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LEAM’S BOYS SO CLOSE TO GLORY

STAR MAN

JACK WHATMOUGH Wigan

ONE goal – that’s all it would have taken for Wigan Athletic to secure promotion to the Championship for the third time in six years.
Match Verdict
And Leam Richardson’s men couldn’t have done any more to secure the win, having dominated for long periods against Plymouth.
A mixture of luck, good defending and poor finishing kept Argyle in the game, and the visitors took full advantage by going ahead through Luke Jephcott at the three-quarter mark.
Justice was done when Jack Whatmough levelled with 16 minutes to go, and the hosts...

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