Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional football team based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in 1932, and joined the Football League in 1978. Wigan Athletic currently compete in the third tier of English football, the EFL League One.
Club records
Matches
Firsts First competitive match: Wigan Athletic 0–2 Port Vale Reserves, Cheshire League, 27 August 1932. First FA Cup match: Wigan Athletic 1–1 Great Harwood, preliminary round, 16 September 1933. First Northern Premier League match: Scarborough 0–2 Wigan Athletic, 10 August 1968. First Football League match: Hereford United 0–0 Wigan Athletic, 19 August 1978.
Record results Record win: 14–0 against Chorley (pre-season friendly) 1 August 2017 Record Football League win: 8–0 v Hull City, Championship, 14 July 2020. Record Football League defeat: 1–9 v Tottenham Hotspur, Premier League, 2009.
Attendances Highest attendance (Springfield Park): 27,526 v Hereford United, FA Cup, 1953. Highest attendance (DW Stadium): 25,133 v Manchester United, Premier League, May 2008.
Player records
Appearances Youngest player ever : Jensen Weir, aged 15 years, on 7 November 2017. Oldest player ever: Dave Beasant, 43 years, 235 days, v Doncaster Rovers, 12 November 2002. Most League appearances: Kevin Langley, 317, 1981–1986 & 1990–1994. Most consecutive League appearances: Jimmy Bullard, 123, January 2003 to December 2005.
Goalscorers Most goals in the League: 70, Andy Liddell, 1998–2004. Most League goals scored in a season: 31, Graeme Jones, 1996–97. Most goals in the Premiership: 24, Hugo Rodallega, 2009–2012. Most goals at the DW Stadium: 41, Nathan Ellington, 2002–2005.
Transfer fees Highest transfer fee paid: Charles N'Zogbia, £7 million, February 2009. Highest transfer fee received: Antonio Valencia, £15 million, June 2009.
Progressive record fees paid DatePlayerBought fromFeeJanuary 1982 Eamonn O'Keefe Everton£65,000July 1995 Chris Lightfoot Chester City£87,500November 1995 Kevin Sharp Leeds United£100,000July 1996 Graeme Jones Doncaster Rovers£150,000April 1997 Roy Carroll Hull City£350,000October 1998 Simon Haworth Coventry City£600,000March 2001 Lee McCulloch Motherwell£700,000September 2001 Tony Dinning Wolverhampton Wanderers£750,000March 2002 Nathan Ellington Bristol Rovers£1,200,000January 2004 Jason Roberts West Bromwich Albion£2,000,000August 2005 Henri Camara Wolverhampton Wanderers£3,000,000July 2006 Emile Heskey Birmingham City£5,500,000January 2009 Charles N'Zogbia Newcastle United£7,000,000
Progressive record fees received DatePlayerSold toFeeFebruary 1980 Joe HinniganSunderland£130,000February 1986 Warren AspinallEverton£150,000October 1989 Paul BeesleyLeyton Orient£175,000January 1991 Ray WoodsCoventry City£200,000August 1991 Peter AthertonCoventry City£329,000July 2001 Roy CarrollManchester United£2,500,000August 2005 Nathan EllingtonWest Bromwich Albion£3,000,001August 2006 Pascal ChimbondaTottenham Hotspur£4,500,000August 2007 Leighton BainesEverton£6,000,000January 2009 Wilson PalaciosTottenham Hotspur£12,000,000June 2009 Antonio ValenciaManchester United£16,000,000
Player of the Year YearWinner1978–79 Tommy Gore1979–80 John Brown1980–81 Colin Methven1981–82 Les Bradd1982–83 Jimmy Weston1983–84 John Butler1984–85 Tony Kelly1985–86 Colin Methven1986–87 Barry Knowles1987–88 David Hamilton1988–89 David Thompson1989–90 Peter Atherton YearWinner1990–91 Peter Atherton1991–92 Phil Daley1992–93 Allen Tankard1993–94 Andy Lyons1994–95 Neill Rimmer1995–96 Roberto Martínez1996–97 Graeme Jones1997–98 David Lowe1998–99 Colin Greenall1999–2000 Andy Liddell2000–01 Arjan de Zeeuw2001–02 Arjan de Zeeuw YearWinner2002–03 Jason de Vos2003–04 John Filan2004–05 Jason Roberts2005–06 Arjan de Zeeuw2006–07 Leighton Baines2007–08 Paul Scharner2008–09 Titus Bramble2009–10 Charles N'Zogbia2010–11 Ali Al-Habsi2011–12 Gary Caldwell2012–13 Shaun Maloney2013–14 Jordi Gómez YearWinner2014–15 James McClean2015–16 David Perkins2016–17 Dan Burn2017–18 Nathan Byrne2018–19 Reece James2019–20 Sam Morsy2021–22 Jack Whatmough2022–23 James McClean2023–24 Sam Tickle2024–25 Dale Taylor
Notes
A. Wigan paid Newcastle United £6 million for N'Zogbia, with Ryan Taylor (valued at £1 million) transferring to Newcastle in a part-exchange deal.
References General
Specific