2014–15 Wigan Athletic F.C. season explained

Club:	Wigan Athletic F.C.
Season:	2014–15
Manager:	Uwe Rösler (until 13 November 2014) Malky Mackay (from 19 November 2014) (Until 6 April 2015) Gary Caldwell (From 7 April 2015)
Owner:	Dave Whelan
Chairman:	David Sharpe^[1]
League:	Championship
Stadium:	DW Stadium
League Result:	23rd (Relegated)
Cup2:	FA Cup
Cup2 Result:	Third round (eliminated by Bolton Wanderers)
Cup3:	League Cup
Cup3 Result:	First round (eliminated by Burton Albion)
League Topscorer:	James McClean (6)
Season Topscorer:	James McClean (6)
Highest Attendance:	16,347 (vs Middlesbrough)
Lowest Attendance:	10,210 (vs Millwall)
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Prevseason:	2013–14
Nextseason:	2015–16

The 2014–15 season was Wigan Athletic's second consecutive season in the Championship and fourth overall.

First team squad

As of 18 April 2015

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Scott Carson	GK	3 September 1985	Bursaspor
13	Lee Nicholls	GK	5 October 1992	Youth system
26	Ali Al-Habsi	GK	30 December 1981	Bolton Wanderers
Defenders
2	James Tavernier	RB	31 October 1991	Newcastle United
3	Andrew Taylor	LB	1 August 1986	Cardiff City
4	Harry Maguire	CB	5 March 1993	Hull City
17	Emmerson Boyce	RB	24 September 1979	Crystal Palace
20	Gaetan Bong	LB	25 April 1988	Olympiacos
22	Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	LB	8 April 1991	Partick Thistle
23	Juan Carlos García	LB	8 March 1988	Olimpia
24	James Perch	RB	28 September 1985	Newcastle United
25	Leon Barnett	CB	30 November 1985	Norwich City
28	Jason Pearce	CB	6 December 1987	Leeds United
30	Rob Kiernan	CB	13 January 1991	Watford
Midfielders
7	Chris McCann	CM	21 July 1987	Burnley
11	James McClean	LM	22 April 1989	Sunderland
14	Emyr Huws	CM	30 September 1993	Manchester City
16	Kim Bo-kyung	MF	6 October 1989	Cardiff City
18	Sheyi Ojo	MF	19 June 1997	Liverpool
19	Don Cowie	CM	15 February 1983	Cardiff City
27	Josh Murphy	MF	24 February 1995	Norwich
36	William Kvist	DM	24 February 1985	VfB Stuttgart
39	Tim Chow	MF	18 January 1994	Youth system
Forwards
9	Oriol Riera	ST	3 July 1986	Osasuna
10	Billy McKay	ST	22 October 1988	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
21	Leon Clarke	ST	10 February 1985	Wolverhampton Wanderers
31	Jerome Sinclair	ST	20 September 1996	Liverpool
32	Marc-Antoine Fortuné	CF	2 July 1981	West Bromwich Albion
33	Martyn Waghorn	ST	23 January 1990	Leicester City
42	Grant Holt	CF	12 April 1981	Norwich
49	Andy Delort	ST	9 October 1991	Tours FC

Transfers

In

Summer

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
3			Cardiff City	Free	3 June 2014	^[2]
22			Partick Thistle	Free	4 June 2014	^[3]
2			Newcastle United	Undisclosed	28 June 2014	^[4]
9			Osasuna	Undisclosed	28 June 2014	^[5]
19			Cardiff City	Free	10 July 2014	^[6]
14			Manchester City	Loan	22 July 2014	^[7]
29			Brentford	Undisclosed	1 September 2014	^[8]
49			Tours	Undisclosed	1 September 2014
36			Stuttgart	Free	1 September 2014
14			Manchester City	Undisclosed	1 September 2014
31			Hull City	Loan	21 October 2014	^[9] ^[10]

Winter

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
27			Portland Timbers	Loan	8 January 2015	^[11]
8			Aston Villa	Loan	26 January 2015	^[12]
10			Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Undisclosed	30 January 2015	^[13]
28			Leeds United	£300,000	30 January 2015	^[14]
18			Liverpool	Loan	2 February 2015	^[15]
20			Olympiacos	Free	2 February 2015	^[16]
21			Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	2 February 2015	^[17]
16			Cardiff City	Free	6 February 2015	^[18]
4			Hull City	Loan	10 February 2015	^[19]
15			FC Pune City	Free	22 February 2015	^[20]
27			Norwich City	Loan	16 March 2015	^[21]
31			Liverpool	Loan	16 March 2015	^[22]

