{"id":539959,"date":"2020-01-09T11:34:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=539959"},"modified":"2020-01-09T11:34:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:34:23","slug":"cheltenham-town-sign-wigan-athletic-goalkeeper-owen-evans-on-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/01\/09\/cheltenham-town-sign-wigan-athletic-goalkeeper-owen-evans-on-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheltenham Town Sign Wigan Athletic Goalkeeper Owen Evans on Loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cheltenham Town have confirmed that they have signed Wigan Athletic goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/04bbc466\/Owen-Evans\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Owen Evans<\/a> on loan until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<h2>Cheltenham Town Sign Wigan Athletic Goalkeeper Owen Evans<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS: We can confirm that goalkeeper Owen Evans has joined the club on a loan deal from Championship side Wigan Athletic until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>More here \u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R2Xd8dekOd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/R2Xd8dekOd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ctfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ctfc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cheltenham Town (@CTFCofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTFCofficial\/status\/1215287146589884422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Goalkeeper Reinforcement<\/h3>\n<p>Cheltenham boss Michael Duff was struck a blow last week after first-team goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/db1aa85c\/Scott-Flinders\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Flinders<\/a> broke his leg in their 3-0 win against Oldham Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, it called for the Robins to act swiftly in search of a replacement, and they have taken the option to sign Evans until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old has already been on one loan spell this season, with fellow League Two side <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2019\/12\/07\/amar-alkadhi-advanced-talks-sell-macclesfield-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Macclesfield Town<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Evans made 23 appearances in the league during his spell with the Silkmen, conceding just 26 goals.<\/p>\n<p>However, now he has earned a move higher up the division, with Cheltenham currently occupying fifth spot in League Two.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctfc.com\/news\/2020\/january\/robins-reinforce-goalkeeping-department-with-evans-addition\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cheltenham Town website<\/a>, Evans said: &#8220;I&#8217;m really excited to be here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a hectic couple of days to say the least. The opportunity arose fairly quickly and I had to make tough decisions over the last couple of days and I felt like it was an opportunity I couldn&#8217;t really turn down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cheltenham have been playing really well this year and it&#8217;s a great club. I know of it from the lads previously going here on loan so it was an opportunity I couldn&#8217;t turn down and I&#8217;m really excited to get going.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was really appreciative of Macclesfield giving me the chance to go in and play. As a group of lads in the changing room they couldn&#8217;t have been better &#8211; week in week out they performed and worked their hardest which they easily couldn&#8217;t have which is what made it a tough decision to leave because we were playing well and it was a great group of lads.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"1aOaV-a0SlZaePdbSAu80Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1168625472\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'1aOaV-a0SlZaePdbSAu80Q',sig:'x0FNaYOHGQAw_vqTFCA-Tf9FsLrAZ3E4eMkN4ijEFas=',w:'594px',h:'488px',items:'1168625472',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheltenham Town have confirmed that they have signed Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Owen Evans on loan until the end of the season. 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