a niggling thigh injury at the moment. Things, got worse for the Latics just five minutes later when Gary Teale was forced out of action with Welsh striker David Cotterill replacing him to make only his second appearance of the season.
This disrupted the Latics formation and tactics, and as the first half was drawing to a close it was Bolton who were in the ascendancy, but as referee Mark Clattenburg, blew for half time all that the Trotters had to show was a woeful shot hit over the bar by their super duper mega bucks goal less striker Nicolas Anelka, and a Gary Speed free kick that was easily saved by England goalkeeper Chris Kirkland in the Latics goal.
Latics for their part, hadn't fared much better, although Cotterill, a player who looks to have a very bright future in the game, should perhaps have done a little better in the closing minute when he hit a shot straight at Jussi Jaaskelainen. The last action of the first period was a foul by Leighton Baines on Kevin Davies. However, it was Davies who went into the book following his reaction to the foul. It seems that Davies loves to dish it out but is not prepared to take a knock or two in return. Pathetic!
The second half saw no changes made to either team, and in all faimess, it was Bolton who looked the more likely of the two sides to score the opening goal. Five minutes after the restart El Hadj Diouff was spitting mad when Anelka's poorly struck shot from his free kick was charged down by the Latics defence. The Blues survived a penalty appeal when the home fans bayed for a spot kick following a perceived handling offence in the box by Latics left back Baines. Fortunately the referee decided against the spot kick and indicated that the ball had come off the young lad's chest.
In the 73rd minute of the game Sam Allardyce opted to bring on Ricardo Vaz Te in place of the ineffective Davies, but this tactic proved fruitless and just six minutes later McCulloch slammed the ball past Jaaskelainen to grab the winning goal. The goal was the result of a sublime back heel from Camara which found Kevin Kilbane bearing down on the Wanderers goal. He then opted to lay the ball off to McCulloch who was steaming in on goal and he hit his shot sweetly, finding the bottom corner of the net in what was actually Latics' first proper attempt at goal in the second half.
The goal had knocked the stuffing out of the home side and Latics played out the final ten minutes of the game with no problems whatsoever. The victory was Latics' second away win on the bounce and saw the team climb up to tenth place in the Premiership.
Next up are Charlton Athletic at the JJB Stadium next week and a win against Iain Dowie's strugglers could see Latics riding high in the Premiership, challenging for Europe!
BOLTON WANDERERS, Jussi Jaaskelainen, Abdoulaye Meite, Tal Ben Haim, Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, Gary Speed, (Idan Tal 90), Ivan Campo, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Henrik Pedersen, (Nicky Hunt 90), Kevin Davies, (Ricardo Vaz Te 74), El Hadj Diouf, Nicolas Anelka. Subs not used, Ali Al Habsi, Johann Smith.
Booked, Kevin Davies 45 mins
WIGAN ATHLETIC, Chris Kirkland, Emmerson Boyce, Arjan De Zeeuw, Andy Webster, Leighton Baines, Gary Teale, (David Cotterill 33), Paul Scharner, Denny Landzaat, Kevin Kilbane, Emile Heskey, (Lee McCulloch 28), Henri Camara, (Andreas Johansson 88). Subs not used, John Filan, Matt Jackson
Goal scorer, Lee McCulloch 79 mins
Booked, Kevin Kilbane 50 mins, Denny Landzaat 90 mins
Referee, Mark Clattenburg (County Durham)
Attendance, 21,255
Wigan Athletic came out on top at the end of this drab, rather uninspiring, local derby. The quality of the match itself is easily forgotten by the Latics faithful though, as they saw their team remain unbeaten by Bolton Wanderers for the third Premiership game in a row thanks to a 79th minute strike from substitute Lee McCulloch.
The Horwich based Wanderers are a very tough nut to crack due to their robust, hustling type of game and as early as the 28th minute the Blues had to make their first substitution of the game with Emile Heskey being taken off with McCulloch the man replacing the former England striker who is having a torrid time with a niggling thigh injury at the moment. Things, got worse for the Latics just five minutes later when Gary Teale was forced out of action with Welsh striker David Cotterill replacing him to make only his second appearance of the season.
This disrupted the Latics formation and tactics, and as the first half was drawing to a close it was Bolton who were in the ascendancy, but as referee Mark Clattenburg, blew for half time all that the Trotters had to show was a woeful shot hit over the bar by their super duper mega bucks goal less striker Nicolas Anelka, and a Gary Speed free kick that was easily saved by England goalkeeper Chris Kirkland in the Latics goal.
Latics for their part, hadn't fared much better, although Cotterill, a player who looks to have a very bright future in the game, should perhaps have done a little better in the closing minute when he hit a shot straight at Jussi Jaaskelainen. The last action of the first period was a foul by Leighton Baines on Kevin Davies. However, it was Davies who went into the book following his reaction to the foul. It seems that Davies loves to dish it out but is not prepared to take a knock or two in return. Pathetic!
The second half saw no changes made to either team, and in all faimess, it was Bolton who looked the more likely of the two sides to score the opening goal. Five minutes after the restart El Hadj Diouff was spitting mad when Anelka's poorly struck shot from his free kick was charged down by the Latics defence. The Blues survived a penalty appeal when the home fans bayed for a spot kick following a perceived handling offence in the box by Latics left back Baines. Fortunately the referee decided against the spot kick and indicated that the ball had come off the young lad's chest.
In the 73rd minute of the game Sam Allardyce opted to bring on Ricardo Vaz Te in place of the ineffective Davies, but this tactic proved fruitless and just six minutes later McCulloch slammed the ball past Jaaskelainen to grab the winning goal. The goal was the result of a sublime back heel from Camara which found Kevin Kilbane bearing down on the Wanderers goal. He then opted to lay the ball off to McCulloch who was steaming in on goal and he hit his shot sweetly, finding the bottom corner of the net in what was actually Latics' first proper attempt at goal in the second half.
The goal had knocked the stuffing out of the home side and Latics played out the final ten minutes of the game with no problems whatsoever. The victory was Latics' second away win on the bounce and saw the team climb up to tenth place in the Premiership.
Next up are Charlton Athletic at the JJB Stadium next week and a win against Iain Dowie's strugglers could see Latics riding high in the Premiership, challenging for Europe!
BOLTON WANDERERS, Jussi Jaaskelainen, Abdoulaye Meite, Tal Ben Haim, Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, Gary Speed, (Idan Tal 90), Ivan Campo, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Henrik Pedersen, (Nicky Hunt 90), Kevin Davies, (Ricardo Vaz Te 74), El Hadj Diouf, Nicolas Anelka. Subs not used, Ali Al Habsi, Johann Smith.
Booked, Kevin Davies 45 mins
WIGAN ATHLETIC, Chris Kirkland, Emmerson Boyce, Arjan De Zeeuw, Andy Webster, Leighton Baines, Gary Teale, (David Cotterill 33), Paul Scharner, Denny Landzaat, Kevin Kilbane, Emile Heskey, (Lee McCulloch 28), Henri Camara, (Andreas Johansson 88). Subs not used, John Filan, Matt Jackson
Goal scorer, Lee McCulloch 79 mins
Booked, Kevin Kilbane 50 mins, Denny Landzaat 90 mins
Referee, Mark Clattenburg (County Durham)
Attendance, 21,255
Labels: Bolton vrs Wigan
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