List of Wigan Borough F.C. players

Wigan Borough F.C. was an English football club based in the town of Wigan. The club was founded in 1920 and joined the Lancashire Combination. In 1921, Borough turned professional when their application was accepted to play in the inaugural season of the newly formed Football League Third Division North. The team played in the Football League for ten seasons, with their most successful season coming in 1928–29, finishing fourth in the league and reaching the third round of the FA Cup. Wigan Borough folded during the 1931–32 season due to financial problems, and League football did not return to the town until Wigan Athletic F.C. were elected into the Football League in 1978.

The following list contains all the players who made at least one appearance for the club in the Football League. Appearances and goals for the 1931–32 season are also included, but have been expunged from official records.

Positions
GK Goalkeeper
FB Full back
HB Half back
IF Inside forward
OF Outside forward
CF Centre forward
Name Nationality Position Club career Appearances Goals Notes
Ackroyd, HaughtonHaughton Ackroyd  England GK 1921 5 0
Armitage, LenLen Armitage  England HB 1923–1924 28 21
Ashurst, BillyBilly Ashurst ? CF 1921 2 0
Bamforth, GeoffreyGeoffrey Bamforth  England HB 1921 1 0
Barnett, AlbertAlbert Barnett  England IF 1926 3 0
Baron, HarryHarry Baron  England HB 1921 7 0
Barrington, JimmyJimmy Barrington  England FB 1926 7 1
Barrowman, WilliamWilliam Barrowman  England GK 1925 5 0
Barson, FrankFrank Barson  England HB 1930–1931 19 0
Berry, JohnJohn Berry  England HB 1929 1 0
Bibby, JosephJoseph Bibby  England FB 1921 9 0
Bimson, JamesJames Bimson  England HB 1930–1931 41 1
Blake, RonnieRonnie Blake  England HB 1925 13 0
Boylen, JohnJohn Boylen  Scotland ? 1923 1 0
Bradley, JimmyJimmy Bradley  England HB 1924–1925 3 1
Brandon, TommyTommy Brandon  England FB 1925 8 0
Brodie, GeorgeGeorge Brodie  Scotland IF 1921–1922 14 4
Bromilow, WilliamWilliam Bromilow  England GK 1921–? 33 0
Broster, JohnJohn Broster  England HB 1921–1922 31 1
Brown, EdwardEdward Brown ? OF 1921 1 0
Brown, JamesJames Brown  England HB 1924–1925 7 0
Bryce, JohnJohn Bryce ? FB 1927 3 0
Callagher, JohnJohn Callagher  Scotland HB 1925 8 2
Campbell, JoeJoe Campbell  England HB 1921–1922 7 0
Capper, ThomasThomas Capper  England GK 1922 5 0
Carlisle, DickDick Carlisle  England HB 1921–? 32 3
Cherry, JamesJames Cherry  England OF 1931 4 0
Chesser, BillyBilly Chesser  England IF 1921 13 1
Cockle, ErnieErnie Cockle  England CF 1928–1931 81 16
Codd, HenryHenry Codd  Wales HB 1928–? 26 0
Collier, SammySammy Collier  England GK 1925–? 12 0
Collins, LeighLeigh Collins  England FB 1921–1923 5 0
Collins, BobBob Collins  England CF 1929–? 19 7
Cook, CharlieCharlie Cook  Scotland IF 1923–1924 3 0
Cooke, GeorgeGeorge Cooke  England OF 1926–1928 61 10
Crewe, BillyBilly Crewe  England HB 1930–1931 34 4
Currie, SammySammy Currie  Scotland FB 1922–? 33 2
Davis, TomTom Davis ? OF 1923 7 1
Dennis, BillyBilly Dennis  England FB 1928–1930 67 0
Dennison, HarryHarry Dennison  England CF 1922–1923 30 13
Dickinson, BillyBilly Dickinson  England IF 1925–1927 104 63
Dorrans, OwenOwen Dorrans  Scotland IF 1930 17 4
Down, BillyBilly Down  England GK 1930 2 0
Dunn, JohnJohn Dunn  Scotland IF 1925–1926 13 6
Eatock, TommyTommy Eatock  England OF 1921–1924 10 1
Entwistle, HarryHarry Entwistle ? ? 1930 2 0