Out

Summer

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
14			Sunderland	Free	1 July 2014	^[23]
28			Hamilton Academical	Free	1 July 2014	^[24]
22			Colo-Colo	Free	7 July 2014	^[25]
43			Accrington Stanley	Free	7 July 2014	^[26]
3			Fleetwood Town	Free	7 July 2014	^[27]
2			Anorthosis Famagusta	Free	7 July 2014	^[28]
27			Accrington Stanley	Free	7 July 2014	^[29]
—			Doncaster Rovers	Free	7 August 2014	^[30]
23		Juan Carlos García	Tenerife	Loan	10 August 2014	^[31]
16		James McArthur	Crystal Palace	£7,000,000	1 September 2014	^[32]
36		Rakish Bingham	Mansfield Town	Free	1 September 2014	^[33]
42		Grant Holt	Huddersfield Town	Loan	28 December 2014	^[34] ^[35]
26		Ali Al-Habsi	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan	29 November 2014	^[36]

Winter

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
14		Roger Espinoza	Sporting Kansas City	Undisclosed	1 January 2015	^[37]
9		Oriol Riera	Deportivo de La Coruña	Loan	7 January 2015	^[38]
2		James Tavernier	Bristol City	Loan	15 January 2015	^[39]
8		Ben Watson	Watford	Undisclosed	23 January 2015	^[40]
10		Shaun Maloney	Chicago Fire	Undisclosed	25 January 2015	^[41]
29		Adam Forshaw	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	28 January 2015	^[42]
15		Callum McManaman	West Bromwich Albion	£4,750,000	28 January 2015	^[43]
4		Iván Ramis	Levante	Free	29 January 2015	^[44]
9		Andy Delort	Tours	Loan	2 February 2015	^[45]
20		Fraser Fyvie	Hibernian	Free	2 February 2015	^[46]
30		Rob Kiernan	Birmingham City	Loan	12 February 2015	^[47]
55		Matthew Hamilton	AFC Fylde	Loan	13 February 2015	^[48]
72		Connor Keane	Newcastle Town	Loan	13 February 2015
6		Thomas Rogne	IFK Göteborg	Free	10 March 2015	^[49]
47		Ryan Jennings	Accrington Stanley	Loan	26 March 2015	^[50]

Squad statistics

Statistics accurate as of 2 May 2015
Source:^[51]

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Scott Carson	34	0	0	0	0	0	34	0	0	0
13	GK	Lee Nicholls	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
26	GK	Ali Al-Habsi	11	0	1	0	1	0	13	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	Andrew Taylor	28	1	1	0	0	0	28	1	4	0
4	DF	Harry Maguire	16	1	0	0	0	0	16	1	4	0
17	DF	Emmerson Boyce	26 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	26 (2)	0	3	0
20	DF	Gaetan Bong	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	3	0
22	DF	Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF	Juan Carlos García	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	James Perch	40 (2)	2	1	0	0	0	41 (2)	2	7	0
25	DF	Leon Barnett	16 (4)	0	0	0	1	0	17 (4)	0	2	1
28	DF	Jason Pearce	15	2	0	0	0	0	15	2	2	1
30	DF	Rob Kiernan	16 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	17 (1)	0	1	0
Midfielders
7	CM	Chris McCann	12 (6)	2	1	0	0	0	13 (6)	2	4	0
11	LM	James McClean	30 (6)	6	1	0	0	0	31 (6)	6	12	1
14	MF	Emyr Huws	15 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	15 (1)	0	3	0
15	MF	Jermaine Pennant	12 (1)	3	0	0	0	0	12 (1)	3	1	0
16	MF	Kim Bo-kyung	17 (1)	2	0	0	0	0	17 (1)	2	1	0
18	MF	Sheyi Ojo	7 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	7 (4)	0	1	0
19	CM	Don Cowie	24 (8)	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	24 (9)	0	1	0
27	MF	Josh Murphy	2 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (3)	0	0	0
36	MF	William Kvist	18 (8)	0	0	0	0	0	18 (8)	0	3	0
39	MF	Tim Chow	3 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	1	0	0
Attackers
10	ST	Billy McKay	1 (8)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (8)	0	0	0
31	ST	Jerome Sinclair	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
32	ST	Marc-Antoine Fortuné	26 (8)	1	1	0	1	1	28 (8)	2	2	0
33	ST	Martyn Waghorn	6 (17)	3	0	0	1	0	7 (17)	3	6	1
42	ST	Grant Holt	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
Players that played for Wigan this season that have left the club:
16	CM	James McArthur	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0
31	DF	Maynor Figueroa	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0
18	CM	Roger Espinoza	6 (6)	1	0	0	1	0	7 (6)	1	1	0
9	ST	Oriol Riera	5 (7)	1	0	0	0	0	5 (7)	1	0	0
2	DF	James Tavernier	7 (4)	0	1	0	1	0	8 (4)	0	0	0
8	CM	Ben Watson	7 (2)	1	1	0	0	0	8 (2)	1	0	0
10	CM	Shaun Maloney	10 (10)	2	0 (1)	0	1	0	11 (11)	2	0	0
29	MF	Adam Forshaw	13 (3)	1	1	0	0	0	14 (3)	1	2	0
15	RM	Callum McManaman	18 (4)	5	0	0	0	0	18 (4)	5	6	1
4	DF	Iván Ramis	17 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	19 (1)	0	3	0
20	CM	Fraser Fyvie	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
49	ST	Andy Delort	4 (8)	0	0	0	0	0	4 (8)	0	2	0
27	DF	Liam Ridgewell	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0
8	DF	Chris Herd	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
6	DF	Thomas Rogne	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	ST	Leon Clarke	8 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	8 (1)	1	3	0

