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COOK’S JOY AS LATICS SERVE UP A TREAT

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The LeaguePaper Team
5 August 2018

By Paul Kendrick

ON THE WAY: Michael Jacobs celebrates scoring Wigan’s fi rst
PICTURE: PA Images

PAUL COOK could not hide his joy at watching his Wigan Athletic side see off Sheffield Wednesday to kick off life back in the Cham- pionship in style.
Michael Jacobs was the hero for last season’s League One title winners, grabbing a brace either side of Atdhe Nuhiu’s equaliser in a swashbuckling first half at the DW Stadium in which the Latics winger also hit the bar.
Wigan picked up where they left off after the restart as Nick Powell bundled the ball home from close ra...

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