BRUCE EYEING A EURO BERTH.WIGAN Wigan (wĭg`ən), city (1991 pop. 88,725) and metropolitan district, N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. boss Steve Bruce  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. feels his side have a realistic shot at earning a place in next season's Europa League. It now looks likely that seventh spot in the Premier League will be enough to guarantee a berth in the revamped UEFA UEFA Union of European Football Associations UEFA n abbr (= Union of European Football Associations) → U.E.F.A. Cup and Wigan are firmly in the hunt. Wigan are currently eighth, three points behind West Ham, with Manchester City and Spurs on their shoulder. Bruce said: "For a club of our size the priority is to stay in this league, and it looks like mission accomplished. "We've now seven games to go and the last thing I want is for the players to develop a mentality of 'we're nearly on our holidays'. We've worked extremely hard to be in this position, and we want to finish the season as high as we can, rather than looking over our shoulder like we have done in past years. "We're in with a chance of Europe and when you have a chance, you have to try and grab it, and if we do, then we will see how we do. But we have to play better than against Everton." |
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