Wigan 1997/1998

Angleterre

CityWigan

Full nameWigan Athletic FC

Diminutive Wigan

Foundation1932

Stadium DW Stadium

Official websitehttps://www.wiganathletic.com/

Season

First Team

B Team

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Roster Wigan 1997/1998

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Roy Carroll

Goalkeeper

Northern Ireland

Arrived on : 16/04/1997

left on : 27/07/2001

B.date	30/09/1977
Age	20 years
Height	1m88
Weight	80 kg

Display stats

Played matches	4
First team matches	4
On the bench	0
Goals	0
Clean sheets	0
Goals against	8
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	360
Yellow cards	0
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Lee Butler

Goalkeeper

England

Arrived on : 05/07/1996

left on : 03/07/1998

B.date	30/05/1966
Age	32 years
Height	1m85
Weight	91 kg

Display stats

Played matches	1
First team matches	1
On the bench	0
Goals	0
Clean sheets	0
Goals against	2
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	90
Yellow cards	0
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Rob Newman

Central defender

England

Arrived on : 26/03/1998

left on : 31/05/1998

B.date	13/12/1963
Age	34 years
Height	1m83
Weight	83 kg

Neil Whitworth

Central defender

England

Arrived on : 11/03/1998

left on : 01/06/1998

B.date	12/04/1972
Age	26 years
Height	1m88
Weight	78 kg

Pasquale Bruno

Right central defender

Italy

Arrived on : 09/02/1998

left on : 09/03/1998

B.date	19/06/1962
Age	36 years
Height	1m81
Weight	77 kg

Pat McGibbon

Defender

Northern Ireland

Arrived on : 03/03/1997

left on : 15/02/2002

B.date	06/09/1973
Age	24 years

Display stats

Played matches	5
First team matches	5
On the bench	0
Goals	0
Own goals	1
Assists	0
Minutes played	450
Yellow cards	2
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Colin Greenall

Defender

England

Arrived on : 01/09/1995

left on : 01/06/2000

B.date	30/12/1963
Age	34 years

Display stats

Played matches	3
First team matches	3
On the bench	0
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	270
Yellow cards	0
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Charles Bishop

Defender

England

Arrived on : 01/06/1996

left on : 01/12/1997

B.date	16/02/1968
Age	30 years
Height	1m80
Weight	86 kg

Display stats

Played matches	1
First team matches	0
On the bench	1
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	14
Yellow cards	0
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Scott Green

Right full-back

England

Arrived on : 30/06/1997

left on : 14/02/2003

B.date	15/01/1970
Age	28 years

Display stats

Played matches	5
First team matches	5
On the bench	0
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	450
Yellow cards	2
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Graham Branch

Left full-back

England

Arrived on : 24/12/1997

left on : 24/01/1998

B.date	12/02/1972
Age	26 years
Height	1m88
Weight	78 kg

Display stats

Played matches	1
First team matches	1
On the bench	0
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	65
Yellow cards	1
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Kevin Sharp

Left full-back

Canada

Arrived on : 30/11/1995

left on : 01/11/2001

B.date	19/09/1974
Age	23 years
Height	1m77
Weight	66 kg

Display stats

Played matches	4
First team matches	3
On the bench	1
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	228
Yellow cards	1
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Gavin Johnson

Left full-back

England

Arrived on : 15/12/1995

left on : 03/07/1998

B.date	10/10/1970
Age	27 years
Height	1m80
Weight	76 kg

Display stats

Played matches	3
First team matches	3
On the bench	0
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	256
Yellow cards	0
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Neil Mustoe

Defensive Midfielder

England

Arrived on : 09/01/1998

left on : 01/08/1998

B.date	05/11/1976
Age	21 years
Height	1m73
Weight	82 kg

Roberto Martínez

Centre Midfield

Spain

Arrived on : 25/07/1995

left on : 03/07/2001

B.date	13/07/1973
Age	24 years
Height	1m75
Weight	77 kg

Display stats

Played matches	4
First team matches	3
On the bench	1
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	246
Yellow cards	0
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Paul Rogers

