Wigan Athletic

Wigan Athletic Squad

Picture	No.	Nationality	Position	Name
	1		Goalkeeker	Chris Kirkland
	3		Defender	Erick Edman
	4		Midfielder	Lee Cattermole
	7		Defender	Paul Scharner
	10		Midfielder	Jason Koumas
	11		Midfielder	Michael Brown
	12		Goalkeeker	Micheal Pollitt
	16		Midfielder	Antonio Valencia
	17		Defender	Emmerson Boyce
	18		Midfielder	Daniel de Ridder
	19		Defender	Titus Bramble
	21		Mifielder	Tomasz Cywka
	23		Midfielder	Olivier Kapo
	25		Defender	Mario Melchiot
	28		Striker	Tomasz Kupisz
	31		Defender	Maynor
	27		Striker	Henri Camera
	2		Midfielder	Ryan Taylor

Wigan Athletic Biography

English Professional football club Wigan Athletic F.C was formed in 1932 and based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club soon became professional and there major win came when they beat Carlisle United 6-1 in the first round of the FA Cup. In the 1953-54 season, Wigan played an FA Cup match against Hereford United in front of a crowd of 27,526, a Wigan Athletic record and also a record for a match between two non-league teams at a non-league ground.

Wigan became founder members of the Northern Premier League after numerous attempts to gain election to the Scottish League Second Division were unsuccessful. However, Wigan finally received election to the Football League in 1978 and started successfully finishing sixth in the League and earning promotion only two years later.

The club won its first silverware as a League club in 1985, winning the Freight Rover Trophy but they were beaten in the Northern Final the next season by Bolton Wanderers. In start of the 90s the club suffered as t hey had a worst ever league season. In 1995 local millionaire David Whelan purchased the club, when they were playing in the Third Division. In 1997 he won the Third Division title under the management of John Deeha.

After the hard work and devotion of the Wigan team they finally earned promotion to the Premiership by finishing second in the Coca-Cola Championship, behind Sunderland. Numbers of players were brought into the side and hey fail to win their first match in Premier League against Chelsea. Since then club has been in the Premier League and forming quite well.

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