Owen Coyle on Resetting Wigan Athletic and The Europa League




Beyond The Pitch show

Summary: After an unprecedented eight year run in the Premier League, a small football club with even bigger dreams went out in a blaze of glory by winning its very first major silverware with the FA Cup and earning the club its first automatic place in the Group Stage of the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League. These have been remarkable times for Wigan, its chairmen and the players who take up the mantle in the Championship this season, but for first year manager Owen Coyle this is the chance to rekindle the magic he created at Burnley while setting some new history at DW Stadium as the Latics are set to make some new history this week when the club hosts its first European fixture at the stadium which bears the name of its chairman. Owen helps us understand the first year challenges for Wigan in The Championship, what it took to reshape the squad after a bittersweet FA Cup triumph and painful relegation in a matter of days, and how he has prepared to take on NK Maribor in the Europa League. Lots here on Wigan, new arrivals, setting the objective of promotion back into the Premier League and serving a chairman with instant football credibility in Dave Whelan.