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Wigan Athletic
Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1932Ground Brick Community StadiumSeasons held 8
Current manager not recorded. Wikidata gives no head coach spell for Wigan Athletic that is still open, so none is shown.
Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1932Ground Brick Community StadiumSeasons held 8
Wigan Athletic were founded in 1932 and are based in Wigan. Their earlier honours include Northern Premier League titles in 1970/71 and 1974/75. The archive starts detailed league coverage at 1992/93, before Wigan's eventual Premier League entry.
The stored honours include the Third Division title of 1996/97. A Football League Trophy win followed before the ground history changes from Springfield Park to the venue now recorded as Brick Community Stadium. The move is recorded from 1999/00.
A Second Division championship came later, before the first Premier League season. The opening top-flight campaign returned the club's highest points total and best league placing in the archive. Wigan finished 10th, outside the relegation places on their first attempt.
An autumn unbeaten sequence in that campaign reached 9 matches. Within it, a run of 6 successive victories continued from September into November. The next season ended lower, with fewer points and a more negative goal difference.
The earlier Premier League survival campaign had ended in 17th place, with a lower points return than either of Bruce's league seasons in this record.
Steve Bruce's recorded appointment came during the following league campaign. Wigan improved the final position that season, then rose again in his last full campaign. The latter season contained their widest league victory here, a 5–0 away result against Hull City.
After Bruce's departure, the next campaign ended with a lower points total and Wigan's most negative goal difference in the archive. Subsequent seasons improved the points return and goal balance, though both finished outside the top half.
The final Premier League campaign brought an FA Cup win, but the league position and points total fell from the previous season. Their goal difference became more negative as well. Relegation closed Wigan's spell in 2012/13, their latest covered campaign, with a finish of 18th.
Coverage Premier League matches only, in the seasons the archive publishes; cups and European matches are not included. Team sheets (line-ups, minutes, cards) are held for 2025/26 only. History and all-time records refer to this archive's coverage, not the club's entire existence. Manager and ground histories may have gaps; no missing spells are inferred.
Sources Football Research Archive data, Wikidata (CC0), Facts from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wigan Athletic F.C.)Figures up to 16 Oct 2026Approved 17 Oct 2026
Wigan Athletic finished as high as 10th and as low as 18th in 8 completed Premier League seasons held, and went down after 2012/13.
| Season | Position | Clubs | Points | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | 18th | 20 | 36 | Relegated |
| 2011/12 | 15th | 20 | 43 | Not held |
| 2010/11 | 16th | 20 | 42 | Not held |
| 2009/10 | 16th | 20 | 36 | Not held |
| 2008/09 | 11th | 20 | 45 | Not held |
| 2007/08 | 14th | 20 | 40 | Not held |
| 2006/07 | 17th | 20 | 38 | Not held |
| 2005/06 | 10th | 20 | 51 | Not held |
Data cutoff 16 Oct 2026, 11:07 BSTMetrics league position, points
Source: Wikidata (CC0), Q18750, revision 2555703054, checked 15 Oct 2026. The ground comes from the ground history below.
| Ground | When | Seasons here | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Park | until 1998/99 | None in the archive | Wikipedia, “Wigan Athletic F.C.”, revision 1380439361 |
| Brick Community StadiumAlso DW Stadium and JJB Stadium | from 1999/00 | 2005/06 to 2012/13 (8) | Wikipedia, “Wigan Athletic F.C.”, revision 1380439361 |
Dates come from Wikidata's home venue statements where they carry start and end dates, and otherwise from the club's English Wikipedia article. A move between seasons is dated by season. Matches count at a ground by these dates; the archive holds the venue of each match only for 2025/26.
League results for the 8 seasons below. It is not a complete club history: cups and European matches are not included.
| Season | Competition | Position | Ground | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | Premier League | 18th of 20 | Brick Community Stadium | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 73 | −26 | 36 | Relegated |
| 2011/12 | Premier League | 15th of 20 | Brick Community Stadium | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 43 | |
| 2010/11 | Premier League | 16th of 20 | Brick Community Stadium | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 42 | |
| 2009/10 | Premier League | 16th of 20 | Brick Community Stadium | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 37 | 79 | −42 | 36 | |
| 2008/09 | Premier League | 11th of 20 | Brick Community Stadium | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 45 | |
| 2007/08 | Premier League | 14th of 20 | Brick Community Stadium | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 40 | |
| 2006/07 | Premier League | 17th of 20 | Brick Community Stadium | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 38 | |
| 2005/06 | Premier League | 10th of 20 | Brick Community Stadium | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 51 | Promoted |
Positions and points are calculated by the archive from the results, after any sourced points adjustment (*). Promoted and relegated are inferred only by comparing adjacent seasons the archive publishes.