Wigan Athletic’s players have decided to pay back the fans who made their way to White Hart Lane to see them get thumped 9-1 by Tottenham.
The thrashing was a record loss for Wigan in their 31-year history and saw Spurs equal the Premier League's scoring record for a single game. Jermain Defoe also made the record books by tying the record for a player after a five-goal performance, and scored the second-fastest hat-trick in the BPL. The loss also condemned Wigan to having the worst goal difference in the League.
"The club have announced that the players of Wigan Athletic have decided to personally refund every Latics fan who bought a ticket from the DW Stadium ticket office for the match against Tottenham Hotspur yesterday," read a statement from
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Latics skipper Mario Melchiot is adamant that the team will bounce back from the loss, but added that the fans "must not be taken for granted".
The statement continues that Melchiot, "speaking on behalf of all the players" said: "We feel that as a group of players we badly let down our supporters yesterday, and this is a gesture we have to make and pay them back for their tremendous loyalty.
"There is not a lot else to say, just that as a group of professionals we were embarrassed by the way we performed, we feel it was below our standards and this is something we feel we owe to the fans. Now we have to draw a line under the game, focus completely on training this week and bounce back on Saturday.
"We are professionals, we will take it on the chin and move on but it's important that we do not take our supporters for granted."
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Good gesture to retain fans,atleast Fan now can be assured that even if the team loses then will get their moneys worth
Defoe looked so charged up in 2nd half 
He is on the way to make a place in squad of 2010 WC squad 