Fairhurst, BillyBilly Fairhurst  England GK 1930–1931 22 0
Fare, HarryHarry Fare ? FB 1922–1926 112 12
Fenner, TomTom Fenner  England OF 1924–1927 92 38
Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson  Scotland GK 1924–1926 1 0
Findlay, AndyAndy Findlay  England IF 1922–1923 30 1
Finney, JimmyJimmy Finney ? HB 1926–1928 7 0
Fisher, WilliamWilliam Fisher ? HB 1927–1928 4 0
Flanagan, JohnJohn Flanagan  England IF 1930 1 0
Fleming, TomTom Fleming  Scotland FB 1925–1926 22 0
Forshaw, HughHugh Forshaw  England ? 1924 1 1
Fort, PaulPaul Fort ? FB 1922 1 0
Freeman, BertBert Freeman  England CF 1921–1922 25 13
Gaskell, RichardRichard Gaskell  England IF 1926 3 1
Glover, TeddyTeddy Glover  England FB 1927 10 0
Glover, BillyBilly Glover  England IF 1922–1925 94 32
Goodwin, JohnJohn Goodwin  Scotland GK 1924–1925, 1926 44 0
Green, HenryHenry Green ? HB 1927–1928 3 0
Green, BillyBilly Green  England FB 1929 12 0
Hale, WalterWalter Hale ? FB 1924 1 0
Hallam, JackJack Hallam  England HB 1931 12 0
Harrington, ChrisChris Harrington  England OF 1921–1922 21 4
Harris, ThomasThomas Harris  England CF 1928–1929 24 8
Harrison, AlbertAlbert Harrison  England ? ? 6 0
Hartley, ArthurArthur Hartley ? ? 1930 7 0
Helsby, ThomasThomas Helsby  England ? 1925–1926 29 0
Herbert, BillyBilly Herbert  England IF 1921–? 24 6
Heyes, TedTed Heyes ? GK 1922–? 32 0
Higson, RichardRichard Higson ? GK 1922 2 0
Hobson, JohnJohn Hobson ? HB 1921 3 0
Hodges, FrankFrank Hodges  England CF 1921–1922 33 5
Hodgkinson, JoeJoe Hodgkinson ? FB 1926 1 0
Hornby, WilliamWilliam Hornby  England CF 1922 1 1
Horrocks, StanStan Horrocks  England HB 1929–1931 16 0
Houghton, JohnJohn Houghton  England HB 1921–? 29 0
Hughes, BobbyBobby Hughes  England OF 1928–1930 66 15
Humpish, BertBert Humpish  England HB 1925–1929 161 15
Hunter, AlexAlex Hunter  Scotland GK 1922–? 39 0
Hurst, HenryHenry Hurst ? HB 1931 2 0
Ingram, JohnJohn Ingram  England IF 1929 11 1
Jenkinson, BillBill Jenkinson  England FB 1921 10 0
Jennings, JackJack Jennings  England FB 1923–1926 47 1
Jepson, JimmyJimmy Jepson  England CF 1929–1930 35 28
Jewett, AlfAlf Jewett  England HB ? 1 0
Johnson, GeorgeGeorge Johnson ? FB 1925 3 0
Johnson, JoeJoe Johnson  England IF 1930–1931 30 9
Jones, DickieDickie Jones ? HB 1926 1 0
Jones, GeorgeGeorge Jones  England OF 1922–1925 89 7
Julian, SammySammy Julian  England FB 1931 11 0
Keen, JamesJames Keen  England OF 1925–1926 12 0
Kelly, TommyTommy Kelly  England HB 1930 1 0
Kershaw, JackJack Kershaw ? ? 1921–1924 42 1
Kettle, BillyBilly Kettle  England IF 1923–1925 39 13
Kidd, ErnestErnest Kidd  England OF 1921–1923 26 0
Kilhoury, MickMick Kilhoury  England IF 1931 17 6
Knight, JohnJohn Knight  England OF 1921 15 0
Lawson, DenisDenis Lawson  Scotland OF 1927–? 28 2
Leeming, AlbertAlbert Leeming  England OF 1924 1 0
Leigh, CharlesCharles Leigh ? HB ? 2 0
Lewins, BertBert Lewins  England FB 1930–1931 26 0
Lievesley, WilfredWilfred Lievesley  England CF 1928–1929 26 13
Lindsay, TommyTommy Lindsay  Scotland IF 1928–1929 22 5
MacDonald, TommyTommy MacDonald  Scotland CF 1921 1 0
MacIntyre, TomTom MacIntyre  Scotland OF 1922 5 1
McCrae, JamesJames McCrae  Scotland ? 1923–1924 32 6
McGraham, JimmyJimmy McGraham  England HB 1923–1925 34 1
McGuire, JohnJohn McGuire  England CF 1926–1927 33 13
Mandy, TommyTommy Mandy  England IF 1925–1929 76 17
Marshall, JackJack Marshall  England CF 1923–1924, 1925 41 2
Martin, JackJack Martin  England HB 1931 12 0