Centre Midfield

England

Arrived on : 07/03/1997

left on : 01/07/1999

B.date	21/03/1965
Age	33 years
Height	1m83
Weight	78 kg

Display stats

Played matches	5
First team matches	5
On the bench	0
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	437
Yellow cards	1
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Ian Kilford

Midfield

England

Arrived on : 13/07/1994

left on : 16/08/2002

B.date	06/10/1973
Age	24 years
Height	1m78
Weight	66 kg

Display stats

Played matches	4
First team matches	3
On the bench	1
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	250
Yellow cards	0
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Isidro Díaz

Midfield

Spain

Arrived on : 10/12/1997

left on : 14/08/1998

B.date	15/05/1972
Age	26 years
Height	1m69

Brendan O'Connell

Midfield

England

Arrived on : 01/08/1997

left on : 01/07/1998

B.date	12/11/1966
Age	31 years
Height	1m80
Weight	76 kg

Display stats

Played matches	2
First team matches	2
On the bench	0
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	180
Yellow cards	1
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Stuart Barlow

Striker

England

Arrived on : 26/03/1998

left on : 05/07/2000

B.date	16/07/1968
Age	29 years
Height	1m78
Weight	70 kg

Drewe Broughton

Striker

England

Arrived on : 10/08/1997

left on : 10/09/1997

B.date	25/10/1978
Age	19 years
Height	1m91
Weight	77 kg

Display stats

Played matches	1
First team matches	0
On the bench	1
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	4
Yellow cards	0
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Neil Woods

Striker

England

Arrived on : 07/11/1997

left on : 07/12/1997

B.date	30/07/1966
Age	31 years
Height	1m83

David Mark Lee

Right Winger

England

Arrived on : 14/07/1997

left on : 19/10/1999

B.date	05/11/1967
Age	30 years
Height	1m70
Weight	69 kg

Display stats

Played matches	5
First team matches	5
On the bench	0
Goals	2
Efficiency	225
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	450
Yellow cards	0
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Paul Warne

Right Winger

England

Arrived on : 30/07/1997

left on : 07/11/1998

B.date	05/08/1973
Age	24 years
Height	1m76
Weight	71 kg

Display stats

Played matches	1
First team matches	0
On the bench	1
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	25
Yellow cards	0
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Carl Bradshaw

Right Winger

England

Arrived on : 03/10/1997

left on : 11/07/2001

B.date	02/10/1968
Age	29 years
Height	1m83
Weight	70 kg

David Lowe

Forward

England

Arrived on : 28/03/1996

left on : 28/06/1999

B.date	30/08/1965
Age	32 years
Height	1m78
Weight	73 kg

Display stats

Played matches	4
First team matches	3
On the bench	1
Goals	1
Efficiency	271
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	271
Yellow cards	2
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Graeme Jones

Forward

England

Arrived on : 08/07/1996

left on : 19/11/1999

B.date	13/03/1970
Age	28 years
Height	1m83
Weight	82 kg

Display stats

Played matches	3
First team matches	3
On the bench	0
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	227
Yellow cards	0
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Graham Lancashire

Forward

England

Arrived on : 01/01/1996

left on : 10/10/1997

B.date	19/10/1972
Age	25 years
Height	1m78

Display stats

Played matches	1
First team matches	0
On the bench	1
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	32
Yellow cards	0
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Andy Saville

Forward

England

Arrived on : 01/10/1996

left on : 01/10/1997

B.date	12/12/1964
Age	33 years
Height	1m83
Weight	79 kg

Display stats

Played matches	1
First team matches	0
On the bench	1
Goals	0
Own goals	0
Assists	0
Minutes played	39
Yellow cards	0
Red cards	0
Victories	0%
Draws	0%
Losses	100%

