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 top tier of English football, the Premier League.

Contents 1 Club records 1.1 Results 1.2 Attendances 2 Player records 2.1 Appearances 2.2 Goalscorers 2.3 Transfer fees 2.3.1 Progressive record fees paid 2.3.2 Progressive record fees received 3 Notes 4 References

Club records

Results

• Record League victory: 7–1 v Scarborough, Division Three, 1997.^[1]
• Record League defeat: 1–9 v Tottenham Hotspur, Premier League, 2009.^[1]

Attendances

• Highest attendance (Springfield Park): 27,526 v Hereford United, FA Cup, 1953.^[1]
• Highest attendance (DW Stadium): 25,133 v Manchester United, Premier League, May 2008.^[1]

Player records

Appearances

• Youngest player ever: Steve Nugent, 16 years, 132 days, v Leyton Orient, 16 September 1989.^[2]
• Oldest player ever: Dave Beasant, 43 years, 235 days, v Doncaster Rovers, 12 November 2002.^[3]
• Most League appearances: Kevin Langley, 317, 1981–1986 & 1990–1994.^[1]
• Most consecutive League appearances: Jimmy Bullard, 123, January 2003 to December 2005.^[1]

Goalscorers

• Most goals in the League: 70, Andy Liddell, 1998–2004.^[1]
• Most League goals scored in a season: 31, Graeme Jones, 1996–97.^[4]
• Most goals in the Premiership: 22, Hugo Rodallega, 2009-present.^[1]
• Most goals at the DW Stadium: 41, Nathan Ellington, 2002-2005.^[1]

Transfer fees

• Highest transfer fee paid: Charles N'Zogbia, £7 million,^[A] February 2009.^[1]
• Highest transfer fee received: Antonio Valencia, £15 million, June 2009.^[1]

Progressive record fees paid

Date	Player	Bought from	Fee
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
August 1991	Peter Atherton	Coventry City	£329,000
July 2001	Roy Carroll	Manchester United	£2,500,000
August 2005	Nathan Ellington	West Bromwich Albion	£3,000,000
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	£15,000,000

Notes

References

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