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Latics suffer humiliation

Author: Brandon Barker
Date: 24/11/2009
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Poor Wigan Athletic were on the receiving end of a 9-1 hammering at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday afternoon with England striker Jermain Defoe smashing five goals past the hapless Latics keeper Chris Kirkland.

Peter Crouch opened the scoring and further goals by Aaron Lennon, an unfortunate Kirkland own goal and Niko Kranjcar, allowed Spurs to earn the honour of securing the second-biggest Premier League win in history.

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Wigan boss Roberto Martinez will be embarrassed that his side continued to show their Jekyll and Hyde nature that has blighted them this season.

Following excellent successes against Chelsea and Burnley, the Latics then slipped to disappointing defeats at Hull City and Portsmouth and now their North London debacle simply adds to their woes.

Defoe, alongside Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole, has joined the elite list of hitting a quintet of goals in just one game.

There have been several other occasions when severe drubbings have been handed out since the Premier League was formed in 1992 though.

Manchester United 9-0 Ipswich Town, March 1995 - The biggest win of them all saw the perennial Premier League sportsbook favourites torment a rock-bottom Town side with Cole leading the way with a virtuoso performance.

The England forward helped himself to five goals while Mark Hughes (2), Paul Ince and Roy Keane also chipped in to hand manager Sir Alex Ferguson a pleasing record, which has stood for almost 15 years.

Newcastle United 8-0 Sheffield Wednesday, September 1999 - Alan Shearer notched five - including two penalties - as his Magpies side ran riot in the north-east.

Defender Aaron Hughes opened the scoring while Kieron Dyer and Gary Speed were also on the scoresheet. The Owls didn't really get over their humiliation and suffered relegation at the end of the campaign.

Nottingham Forest 1-8 Manchester United, February 1999 - Another storming success dished out by the European and Premier League giants saw substitute Ole Gunnar Solskjaer steal the show as he helped himself to four goals in the final ten minutes to rub salt into the gaping wounds of beleaguered Forest manager Ron Atkinson.

The hosts had the audacity to level the game through Alan Rogers, but this was short-lived as United went goal crazy.

Cole and Dwight Yorke hit two apiece in a one-sided contest and United went on to win the famous treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League at the end of the season.

Middlesbrough 8-1 Manchester City, May 2008 - Sven Goran-Eriksson's men clearly had one eye on their summer holidays when they travelled to Teesside for their final game of the 2007-08 campaign.

City defender Richard Dunne received his marching orders after conceding a penalty and Stewart Downing dispatched the spot-kick to open the floodgates.

Afonso Alves grabbed a hat-trick, Downing added a second and further efforts by Adam Johnson, Fabio Rochemback and Jeremie Aliadiere completed the rout.

Elano's scant reply could hardly lighten the mood for the downbeat visitors and the match marked the end of Eriksson's spell in charge of the club.

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