Neil Morton

Forward

England

Arrived on : 01/07/1993

left on : 01/07/1998

B.date	21/12/1968
Age	29 years
Height	1m75
Weight	67 kg

Manager

John Deehan

Manager

B.date 06/08/1957

Age 40 years

Arrived on : 31/07/1995

Left on : 01/07/1998

51 Games

19 Victories

21 Losses

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Games list

FA Cup

09/08	09/08/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 1R1	Wigan	5 2	Wycombe
12/08	12/08/1997	League CupLC	First roundF	Wigan	1 2	Chesterfield
16/08	16/08/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 2R2	Bournemouth	1 0	Wigan
23/08	23/08/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 3R3	Wigan	1 1	Plymouth
26/08	26/08/1997	League CupLC	First roundF	Chesterfield	1 0	Wigan
30/08	30/08/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 4R4	Bristol City	3 0	Wigan
02/09	02/09/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 5R5	Carlisle United	1 0	Wigan
08/09	08/09/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 6R6	Wigan	3 2	Wrexham
13/09	13/09/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 7R7	Wigan	3 0	Blackpool
20/09	20/09/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 8R8	Northampton Town	1 0	Wigan
27/09	27/09/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 9R9	Wigan	2 1	Fulham
04/10	04/10/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 10R10	Grimsby Town	2 1	Wigan
11/10	11/10/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 11R11	Chesterfield	2 3	Wigan
18/10	18/10/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 12R12	Wigan	1 1	Luton Town
21/10	21/10/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 13R13	Wigan	1 4	Gillingham
25/10	25/10/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 14R14	Millwall	1 1	Wigan
01/11	01/11/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 15R15	Wigan	1 1	York City
04/11	04/11/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 16R16	Oldham Athletic	3 1	Wigan
08/11	08/11/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 17R17	Southend	1 0	Wigan
15/11	15/11/1997	FA CupFAC	First roundF	Carlisle United	0 1	Wigan
22/11	22/11/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 19R19	Wigan	1 4	Preston NE
29/11	29/11/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 20R20	Watford	2 1	Wigan
02/12	02/12/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 21R21	Wigan	3 0	Bristol Rovers
06/12	06/12/1997	FA CupFAC	2nd round2	Wigan	2 1	York City
13/12	13/12/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 22R22	Burnley	0 2	Wigan
20/12	20/12/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 23R23	Wigan	4 0	Brentford
26/12	26/12/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 24R24	Wrexham	2 2	Wigan
28/12	28/12/1997	Second DivisionSD	Round 25R25	Wigan	0 2	Carlisle United
03/01	03/01/1998	FA CupFAC	3rd round3	Blackburn	4 2	Wigan
10/01	10/01/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 26R26	Wycombe	1 2	Wigan
17/01	17/01/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 27R27	Wigan	0 3	Bristol City
24/01	24/01/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 28R28	Plymouth	3 2	Wigan
31/01	31/01/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 29R29	Blackpool	0 2	Wigan
07/02	07/02/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 30R30	Wigan	1 1	Northampton Town
14/02	14/02/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 31R31	Wigan	0 2	Grimsby Town
21/02	21/02/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 32R32	Fulham	2 0	Wigan
24/02	24/02/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 33R33	Luton Town	1 1	Wigan
28/02	28/02/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 34R34	Wigan	2 1	Chesterfield
07/03	07/03/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 36R36	York City	2 2	Wigan
14/03	14/03/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 37R37	Wigan	1 0	Oldham Athletic
17/03	17/03/1998	Second DivisionSD	Journée 0J0	Wigan	1 3	Southend
21/03	21/03/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 38R38	Walsall	1 0	Wigan
28/03	28/03/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 39R39	Preston NE	1 1	Wigan
04/04	04/04/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 40R40	Wigan	3 2	Watford
07/04	07/04/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 41R41	Wigan	1 0	Bournemouth
10/04	10/04/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 42R42	Bristol Rovers	5 0	Wigan
13/04	13/04/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 43R43	Wigan	5 1	Burnley
18/04	18/04/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 44R44	Brentford	0 2	Wigan
21/04	21/04/1998	Second DivisionSD	Journée 0J0	Wigan	2 0	Walsall
24/04	24/04/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 45R45	Wigan	0 0	Millwall
02/05	02/05/1998	Second DivisionSD	Round 46R46	Gillingham	0 0	Wigan

