Club: | Wigan Athletic |
Season: | 2018–19 |
Manager: | Paul Cook |
Chairman: | David Sharpe (until 7 November 2018) [1] Darren Royle (from 7 November 2018) [2] |
Owner: | Dave Whelan(until 7 November 2018) International Entertainment Corporation (from 7 November 2018) |
Stadium: | DW Stadium |
League: | Championship |
League Result: | 18th |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Third round |
Cup2: | EFL Cup |
Cup2 Result: | First round |
League Topscorer: | Nick Powell, Joe Garner (8) |
Season Topscorer: | Nick Powell, Joe Garner (8) |
Highest Attendance: | 15,655 v. Norwich City (14 April 2019) |
Lowest Attendance: | 8,848 v. Hull City (18 September 2018) |
Largest Win: | 3–0 at Stoke City (22 August 2018) 3–0 v. Aston Villa (12 January 2019) 5–2 v. Bolton Wanderers (16 March 2019) |
Largest Loss: | 0–4 v. Preston North End (6 October 2018) |
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Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
Nextseason: | 2019–20 |
The 2018–19 season was Wigan Athletic's 87th year in existence and their first back in the Championship, after gaining promotion the previous season. Along with competing in the league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
During the season International Entertainment Corporation (IEC) completed their acquisition of the club, stadium and training grounds in a £22m deal.[3] Chairman David Sharpe stepped down following the completion of the takeover along with other board members and was replaced by Darren Royle, his father Joe Royle and Thomas Chan.[4]
No. | Name | Pos. | Nat. | Place of Birth | Age | Caps | Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | Ends | ||
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Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | Christian Walton | GK | Wadebridge | 67 | 0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 June 2018 | Loan | 2019 | ||||
23 | Jamie Jones | GK | Kirkby | 32 | 0 | Stevenage | 7 August 2018 | Free | 2019 | ||||
37 | Dan Lavercombe | GK | Torquay | 0 | 0 | Torquay United | 6 January 2016 | Undisclosed | 2019 | ||||
40 | Owen Evans | GK | Newport | 1 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2017 | Trainee | 2019 | ||||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
2 | Nathan Byrne | RB | St Albans | 94 | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 August 2016 | Undisclosed | 2019 | ||||
3 | Antonee Robinson | LB | Milton Keynes | 24 | 0 | Everton | 3 August 2018 | Loan | 2019 | ||||
6 | Danny Fox | LB | Winsford | 8 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | 29 January 2019 | Undsiclosed | Undisclosed | ||||
12 | Reece James | RB | London | 44 | 2 | Chelsea | 1 July 2018 | Loan | 2019 | ||||
21 | Cédric Kipré | CB | Paris | 40 | 0 | Motherwell | 3 August 2018 | Undisclosed | 2021 | ||||
22 | Chey Dunkley | CB | Wolverhampton | 86 | 7 | Oxford United | 5 June 2017 | Free | 2022 | ||||
30 | Jonas Olsson | CB | Landskrona | 5 | 0 | Djurgårdens | 1 February 2019 | Free | 2019 | ||||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
4 | Darron Gibson | CM | Derry | 19 | 0 | Sunderland | 3 August 2018 | Free | 2019 | ||||
5 | Sam Morsy | CM | Wolverhampton | 118 | 6 | Chesterfield | 28 January 2016 | Undisclosed | 2021 | ||||
7 | Jamie Walker | LW | Edinburgh | 9 | 0 | Heart of Midlothian | 8 January 2018 | Undisclosed | 2020 | ||||
10 | Josh Windass | AM | Kingston upon Hull | 39 | 5 | Rangers | 9 August 2018 | £2,000,000 | 2021 | ||||
13 | Anthony Pilkington | LW | Blackburn | 10 | 0 | Cardiff City | 10 January 2019 | Free | 2020 | ||||
14 | Beni Baningime | CM | Kinshasa | 1 | 0 | Everton | 31 January 2019 | Loan | 2019 | ||||
16 | Shaun MacDonald | DM | Swansea | 43 | 1 | Bournemouth | 13 August 2016 | Undisclosed | 2019 | ||||
17 | Michael Jacobs | LM | Rothwell | 156 | 29 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 27 July 2015 | Undisclosed | 2019 | ||||
18 | Gary Roberts | AM | Liverpool | 53 | 3 | Portsmouth | 29 August 2017 | Free | 2019 | ||||
20 | Kal Naismith | RM | Glasgow | 30 | 1 | Portsmouth | 1 July 2018 | Undisclosed | 2021 | ||||
25 | Nick Powell | AM | Crewe | 97 | 29 | Manchester United | 12 July 2016 | Undisclosed | 2019 | ||||
36 | Lee Evans | CM | Newport | 56 | 3 | Sheffield United | 1 January 2019 | Undisclosed | 2021 | ||||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
11 | Gavin Massey | RW | Watford | 68 | 11 | Leyton Orient | 6 July 2017 | Free | 2019 | ||||
15 | Callum McManaman | RW | Huyton | 133 | 18 | Sunderland | 20 July 2018 | Undisclosed | 2019 | ||||
28 | Leon Clarke | CF | Birmingham | 13 | 2 | Sheffield United | 30 January 2019 | Loan | 2019 | ||||
41 | Joe Garner | CF | Blackburn | 32 | 8 | Ipswich Town | 9 August 2018 | Undisclosed | 2020 | ||||
44 | Devante Cole | CF | Alderley Edge | 6 | 0 | Fleetwood Town | 31 January 2018 | Undisclosed | 2020 |
|-!colspan=14|Player(s) out on loan:|-!colspan=14|Player(s) who left the club:|}
Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Total | ||||
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1 | 25 | AM | Nick Powell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
41 | CF | Joe Garner | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
3 | 10 | AM | Josh Windass | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
11 | RW | Gavin Massey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
5 | CF | Will Grigg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
17 | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
7 | 8 | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
12 | RB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
28 | CF | Leon Clarke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
10 | 18 | AM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
