2017–18 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Wigan Athletic's 86th year in existence and their first back in League One, after being relegated the previous season.^[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. Paul Cook was appointed as manager on 31 May 2017, signing a 3 year deal, following the departure of much of the previous coaching staff the day before.^[2]^[3]

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CB	Chey Dunkley	Oxford United	Free	^[4]
1 July 2017	CB	Terell Thomas	Charlton Athletic	Free	^[5]
6 July 2017	RW	Gavin Massey	Leyton Orient	Free	^[6]
3 August 2017	CF	Noel Hunt	Portsmouth	Free	^[7]
7 August 2017	GK	Jamie Jones	Stevenage	Free	^[8]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CB	Jake Buxton	Burton Albion	Mutual consent	^[9]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1 July 2017	GK	Matt Gilks	Scunthorpe United	Free	^[11]
1 July 2017	GK	Jussi Jääskeläinen	Free agent	Released	^[12]
1 July 2017	RW	Gabriel Obertan	Levski Sofia	Free	^[13]
1 July 2017	LB	Andrew Taylor	Bolton Wanderers	Released	^[12]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
1 July 2017	LB	Stephen Warnock	Burton Albion	Released	^[12]^{[lower-alpha 3]}
5 July 2017	LB	Arnie Baxendale	Nantwich Town	Free	^[16]
5 July 2017	CB	Jack Hendry	Dundee	Free	^[17]
5 July 2017	RB	Alex Lingard	Nantwich Town	Free	^[16]
13 July 2017	CF	Tom Powell	Hull City	Free	^[18]
19 July 2017	LW	Sanmi Odelusi	Free agent	Mutual consent	^[19]
21 July 2017	CF	Mikael Mandron	Colchester United	Undisclosed	^[20]
25 July 2017	CF	Billy McKay	Ross County	Undisclosed	^[21]
31 July 2017	FW	Chris Sang	Bury	Free	^[22]
1 August 2017	CF	Sam Cosgrove	Carlisle United	Free	^[23]
7 August 2017	SS	Kaiyne Woolery	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	^[24]

↑ Jake Buxton joined Burton Albion following his departure.^[10]
↑ Andrew Taylor joined Bolton Wanderers following his release.^[14]
↑ Stephen Warnock joined Burton Albion following his release.^[15]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
12 July 2017	GK	Christian Walton	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 June 2018	^[25]
31 July 2017	LB	Callum Elder	Leicester City	30 June 2018	^[26]
31 July 2017	CM	Lee Evans	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30 June 2018	^[27]
2 August 2017	CF	Ivan Toney	Newcastle United	30 June 2018	^[28]

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 27 June 2017, Wigan Athletic have announced four pre-season friendlies against Southport, Notts County, Grimsby Town^[29] and Liverpool.^[30]

On 27 June 2017, the originally planned trip to Hartlepool United was cancelled due to too many long distance away matches as the season approaches.^[31]

14 July 2017	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Liverpool	Wigan
19:30 BST	Gilbey 20'	Report	Salah 45'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 12,715

18 July 2017	Southport	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Blowick
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1,356 (850 away)

22 July 2017	Notts County	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Nottingham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Meadow Lane

29 July 2017	Grimsby Town	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Davies 88' (pen.)	Report	Lang 6'	Stadium: Blundell Park

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Plymouth Argyle	2	1	1	3	2	+1	3
9	Bury	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
10	Wigan Athletic	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
11	Blackpool	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
12	Walsall	2	1	1	2	2	0	3

Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2017. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	+1

Last updated: 5 August 2017.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A
Result	W
Position	10

Last updated: 5 August 2017.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

5 August 2017 1	Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	Wigan Athletic	Denbigh
15:00 BST	Williams 5' Wootton 50', 58' Muirhead 83'	Report	Morsy 22' Powell 38' Elder 44' Thomas 71' Massey 72'	Stadium: Stadium:mk Attendance: 9,164 Referee: Kevin Johnson

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Wigan Athletic were drawn at home to Blackpool in the first round.^[32]