Competitions overview 1997/1998Last updated on 03/02/2025 at 23:24

Second Division
mp	v	d	l	gf	ga	diff
46	17	11	18	64	66	-2

League Cup
mp	v	d	l	gf	ga	diff
2	0	0	2	1	3	-2
FA Cup
mp	v	d	l	gf	ga	diff
3	2	0	1	5	5	0
Total
mp	v	d	l	gf	ga	diff
51	19	11	21	70	74	-4

Transfers: In

Players in
16/04	16/04/1997	Roy Carroll	Hull City	500 k€
30/06	30/06/1997	Scott Green	Bolton	450 k€
14/07	14/07/1997	David Mark Lee	Bolton
30/07	30/07/1997	Paul Warne	Unknown	35 k€
01/08	01/08/1997	B. O'Connell	Charlton
01/10	01/10/1997	Jorg Smeets	Heracles
03/10	03/10/1997	Carl Bradshaw	Norwich	Free
26/10	26/10/1997	Steve Morgan	Bury	Return from loan
10/12	10/12/1997	Isidro Díaz	Free
09/01	09/01/1998	Neil Mustoe	Man United U-23
09/02	09/02/1998	Pasquale Bruno	Hearts	Free
26/03	26/03/1998	Stuart Barlow	Oldham
Players loaned in
10/08	10/08/1997	Drewe Broughton	Norwich	Loan
07/11	07/11/1997	Neil Woods	Grimsby	Loan
24/12	24/12/1997	Graham Branch	Tranmere	Loan
11/03	11/03/1998	Neil Whitworth	Kilmarnock	Loan
26/03	26/03/1998	Rob Newman	Norwich	Loan

Transfers: Out

Players out
01/07	01/07/1997	John Butler	Stalybridge
01/07	01/07/1997	Matt Carragher	Port Vale	Free
01/07	01/07/1997	Isidro Díaz	Wolves
01/07	01/07/1997	John Pender	Rochdale
10/09	10/09/1997	Drewe Broughton	Norwich	Return from loan
01/10	01/10/1997	Andy Saville	Cardiff
10/10	10/10/1997	G. Lancashire	Rochdale
01/12	01/12/1997	Charles Bishop	Northampton
07/12	07/12/1997	Neil Woods	Grimsby	Return from loan
24/01	24/01/1998	Graham Branch	Tranmere	Return from loan
09/03	09/03/1998	Pasquale Bruno	Cowdenbeath	Free
Players loaned out
26/09	26/09/1997	Steve Morgan	Bury	Loan
Players retired
01/07	01/07/1997	Wayne Biggins	Retired

Trophy room

Victories

League One	4	2022201820162003
FA Cup	1	2013
EFL Trophy	1	1999
League Two	1	1997

Runner-ups

Community Shield	1	2013
League Cup	1	2006
Championship	1	2005

Data verified since 1982/1983

Club overall statsLast updated on 03/02/2025 at 23:24

Home

Away

Total

Number of matches without scoring

League

17%

39%

28%

All competitions

16%

38%

27%

Number of matches without conceding a goal

League

30%

17%

24%

All competitions

28%

19%

24%

Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals

League

57%

43%

50%

All competitions

60%

42%

51%

Number of times the team scores first

League

All competitions

Number of times the opponent scores first

League

All competitions

12%

Average minute of the first goal scored

League

All competitions

Average minute of the first goal conceded

League

All competitions

Most frequent score

Score	League	All competitions
Home
5 - 2	1 times	1 times
1 - 2	0 times	1 times
1 - 1	4 times	4 times
3 - 2	2 times	2 times
3 - 0	2 times	2 times
2 - 1	2 times	3 times
1 - 4	2 times	2 times
4 - 0	1 times	1 times
0 - 2	2 times	2 times
0 - 3	1 times	1 times
1 - 0	2 times	2 times
1 - 3	1 times	1 times
5 - 1	1 times	1 times
2 - 0	1 times	1 times
0 - 0	1 times	1 times

Score	League	All competitions
Away
1 - 0	5 times	6 times
3 - 0	1 times	1 times
2 - 1	2 times	2 times
2 - 3	1 times	1 times
1 - 1	3 times	3 times
3 - 1	1 times	1 times
0 - 1	0 times	1 times
0 - 2	3 times	3 times
2 - 2	2 times	2 times
4 - 2	0 times	1 times
1 - 2	1 times	1 times
3 - 2	1 times	1 times
2 - 0	1 times	1 times
5 - 0	1 times	1 times
0 - 0	1 times	1 times

