List of Wigan Athletic F.C. records and statistics

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

Record results

Attendances

Player records

Appearances

Goalscorers

Transfer fees

  • Highest transfer fee paid: Charles N'Zogbia, £7 million,[A] February 2009.
  • Highest transfer fee received: Antonio Valencia, £15 million, June 2009.

Progressive record fees paid

Date Player Bought from Fee
January 1982 Eamonn O'Keefe Everton £65,000
July 1995 Chris Lightfoot Chester City £87,500
November 1995 Kevin Sharp Leeds United £100,000
July 1996 Graeme Jones Doncaster Rovers £150,000
April 1997 Roy Carroll Hull City £350,000
October 1998 Simon Haworth Coventry City £600,000
March 2001 Lee McCulloch Motherwell £700,000
September 2001 Tony Dinning Wolverhampton Wanderers £750,000
March 2002 Nathan Ellington Bristol Rovers £1,200,000
January 2004 Jason Roberts West Bromwich Albion £2,000,000
August 2005 Henri Camara Wolverhampton Wanderers £3,000,000
July 2006 Emile Heskey Birmingham City £5,500,000
January 2009 Charles N'Zogbia Newcastle United £7,000,000

Progressive record fees received

Date Player Sold to Fee
February 1980 Joe Hinnigan Sunderland £130,000
February 1986 Warren Aspinall Everton £150,000
October 1989 Paul Beesley Leyton Orient £175,000
January 1991 Ray Woods Coventry City £200,000
August 1991 Peter Atherton Coventry City £329,000
July 2001 Roy Carroll Manchester United £2,500,000
August 2005 Nathan Ellington West Bromwich Albion £3,000,001
August 2006 Pascal Chimbonda Tottenham Hotspur £4,500,000
August 2007 Leighton Baines Everton £6,000,000
January 2009 Wilson Palacios Tottenham Hotspur £12,000,000
June 2009 Antonio Valencia Manchester United £16,000,000

Player of the Year

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

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

  • Hayes, Dean (1996). The Latics: The Official History of Wigan Athletic F.C. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-91-7.

Specific

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  2. ^ Hayes. The Latics: The official history of Wigan Athletic F.C. p. 63.
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  7. ^ "Player of the Year". Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2013.