List of Wigan Athletic F.C. records and statistics

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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.

Contents

Club records

Matches

Firsts

Record results

Attendances

Player records

Appearances

Goalscorers

Transfer fees

Progressive record fees paid

DatePlayerBought fromFee
January 1982 Flag of Ireland.svg Eamonn O'Keefe Flag of England.svg Everton £65,000
July 1995 Flag of England.svg Chris Lightfoot Flag of England.svg Chester City £87,500
November 1995 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Sharp Flag of England.svg Leeds United £100,000
July 1996 Flag of England.svg Graeme Jones Flag of England.svg Doncaster Rovers £150,000
April 1997 Ulster Banner.svg Roy Carroll Flag of England.svg Hull City £350,000
October 1998 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Simon Haworth Flag of England.svg Coventry City £600,000
March 2001 Flag of Scotland.svg Lee McCulloch Flag of Scotland.svg Motherwell £700,000
September 2001 Flag of England.svg Tony Dinning Flag of England.svg Wolverhampton Wanderers £750,000
March 2002 Flag of England.svg Nathan Ellington Flag of England.svg Bristol Rovers £1,200,000
January 2004 Flag of Grenada.svg Jason Roberts Flag of England.svg West Bromwich Albion £2,000,000
August 2005 Flag of Senegal.svg Henri Camara Flag of England.svg Wolverhampton Wanderers £3,000,000
July 2006 Flag of England.svg Emile Heskey Flag of England.svg Birmingham City £5,500,000
January 2009 Flag of France.svg Charles N'Zogbia Flag of England.svg Newcastle United £7,000,000

Progressive record fees received

DatePlayerSold toFee
February 1980 Flag of England.svg Joe Hinnigan Sunderland £130,000
February 1986 Flag of England.svg Warren Aspinall Everton £150,000
October 1989 Flag of England.svg Paul Beesley Leyton Orient £175,000
January 1991 Flag of England.svg Ray Woods Coventry City £200,000
August 1991 Flag of England.svg Peter Atherton Coventry City £329,000
July 2001 Ulster Banner.svg Roy Carroll Manchester United £2,500,000
August 2005 Flag of England.svg Nathan Ellington West Bromwich Albion £3,000,001
August 2006 Flag of France.svg Pascal Chimbonda Tottenham Hotspur £4,500,000
August 2007 Flag of England.svg Leighton Baines Everton £6,000,000
January 2009 Flag of Honduras.svg Wilson Palacios Tottenham Hotspur £12,000,000
June 2009 Flag of Ecuador.svg Antonio Valencia Manchester United £16,000,000

Player of the Year

YearWinner [7]
1978–79 Flag of England.svg Tommy Gore
1979–80 Flag of England.svg John Brown
1980–81 Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Methven
1981–82 Flag of England.svg Les Bradd
1982–83 Flag of England.svg Jimmy Weston
1983–84 Flag of England.svg John Butler
1984–85 Flag of England.svg Tony Kelly
1985–86 Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Methven
1986–87 Flag of England.svg Barry Knowles
1987–88 Flag of England.svg David Hamilton
1988–89 Flag of England.svg David Thompson
1989–90 Flag of England.svg Peter Atherton
 
YearWinner
1990–91 Flag of England.svg Peter Atherton
1991–92 Flag of England.svg Phil Daley
1992–93 Flag of England.svg Allen Tankard
1993–94 Flag of England.svg Andy Lyons
1994–95 Flag of England.svg Neill Rimmer
1995–96 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Martínez
1996–97 Flag of England.svg Graeme Jones
1997–98 Flag of England.svg David Lowe
1998–99 Flag of England.svg Colin Greenall
1999–2000 Flag of Scotland.svg Andy Liddell
2000–01 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arjan de Zeeuw
2001–02 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arjan de Zeeuw
 
YearWinner
2002–03 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jason de Vos
2003–04 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Filan
2004–05 Flag of Grenada.svg Jason Roberts
2005–06 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arjan de Zeeuw
2006–07 Flag of England.svg Leighton Baines
2007–08 Flag of Austria.svg Paul Scharner
2008–09 Flag of England.svg Titus Bramble
2009–10 Flag of France.svg Charles N'Zogbia
2010–11 Flag of Oman.svg Ali Al-Habsi
2011–12 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Caldwell
2012–13 Flag of Scotland.svg Shaun Maloney
2013–14 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gómez
 
YearWinner
2014–15 Flag of Ireland.svg James McClean
2015–16 Flag of England.svg David Perkins
2016–17 Flag of England.svg Dan Burn
2017–18 Flag of England.svg Nathan Byrne
2018–19 Flag of England.svg Reece James
2019–20 Flag of Egypt.svg Sam Morsy
2021–22 Flag of England.svg Jack Whatmough
2022–23 Flag of Ireland.svg James McClean
2023–24 Flag of England.svg Sam Tickle
2024–25 Ulster Banner.svg 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

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