Covid has proven that sports organisations are like a house of cards: one wrong move and it can all come crashing down in a matter of days. Sadly, it’s the fans that suffer in the end when any sporting organisation goes bust. Wigan joined a long list of soccer clubs that have gone into administration. The club have been unable to cope with the financial impact of the Covid-19 and have been forced to put the club into administration, in a bid to guarantee their long-term survival.

Dean Watson, Gerald Krasner and Paul Stanley from Begbies Taylor have been appointed as joint administrators of Wigan. The administrators are determined to find a way to save the club.

What can you say to fans of Wigan Athletic? Only I suppose that football in the EFL operates on such thin safety margins that admin could happen to almost anyone. Another pointer to regulation if the game can’t save itself. Sorry, as ever, for supporters.

— Alan Biggs (@AlanBiggs1) July 1, 2020https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js