Two early goals for Wigan Athletic was enough to seal their victory at Boundary Park.
On an uncharacteristically warm day, Wigan began the encounter strongly as they took the lead after just eight minutes. Callum Lang had the skill and vision to backheel it to Stephen Humphrys inside the area before the attacker laid the ball to Gwion Edwards and he smashed into the top corner.
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Within a few minutes, Leam Richardson’s side doubled their advantage when Humphrys, recently signed from Rochdale, drilled a free-kick straight at the goalkeeper, however, one of Wigan's trialists dropped the ball inside the box and Lang reacted sharply to blast into the back of the net.
Wigan will be hoping that this pre-season win is a sign of things to come. Their last two seasons have been marred by massive financial problems. Below were the scenes that occurred when they sealed survival and another season in League One.
For Oldham, despite the result, it was a decent run-out for their players and an opportunity for Keith Curle to cast an eye over some potential new additions to the club.
Oldham Athletic XI:
Trialist A (GK) (Trialist C 78’), McGahey (Fage 64’), Piergianni © (Trialist D 71’), Jameson (Sutton 63’), Hart (Trialist I 71’), Trialist B (Luamba 85’), Whelan (Trialist F 71’), Adams (Trialist E 46’), Bahamboula (Trialist G 46’), Keillor-Dunn (Da Silva 71’), Hope (Dearnley 46’).
Goals: Hope 31’
Wigan Athletic XI:
Amos (GK) (Jones 46’), Trialist (Darikwa 46’), Whatmough (Long 46’), Trialist (Carragher 46’), Robinson (Pearce 46’), Power (Costello 63’), Cousins (Naylor 46’), Edwards (Wyke 46’), Aasgaard (Pinnington 63’), Humphrys (Trialist 46’), Lang (Smith 63’).
Goals: Edwards 8’, Lang 14’
🗣️ Comments from the Head Coach following today's game. #oafc
— Oldham Athletic (@OfficialOAFC) July 17, 2021
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