Total

Victories

Draws

Losses

Result when the team scores first

League

Home

Away

Total

All competitions

Home

100%

Away

Total

100%

Result when the opponent scores first

League

Home

100%

Away

100%

Total

100%

All competitions

Home

100%

Away

100%

Total

100%

Total

Team leading

Team drawing

Team chasing

Time leading and behind score

League

96%

Min./Match

100%

Min./Match

98%

Min./Match

All competitions

95%

Min./Match

96%

Min./Match

96%

Min./Match

Season formLast updated on 03/02/2025 at 23:24

Explanation: +1 for a victory, 0 for a draw, -1 for a loss

Goals per quarterLast updated on 20/03/2025 at 00:47

Minutes	Goals for	Goals against
0 - 15	0	1
16 - 30	0	1
31 - 45	0	1
46 - 60	1	2
61 - 75	2	1
76 - 90	0	4

Last 10 years rankingLast updated on 24/02/2025 at 20:09

This ranking is calculated on the total of league games of the country between 1988 and 1998 weighted by the tier of the competition teams played for. The points per match are calculated on the basis of a 3-point victory and a 1-point draw.

64	Shrewsbury Town	1.13 pts/m
65	Burnley	1.29 pts/m
66	Preston NE	1.33 pts/m
67	Leyton Orient	1.24 pts/m
68	Rotherham United	1.2 pts/m
69	Wigan	1.35 pts/m
70	Chester City	1.18 pts/m
71	Wrexham	1.45 pts/m
72	Walsall	1.14 pts/m
73	York City	1.35 pts/m
74	Exeter City	1.15 pts/m

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Overall ranking at every minuteLast updated on 18/03/2025 at 19:15

Best club streaksLast updated on 03/02/2025 at 23:24

Series	Home	Away	Total
consecutive wins	4	1	4
League	4	1	3
consecutive draws	0
consecutive losses	2	6	3
League	2	5	4
consecutive matches without a win	4	6	6
League	4	6	8
consecutive matches without a draw	8	7	9
League	8	6	8
consecutive matches without a loss	5	2	5
League	6	3	5
matches with at least one goal scored	13	8	8
League	11	6	8
matches with at least one goal conceded	5	10	10
League	5	10	12
matches without scoring any goal	2	5	3
League	2	4	2
matches without conceding any goal	2	2	4
League	2	2	4

Running streaksLast updated on 03/02/2025 at 23:24

Series Running	Home	Away	Total
consecutive wins
League
consecutive losses
League
consecutive matches without a win	1	1	2
League	1	1	2
consecutive matches without a draw
League
consecutive matches without a loss	5	2	5
League	5	2	5
matches with at least one goal scored
League
matches with at least one goal conceded
League
matches without scoring any goal	1	1	2
League	1	1	2
matches without conceding any goal	2	2	4
League	2	2	4

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Wigan 1997/1998

Roster Wigan 1997/1998

Games list

Manager

Games list

Competitions overview 1997/1998Last updated on 03/02/2025 at 23:24

Total

Transfers: In

Players in

Players loaned in

Transfers: Out

Players out

Players loaned out

Players retired

Trophy room

Victories

Runner-ups

Club overall statsLast updated on 03/02/2025 at 23:24

Number of matches without scoring

Number of matches without conceding a goal

Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals

Number of times the team scores first

Number of times the opponent scores first

Average minute of the first goal scored

Average minute of the first goal conceded

Most frequent score

Result when the team scores first

Result when the opponent scores first

Time leading and behind score

Season formLast updated on 03/02/2025 at 23:24

Goals per quarterLast updated on 20/03/2025 at 00:47

Last 10 years rankingLast updated on 24/02/2025 at 20:09

Overall ranking at every minuteLast updated on 18/03/2025 at 19:15

Best club streaksLast updated on 03/02/2025 at 23:24

Running streaksLast updated on 03/02/2025 at 23:24

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