Ultimate Wigan Athletic Website

Information About Your Favourite Team

Founded: 1932 following the demise of Wigan Borough FC

Ground: JJB Stadium, Wigan - Capacity 25,004

Phone Number:	01942 774000
Commercial Dept:	01942 770400
Ticket Hotline:	0870 11 22 552

I have set up a picture gallery so that you can see pictures of our old home, Springfield Park and a page of photos of the JJB Stadium.

Club colours 2006/7: Blue shirts with white shoulder panels and side stripe; blue shorts with white stripe; white socks with blue tops
[Second kit: All Black with white facings]

The 2006/7 First kit	The 2006/7 Change kit

Honours:
League Cup Finalists 2005-6
Northern Premier League Champions 1970-1, 1974-5
Northern Premier Cup Winners 1971-2
Northern Premier Shield Winners 1972-3, 1973-4, 1975-6
Cheshire League Champions 1933-4, 1934-5, 1935-6, 1964-5
Lancashire Combination Champions 1947-8, 1950-1, 1952-3, 1953-4
Elected to Football League 1978
First League Game August 1978
Promoted to Third Division 1981-2
FA Cup Best Season 6th Round 1986-7
Football League Cup Best Season 4th Round 1981-2
Freight Rover Trophy Winners 1984-5
Third Division Champions 1996-7
Autowindscreens Shield Winners 1998-9
Second Division Champions 2002-3
Promoted to the Premier League as Championship runners-up 2005

Into the Premiership after beating Reading in 2005

Records:

Biggest League Victory:	7-1 v Scarborough, Div 3, 11 Mar 1997
Biggest Defeat:	1-6 v Bristol Rovers, Div 3, 3 Mar 1990
Most Appearances:	621 Ian Gillibrand
Most League Appearances:	317 Kevin Langley
Most League Goals in aggregate:	70 Andy Liddell
Highest Attendance:	27,526 v Hereford United, FA Cup, 12 Dec 1953
Highest Attendance at JJB:	25,023 v Liverpool, Premiership, 11 February 2006
Most Points in a season:	100 (2002-2003) Division 2
Most League Goals in one season:	84 (1996-1997) Division 3
Most League Goals by one player:	31 Graeme Jones (1996-1997)
Record Transfer Fee Paid	£5.5 million to Birmingham City for Emile Heskey, 2006
Record Transfer Fee Received	£3 million and 1 from West Brom for Nathan Ellington, 2005

Colours in the Football League:See drawings of the kits HERE

1978-1982	Blue and white stripes, blue shorts, white socks
1982-1985	All blue
1985-1986	All blue with white hoop
1986-1988	White shirts with blue shoulder-facings, blue shorts and socks
1988-1989	Blue and white diagonally halved shirts, white shorts, blue socks
1989-1991	Blue shirts, white shorts, blue socks
1991-1993	All blue
1993-1994	Blue and black stripes, black shorts, blue socks
1994-1995	Blue and black stripes, black shorts, black socks with blue tops
1995-1998	White shirts with broad blue and green stripe, blue shorts, blue and white hooped socks
1998-2000	All blue with white stripe down both sides
2000-2002	All blue with white trim and green band
2002-2003	Blue shirts with white stripe down sides, blue shorts, white socks
2003-2005	Blue shirts with white pinstripes, blue shorts, white socks
2005-2006	Blue and white stripes, blue shorts, white socks
2006-	Blue shirts with white shoulder panels and side stripe, blue shorts, white socks

Managers in the Football League:

1978-1981	Ian McNeill
1981-1983	Larry Lloyd
1983-1985	Harry McNally
1985-1986	Bryan Hamilton
1986-1989	Ray Mathias
1989-1993	Bryan Hamilton
1993	Dave Philpotts
1993-1994	Kenny Swain
1994-1995	Graham Barrow
1995-1998	John Deehan
1998-1999	Ray Mathias
1999-2000	John Benson
2000-2001	Bruce Rioch
2001	Steve Bruce
2001-2007	Paul Jewell
2007-	Chris Hutchings

Club Sponsors: Wigan Athletic are sponsored by JJB Sports, owned by our chairman, Dave Whelan.