11 | 2 | RB | Nathan Byrne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
5 | CM | Sam Morsy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
15 | RW | Callum McManaman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
20 | RM | Kal Naismith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
CM | Callum Connolly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
36 | RM | Lee Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 50 | 0 | 1 | 51 |
Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | CM | Sam Morsy | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | ||
2 | 21 | CB | Cédric Kipré | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
22 | CB | Chey Dunkley | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
41 | CF | Joe Garner | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
5 | 10 | AM | Josh Windass | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | CM | Callum Connolly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
36 | CM | Lee Evans | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
8 | 2 | RB | Nathan Byrne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
12 | RB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
20 | RM | Kal Naismith | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
25 | AM | Nick Powell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
12 | 1 | GK | Christian Walton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
15 | RW | Callum McManaman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
CB | Dan Burn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
16 | 3 | LB | Antonee Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | CM | Darron Gibson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
9 | CF | Will Grigg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
11 | RW | Gavin Massey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
17 | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
18 | AM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
22 | 6 | LB | Danny Fox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
13 | LW | Anthony Pilkington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
14 | CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
30 | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 88 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 4 |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2018 | Undisclosed | [5] | |||||
1 July 2018 | Bobby Jones | Undisclosed | [6] | ||||
1 July 2018 | Free transfer | [7] | |||||
20 July 2018 | Undisclosed | [8] | |||||
3 August 2018 | Ryan Galvin | Undisclosed | |||||
3 August 2018 | Free transfer | [9] | |||||
3 August 2018 | Undisclosed | [10] | |||||
3 August 2018 | Free transfer | [11] | |||||
9 August 2018 | Undisclosed | [12] | |||||
9 August 2018 | £2,000,000 | [13] | |||||
18 September 2018 | Free transfer | ||||||
18 September 2018 | Denzel Williams | Free transfer | |||||
1 January 2019 | Undisclosed | ||||||
4 January 2019 | Ollie Crankshaw | Undisclosed | [14] | ||||
10 January 2019 | Free transfer | [15] | |||||
29 January 2019 | Undisclosed | [16] | |||||
1 February 2019 | Free transfer | [17] |
Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2018 | 31 May 2019 | [18] | |||||
1 July 2018 | 31 May 2019 | [19] | |||||
3 August 2018 | 31 May 2019 | [20] | |||||
9 August 2018 | 1 January 2019 | ||||||
9 August 2018 | 31 January 2019 | [21] [22] | |||||
10 August 2018 | 1 January 2019 | [23] | |||||
30 January 2019 | 31 May 2019 | [24] | |||||
31 January 2019 | 31 May 2019 | [25] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2018 | Released | [26] | |||||
1 July 2018 | Jamie Cotter | Released | |||||
1 July 2018 | Released | [27] [28] | |||||
1 July 2018 | Joe Downey | Released | |||||
1 July 2018 | Tom Hilton | Released | |||||
1 July 2018 | Free transfer | [29] | |||||
1 July 2018 | Released | [30] | |||||
1 July 2018 | Released | [31] | |||||
1 July 2018 | Gottne IF | Released | [32] | ||||
1 July 2018 | Free transfer | [33] | |||||
1 July 2018 | Free transfer | [34] | |||||
1 July 2018 | Released | ||||||
1 July 2018 | Released | [35] | |||||
1 July 2018 | Middlesbrough | Released | [36] | ||||
16 July 2018 | Undisclosed | [37] | |||||
23 July 2018 | Undisclosed | [38] | |||||
9 August 2018 | £3,000,000 | [39] | |||||
9 August 2018 | Undisclosed | [40] | |||||
2 January 2019 | Undisclosed | [41] | |||||
25 January 2019 | Undisclosed | [42] | |||||
30 January 2019 | Free transfer | ||||||
1 February 2019 | Undisclosed | [43] |
Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 August 2018 | 25 March 2019 | [44] | |||||
3 August 2018 | Jordan Perrin | 3 September 2018 | [45] | ||||
9 August 2018 | 31 December 2018 | [46] | |||||
10 August 2018 | 1 January 2019 | [47] | |||||
14 August 2018 | 31 May 2019 | [48] [49] | |||||
30 August 2018 | 16 January 2019 | [50] | |||||
31 August 2018 | 1 January 2019 | [51] | |||||
31 August 2018 | 2 January 2019 | [52] | |||||
2 October 2018 | Jordan Perrin | 30 October 2018 | |||||
4 January 2019 | Ollie Crankshaw | 31 May 2019 | |||||
29 January 2019 | 31 May 2019 | [53] | |||||
31 January 2019 | 31 May 2019 | [54] | |||||
31 January 2019 | 31 May 2019 | [55] | |||||
23 February 2019 | Jordan Perrin | 31 May 2019 | |||||
15 March 2019 | 31 May 2019 | [56] |
Wigan Athletic announced they would face Tranmere Rovers in a pre-season friendly.[57]
See main article: 2018–19 EFL Championship.
On 21 June 2018, the Championship fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[58] [59]
See main article: 2018–19 FA Cup.
The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.[60]
See main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup.
On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.[61]