8 August 2017 First round	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Blackpool (3)	Wigan
19:45 BST	Laurent 17' Flores 45+1'	Report	Gnanduillet 59'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 3,391 Referee: Chris Sarginson

TBD Second round	Aston Villa	v	Wigan Athletic	Birmingham
TBD BST				Stadium: Villa Park

EFL Trophy

On 25 July 2017, Wigan confirmed their group stage opponents and fixtures.^[33]

Pos	Lge	Team	Qualification
1	ACA	Middlesbrough U23s	Round 2
2	L2	Accrington Stanley	Round 2
3	L1	Blackpool
4	L1	Wigan Athletic

First match(es) will be played on August – September 2017. Source: EFL.com

29 August 2017 Group Game 1	Blackpool	v	Wigan Athletic	Blackpool
19:00 BST				Stadium: Bloomfield Road

24 October 2017 Group Game 2	Wigan Athletic	v	Middlesbrough U23s	Wigan
19:45 BST				Stadium: DW Stadium

7 November 2017 Group Game 3	Wigan Athletic	v	Accrington Stanley	Wigan
19:45 GMT				Stadium: DW Stadium

References

↑ "History". Statto.
↑ "Paul Cook: Wigan Athletic appoint Portsmouth boss as new manager". BBC Sport. BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
↑ "Paul Cook: Wigan Athletic set to appoint Portsmouth boss, Graham Barrow leaves". BBC Sport. BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
↑ "Latics Confirm Capture Of Defender Chey Dunkley". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
↑ "Latics Sign Terell Thomas". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
↑ "Gavin Massey Signs For Latics". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
↑ "Noel Hunt Signs For Latics". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
↑ "Jamie Jones Signs For Wigan Athletic". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
↑ "Jake Buxton Leaves Club". Retrieved 2017-06-20.
↑ "Buxton Returns To Brewers". Burton Albion Official Site. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
↑ "Matt Gilks Signs For Scunthorpe United". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
1 2 3 "Wigan Athletic Retained List For 2017-18 Announced". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
↑ "Ex-Manchester United winger Obertan joins Levski Sofia". Reuters. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
↑ "Club confirms Andrew Taylor deal". Bolton Wanderers Official Site. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
↑ "Stephen Warnock: Burton Albion sign full-back on one-year deal". BBC. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
1 2 "More new faces for Nantwich Town as Wigan Athletic pair sign up". Crewe Chronicle. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
↑ "Jack Hendry Signs For Dundee". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
↑ "Hull City complete double swoop for promising youngsters". Hull Daily Mail. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
↑ "Sanmi Odelusi Leaves Wigan Athletic". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
↑ "Mikael Mandron Signs For Colchester United". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
↑ "Billy Mckay: Wigan sell Northern Ireland striker to Ross County". BBC Sport. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
↑ "Bury: League One side sign defender Alex Whitmore and forward Chris Sang". BBC. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
↑ "Carlisle United sign ex-Wigan striker Sam Cosgrove and Liverpool keeper Shamal George". BBC. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
↑ "Kaiyne Woolery Joins Swindon Town". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
↑ "Goalkeeper Christian Walton Joins Wigan Athletic". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
↑ "Callum Elder Joins Wigan Athletic On Loan From Leicester City". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
↑ "Latics Sign Wolves Midfielder Lee Evans On Season-Long Loan". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
↑ "Latics Secure Striker Ivan Toney On Season-Long Loan Deal From Newcastle United". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
↑ "Initial Wigan Athletic 2017 Pre-Season Matches Confirmed". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
↑ "Latics To Host Liverpool FC In Pre-Season Friendly At The DW Stadium". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
↑ "Hartlepool Pre-Season Fixture Cancelled". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
↑ "Latics To Host Blackpool In The Carabao Cup First Round". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
↑ "Latics' Checkatrade Trophy Fixture Details Confirmed". Wigan Athletic Official Site. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

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League competitions

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Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)
EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under-23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup
Under-18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

Club seasons
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