{"id":426328,"date":"2011-05-18T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/18\/wigan-athletic-chairman-dave-whelan-in-buoyant-mood-for-relegation-decider-after-comeback-win-against-west-ham-united\/"},"modified":"2011-05-18T21:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T21:55:00","slug":"wigan-athletic-chairman-dave-whelan-in-buoyant-mood-for-relegation-decider-after-comeback-win-against-west-ham-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/18\/wigan-athletic-chairman-dave-whelan-in-buoyant-mood-for-relegation-decider-after-comeback-win-against-west-ham-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan in buoyant mood for relegation decider after comeback win against West Ham United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Harry Veal<\/h3>\n<h4>18 May 2011 22:55:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.0180614088\">\n<div readability=\"12.8450704225\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dave Whelan (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/92900\/92957_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dave Whelan (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"30.7780979827\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/536\/wigan-athletic\">Wigan Athletic<\/a> chairman Dave Whelan has revealed that the squad are on a high after their comeback win over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/374\/west-ham-united\">West Ham United<\/a> and is confident they will avoid relegation with a win or draw against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/717\/stoke-city\">Stoke City<\/a> on the final day of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Roberto Martinez\u2019s side recovered from 2-0 down to consign the Hammers to the Championship, thanks to a brace from Charles N\u2019Zogbia and Conor Sammon\u2019s first goal for the club.<\/p>\n<p>The Latics still remain in the bottom three on goal difference but Whelan feels the result against West Ham can give them the belief to secure safety against Stoke.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The squad are feeling fantastic,&#8221; he told <em>Sky Sports News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the result on Sunday they were sky high and up for everything.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The mood in the camp is really, really good and the way we have played in the last two months I think it gives everyone hope that we can go to Stoke and either get a point or get three.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With five clubs battling to avoid joining West Ham in the Championship next season, the final day is sure to see supporters nervously checking on results elsewhere, but Whelan is excited for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is going to be an awesome day,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had this before at Sheffield United\u00a0 four or five years ago and we had to go there and win so we have to go to Stoke and win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we get a point we could stay up, it is all boiling up and it is going to be one wonderful Sunday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/18\/2493020\/wigan-athletic-chairman-dave-whelan-in-buoyant-mood-for\" title=\"Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan in buoyant mood for relegation decider after comeback win against West Ham United\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan in buoyant mood for relegation decider after comeback win against West Ham United<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Harry Veal 18 May 2011 22:55:00 Dave Whelan (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan has revealed that the squad are on a high after their comeback win over West Ham United and is confident they will avoid relegation with a win or draw against Stoke City on the final day of the Premier League . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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