Top scorers

Statistics accurate as of 2 May 2015

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MF	11	James McClean	6	0	0	6
MF	15	Callum McManaman	5	0	0	5
ST	33	Martyn Waghorn	3	0	0	3
MF	15	Jermaine Pennant	3	0	0	3
DF	24	James Perch	3	0	0	3
MF	10	Shaun Maloney	2	0	0	2
MF	7	Chris McCann	2	0	0	2
MF	16	Kim Bo-kyung	2	0	0	2
DF	28	Jason Pearce	2	0	0	2
ST	32	Marc-Antoine Fortuné	1	0	1	2
MF	16	James McArthur	1	0	0	1
ST	9	Oriol Riera	1	0	0	1
DF	3	Andrew Taylor	1	0	0	1
MF	29	Adam Forshaw	1	0	0	1
MF	18	Roger Espinoza	1	0	0	1
MF	8	Ben Watson	1	0	0	1
ST	21	Leon Clarke	1	0	0	1
DF	4	Harry Maguire	1	0	0	1
MF	39	Tim Chow	1	0	0	1
Own goals			1	0	0	1
Total			39	0	1	40

Football League Championship

See main article: 2014–15 Football League Championship.

Results

Match details

Championship

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.^[52]

League Cup

See main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup.

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Wigan Athletic were drawn at away to Burton Albion.^[53]

FA Cup

See main article: 2014–15 FA Cup.

The draw for the third round was made on 8 December 2014 at 7pm. Wigan Athletic were drawn away to local rivals Bolton Wanderers.^[54]