Mercer, ArthurArthur Mercer  England IF 1921–1924 34 16
Mittell, JackieJackie Mittell  Wales GK 1929–1931 70 0
Moon, TommyTommy Moon  England OF 1931 10 1
Moran, JackJack Moran  England FB 1925–1931 201 0
Morris, HarryHarry Morris  England HB 1924–1925 15 0
Morton, WilliamWilliam Morton  England OF 1924 10 1
Murphy, JimmyJimmy Murphy  England OF 1931 3 0
Murray, MichaelMichael Murray  Scotland OF 1930–1931 27 2
Nelis, PatPat Nelis  Northern Ireland CF 1925–? 16 1
Oakes, AlfAlf Oakes  England IF 1931 11 4
Ormston, ArthurArthur Ormston  England CF 1923–1925 19 5
Pearson, TommyTommy Pearson ? IF 1929–1931 5 1
Pendleton, JackJack Pendleton  England HB 1922–1924 39 1
Phoenix, ArthurArthur Phoenix  England HB 1929–1930 25 0
Potter, AlbertAlbert Potter  England HB 1927–1929 67 4
Preedy, CharlesCharles Preedy  England GK 1928–1929 41 0
Pursell, PeterPeter Pursell  Scotland HB 1924–? 35 0
Rae, GeorgeGeorge Rae ? IF 1923 19 1
Reddyhough, HerbertHerbert Reddyhough  England HB 1929 3 1
Riddell, JimmyJimmy Riddell  Scotland HB 1925–? 88 2
Rigby, WillWill Rigby  England OF 1930–1931 8 1
Rigby, WilliamWilliam Rigby ? CF 1921 15 6
Rimmer, ArthurArthur Rimmer ? FB 1929 1 0
Robb, DavidDavid Robb  Scotland HB 1926–1929 107 3
Russell, LeslieLeslie Russell ? FB 1930 19 0
Salt, ErnieErnie Salt  England GK 1925 26 0
Sayer, StanStan Sayer  England IF 1925 16 7
Scorer, BobBob Scorer  England HB 1925–1926 21 0
Scullion, JimmyJimmy Scullion  Scotland CF 1930–1931 27 11
Scully, TommyTommy Scully ? FB 1921 6 0
Scurr, TommyTommy Scurr  England OF 1929–1930 19 5
Seabrook, EddieEddie Seabrook  England CF 1930–1931 4 0
Sedgwick, PatrickPatrick Sedgwick ? HB 1921–1922 4 0
Sharp, SammySammy Sharp  England HB 1931 4 0
Shaw, GeorgeGeorge Shaw  England OF 1927 2 0
Shears, BertBert Shears  England HB 1931 4 0
Sheldon, FrankFrank Sheldon ? IF 1926–1927 2 1
Simmons, JohnJohn Simmons ? IF 1929 2 0
Simpson, BertBert Simpson  England IF 1924–? 69 7
Smith, AndyAndy Smith  England CF 1923 3 1
Smith, CecilCecil Smith  Wales CF 1928–1930 38 22
Spencer, HenryHenry Spencer  England IF 1922–1924 35 7
Stevenson, AlbertAlbert Stevenson ? CF 1924 7 2
Stevenson, ArthurArthur Stevenson  England OF 1922–1923, 1931 45 2
Stewart, BobBob Stewart  Scotland FB 1922 3 0
Swift, JimmyJimmy Swift ? IF 1924 1 0
Tebb, TommyTommy Tebb ? IF 1931 6 0
Thomas, JamesJames Thomas ? HB 1921–1922 1 0
Tilbrook, CharlesCharles Tilbrook  England IF 1927 1 0
Twiss, JamesJames Twiss  England CF 1921 7 3
Valentine, AlbertAlbert Valentine  England CF 1931 12 2
Wade, BillBill Wade  England IF 1931 8 0
Wakefield, JohnJohn Wakefield ? IF 1928 1 0
Walker, JimmyJimmy Walker  Scotland IF 1927 8 1
Ward, FredFred Ward  England FB 1922–1925 70 0
Welsby, ArthurArthur Welsby  England OF 1923–1931 220 32
Welsh, BillyBilly Welsh  Scotland CF 1928–1929 26 7
White, CecilCecil White  England HB 1930–1931 32 0
Whitfield, FrankFrank Whitfield  England HB 1922–1924 68 5
Williams, ArchieArchie Williams  England CF 1922–1923 24 10
Williams, OwenOwen Williams  Wales HB 1921–1922, 1924 58 0
Wilson, HenryHenry Wilson  England HB 1926–1930 108 4
Wilson, TommyTommy Wilson  England IF 1930 5 2
Winter, WilliamWilliam Winter  England GK 1925–1928 83 0
Woodcock, WilfWilf Woodcock  England IF 1924–1927 14 2
Woodward, FredFred Woodward  England HB 1921–1922 3 0
Yates, GeorgeGeorge Yates  England CF 1925–1927 35 10

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