Manchester United 4 – 0 Wigan Athletic, 2005/06 – Football Research Archive

Manchester United 4 – 0 Wigan Athletic

Source OpenFootballUpdated 15 Oct 2026, 07:30 BSTSource changed on or before 15 Oct 2026Kickoff 14 Dec 2005, 20:00 GMT

Manchester United

4 – 0Half time not held

Wigan Athletic

Match statistics

According to football-data.co.uk. Referee: A Wiley.

Aggregate match statistics according to football-data.co.uk
Statistic	Manchester United	Wigan Athletic
Shots	12	15
Shots on target	9	7
Corners	7	7
Fouls committed	12	6
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0

Yellow cards exclude the first yellow when a player is sent off for a second yellow. Missing values are not held.

Source file, line 159; read 16 Oct 2026, 06:46 BST.

Kickoff

14 Dec 2005, 20:00 GMT

Published as 20:00 Europe/London

Ground

Old Trafford

Manchester United's home ground on that date, from its ground history. The source does not give the venue.

Attendance

67,793

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Matchday 3

Goals

30′GoalRio FerdinandManchester United1 – 0
35′GoalWayne Rooney (c)Manchester United2 – 0
55′GoalWayne Rooney (c)Manchester United3 – 0
70′Goal, penaltyRuud van NistelrooyManchester United4 – 0

According to Wikipedia: the scorers and minutes in the clubs' season articles, shown because each article's score equals this archive's and the scorers add up to it. Own goals are listed under the side they counted for.

Includes data from Wikipedia (“2005–06 Manchester United F.C. season”, revision 1366449827, read 16 Oct 2026; “2005–06 Wigan Athletic F.C. season”, revision 1379609772, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.

Coverage

What this archive holds for this match

Held: the result, aggregate match statistics (shots, corners, fouls), goalscorers and minutes (according to Wikipedia), attendance (according to Wikipedia). Not held: full event data, team sheets, bookings, match officials, venue. Absence here is not zero.

Sources

Result: OpenFootball
Scorers, attendance, referee: English Wikipedia, the clubs' season articles (secondary source, CC BY-SA 4.0), each checked against the stored result before use
Data last updated: 15 Oct 2026, 07:30 BST (the archive's last successful import)
Source file last changed: on or before 15 Oct 2026
This record last changed: 15 Oct 2026, 07:18 BST
Last correction: None

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