Notes and References

1. News: Dave Whelan: Wigan Athletic chairman resigns . 3 March 2015 . BBC Sport . 3 March 2015.
2. Web site: Andrew Taylor Signs For Wigan Athletic . Wigan Athletic FC . 3 June 2014.
3. Web site: Aaron Taylor-Sinclair Signs For Latics . Wigan Athletic FC . 4 June 2014.
4. News: James Tavernier Signs For Latics . Wigan Athletic F.C . 28 June 2014 . 28 June 2014.
5. News: Latics Sign Oriol Riera . Wigan Athletic F.C . 28 June 2014 . 28 June 2014.
6. News: Don Cowie Signs For Wigan Athletic . Wigan Athletic F.C . 10 July 2014 . 10 July 2014.
7. News: Emyr Huws Joins Wigan Athletic On Loan . Wigan Athletic F.C . 22 July 2014 . 22 July 2014.
8. News: Wigan add Forshaw, Delort, Kvist and Huws . BBC Sport . 1 September 2014 . 1 September 2014.
9. News: Maynor Figueroa Is Back At Wigan Athletic . Wigan Athletic F.C . 21 October 2014.
10. News: Maynor Figueroa Loan Deal Extended . Wigan Athletic F.C . 6 November 2014.
11. Web site: Wigan Athletic sign Portland Timbers defender . bbc.co.uk/sport . 8 January 2015.
12. Web site: Wigan close to signings of Chris Herd from Aston Villa and Jason Pearce from Leeds . 26 January 2015.
13. News: Billy McKay Signs For Wigan Athletic . Wigan Athletic F.C . 30 January 2015.
14. News: Jason Pearce Joins Wigan Athletic From Leeds United . Wigan Athletic F.C . 30 January 2015.
15. News: Sheyi Ojo Joins Latics On Loan From Liverpool . Wigan Athletic F.C . 2 February 2015.
16. News: Gaetan Bong Joins Wigan Athletic . Wigan Athletic F.C . 2 February 2015.
17. News: Leon Clarke Joins Latics On Loan From Wolves . Wigan Athletic F.C . 2 February 2015.
18. News: Kim Bo-kyung Joins Wigan Athletic . Wigan Athletic F.C . 6 February 2015.
19. News: Harry Maguire Joins Wigan Athletic . Wigan Athletic F.C . 10 February 2015.
20. News: Jermaine Pennant joins Wigan Athletic until end of season . BBC Sport. 22 February 2015.
21. News: Josh Murphy Signs On Loan . Wigan Athletic F.C . 16 March 2015.
22. News: Jerome Sinclair Signs On Loan From Liverpool . Wigan Athletic F.C . 16 March 2015.
23. Web site: Sunderland to sign Wigan Athletic midfielder . BBC . 29 May 2014 . 29 May 2014 .
24. News: Danny Redmond Joins Hamilton Academical . Wigan Athletic F.C . 11 June 2014 . 11 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140614190059/http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/news/article/14-06-11-danny-redmond-joins-hamilton-academical-1633339.aspx . 14 June 2014 . dmy .
25. News: Club Confirm Contracts Expire . Wigan Athletic F.C . 7 July 2014 . 7 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140828210442/http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/news/article/14-07-07-club-confirm-contracts-expire-1720432.aspx . 28 August 2014 . dmy .
26. News: Adam Buxton Returns! . Accrington Stanley F.C . 20 July 2014 . 20 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140828212430/http://accringtonstanley.co.uk/2014/07/adam-buxton-returns/ . 28 August 2014 . dmy .
27. News: Stephen Crainey: Fleetwood sign ex-Wigan & Blackpool defender . BBC Sport . 1 August 2014 . 1 August 2014.
28. News: Markus Holgersson till Anorthosis Famagusta . Fotboll Transfers . 28 August 2014.
29. News: Accrington Stanley sign Jordan Mustoe after being released by Wigan . Accrington Observer . 11 August 2014 . 11 August 2014.
30. News: Doncaster Rovers: Keeper Marosi signs up . The Star . 7 August 2014 . 7 August 2014.
31. News: Honduran defender Juan Carlos Garcia joins Tenerife on loan . Wigan Athletic . 10 August 2014 . 10 August 2014.
32. News: James McArthur, Kevin Doyle & Zeki Fryers sign . BBC Sport . 1 September 2014 . 1 September 2014.
33. News: Mansfield Town sign Rakish Bingham . BBC Sport . 1 September 2014 . 1 September 2014.
34. News: Huddersfield Town complete loan signing of Grant Holt . Huddersfield Examiner . 27 September 2014.
35. News: Grant Holt's Loan Extended . Huddersfield Town F.C. . 24 October 2014.
36. News: Ali Al Habsi Joins Brighton & Hove Albion On Loan . Wigan Athletic F.C . 31 October 2014.
37. Web site: Roger Espinoza to leave club in transfer window . BBC . 31 December 2014 . 31 December 2014 .
38. News: Oriol Riera Returns To Spain . Wigan Athletic F.C . 7 January 2015.
39. News: James Tavernier Joins Bristol City On Loan . Wigan Athletic F.C . 15 January 2015.
40. Web site: Ben Watson leaves to join Watford . BBC . 23 January 2015 . 23 January 2015 .
41. News: Maloney quits Wigan for Chicago Fire . BBC Sport . 25 January 2015.
42. News: Adam Forshaw Joins Middlesbrough . Wigan Athletic F.C . 28 January 2015.
43. News: Callum McManaman Moves To West Bromwich Albion . Wigan Athletic F.C . 28 January 2015.
44. News: Ivan Ramis Joins Levante . Wigan Athletic F.C . 29 January 2015.
45. News: Andy Delort Returns To France . Wigan Athletic F.C . 2 February 2015.
46. News: Fraser Fyvie Leaves Wigan Athletic . Wigan Athletic F.C . 2 February 2015.
47. News: Rob Kiernan Loaned To Birmingham City . Wigan Athletic F.C . 12 February 2015.
48. News: Development Squad Duo Head Out On Loan . Wigan Athletic F.C . 13 February 2015.
49. News: Wigan Athletic defender's contract terminated . Wigan Athletic F.C . 10 March 2015.
50. News: Ryan Jennings Joins Accrington Stanley On Loan . Wigan Athletic F.C . 26 March 2015.
51. Web site: Wigan Athletic Squad Stats – 2014/15 . Soccerbase . 21 December 2014 .
52. News: Latics Kick Off At Home To Reading . Wigan Athletic F.C . 18 June 2014 . 18 June 2014.
53. News: Latics Drawn Away To Burton Albion . Wigan Athletic F.C . 17 June 2014 . 17 June 2014.
54. News: WIGAN ATHLETIC TO FACE BOLTON WANDERERS IN FA CUP THIRD ROUND . Wigan Athletic F.C . 8 December 2014 . 8 December 2014.