2014–15 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

Wigan Athletic F.C.

2014–15 season
Owner	Dave Whelan
Chairman	David Sharpe[1]
Manager	Uwe Rösler (until 13 November 2014) Malky Mackay (from 19 November 2014) (Until 6 April 2015) Gary Caldwell (From 7 April 2015)
Stadium	DW Stadium
Championship	23rd (Relegated)
FA Cup	Third round (eliminated by Bolton Wanderers)
League Cup	First round (eliminated by Burton Albion)
Top goalscorer	League: James McClean (6) All: James McClean (6)
Highest home attendance	16,347 (vs Middlesbrough)
Lowest home attendance	10,210 (vs Millwall)
Home colours Away colours
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season will be 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	DF	Andrew Taylor	Cardiff City	Free	3 June 2014	[2]
22	DF	Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	Partick Thistle	Free	4 June 2014	[3]
2	DF	James Tavernier	Newcastle United	Undisclosed	28 June 2014	[4]
9	FW	Oriol Riera	Osasuna	Undisclosed	28 June 2014	[5]
19	MF	Don Cowie	Cardiff City	Free	10 July 2014	[6]
14	MF	Emyr Huws	Manchester City	Loan	22 July 2014	[7]
29	MF	Adam Forshaw	Brentford	Undisclosed	1 September 2014	[8]
49	FW	Andy Delort	Tours	Undisclosed	1 September 2014	[8]
36	MF	William Kvist	Stuttgart	Free	1 September 2014	[8]
14	MF	Emyr Huws	Manchester City	Undisclosed	1 September 2014	[8]
31	DF	Maynor Figueroa	Hull City	Loan	21 October 2014	[9][10]

Winter

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
27	DF	Liam Ridgewell	Portland Timbers	Loan	8 January 2015	[11]
8	DF	Chris Herd	Aston Villa	Loan	26 January 2015	[12]
10	FW	Billy McKay	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Undisclosed	30 January 2015	[13]
28	DF	Jason Pearce	Leeds United	£300,000	30 January 2015	[14]
18	MF	Sheyi Ojo	Liverpool	Loan	2 February 2015	[15]
20	FW	Gaëtan Bong	Olympiacos	Free	2 February 2015	[16]
21	FW	Leon Clarke	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	2 February 2015	[17]
16	MF	Kim Bo-kyung	Cardiff City	Free	6 February 2015	[18]
4	DF	Harry Maguire	Hull City	Loan	10 February 2015	[19]
15	MF	Jermaine Pennant	FC Pune City	Free	22 February 2015	[20]
27	MF	Josh Murphy	Norwich City	Loan	16 March 2015	[21]
31	FW	Jerome Sinclair	Liverpool	Loan	16 March 2015	[22]

Out

Summer

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
14	MF	Jordi Gómez	Sunderland	Free	1 July 2014	[23]
28	MF	Daniel Redmond	Hamilton Academical	Free	1 July 2014	[24]
22	MF	Jean Beausejour	Colo-Colo	Free	7 July 2014	[25]
43	DF	Adam Buxton	Accrington Stanley	Free	7 July 2014	[25][26]
3	DF	Stephen Crainey	Fleetwood Town	Free	7 July 2014	[25][27]
2	DF	Markus Holgersson	Anorthosis Famagusta	Free	7 July 2014	[25][28]
27	DF	Jordan Mustoe	Accrington Stanley	Free	7 July 2014	[25][29]
—	GK	Marko Maroši	Doncaster Rovers	Free	7 August 2014	[30]
23	DF	Juan Carlos García	Tenerife	Loan	10 August 2014	[31]
16	MF	James McArthur	Crystal Palace	£7,000,000	1 September 2014	[32]
36	FW	Rakish Bingham	Mansfield Town	Free	1 September 2014	[33]
42	FW	Grant Holt	Huddersfield Town	Loan	28 December 2014	[34][35]
26	GK	Ali Al-Habsi	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan	29 November 2014	[36]

Winter

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

Position	Number	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	10	17	19	44	54	−10	47
21	Rotherham United	46	11	16	19	46	67	−21	46[lower-alpha 1]
22	Millwall (R)	46	9	14	23	42	76	−34	41	Relegation to Football League One
23	Wigan Athletic (R)	46	9	12	25	39	64	−25	39
24	Blackpool (R)	46	4	14	28	36	91	−55	26

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Rotherham United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.^[52]

Results

Round	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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L
Position	11	21	18	18	12	16	16	17	18	21	21	19	19	19	18	19	21	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	23	23	23	23

Last updated: 2 May 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match details

Pre-season matches

TSV Havelse v Wigan Athletic

5 July 2014	TSV Havelse	1–3	Wigan Athletic	Hanover, Germany
14:00 BST	El-Helwe  3'	Report	Jennings  14' Fortuné  32' McClean  72'	Stadium: Willhelm-Langrehr-Stadion

Wigan Athletic v Walsall

11 July 2014	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Walsall	Wigan, England
19:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Christopher Park

Wigan Athletic v Beşiktaş

15 July 2014	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Beşiktaş	Wigan, England
19:00 BST	Waghorn  31', 53' (pen.)	Report	Köybaşı  34'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 5,049

Rochdale v Wigan Athletic

19 July 2014	Rochdale	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Rochdale, England
15:00 BST	Henderson  5' Hery  37'	Report	Tavernier  45'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: (450 away)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Wigan Athletic

26 July 2014	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–1	Wigan Athletic	Germany
18:00 BST	Hoffer  34', 52' Bolly  63' Benschop  83'	Report	Riera  24' (pen.)	Stadium: TBA Attendance: 3,439 (71 away)

Paderborn v Wigan Athletic

1 August 2014	Paderborn	0–1	Wigan Athletic	Paderborn, Germany
19:00 BST		Report	Perch  20'	Stadium: Benteler Arena

Championship

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.^[53]

Wigan Athletic v Reading

9 August 2014 1	Wigan Athletic	2 – 2	Reading	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	McManaman  27' Taylor  74' McArthur  90+3'	Report	Cummings  58'  71' Morrison  77'	Attendance: 12,174 Referee: Mark Brown

Charlton Athletic v Wigan Athletic

16 August 2014 2	Charlton Athletic	2 – 1	Wigan Athletic	The Valley, Charlton
15:00	Cousins  8' Moussa  90+3'	Report	McManaman  22' Taylor  25'	Attendance: 15,334 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Cardiff City v Wigan Athletic

19 August 2014 3	Cardiff City	1 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
19:45	Nicky Maynard  53' Adeyemi  66'	Report		Attendance: 20,662 Referee: Robert Madley

Wigan Athletic v Blackpool

23 August 2014 4	Wigan Athletic	1 – 0	Blackpool	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	Riera  35'	Report		Attendance: 12,113 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Wigan Athletic v Birmingham City

30 August 2014 5	Wigan Athletic	4 – 0	Birmingham City	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	McManaman  9', 45+1' Taylor  39' Waghorn  78'	Report		Attendance: 11,708 Referee: David Webb

Blackburn Rovers v Wigan Athletic

13 September 2014 6	Blackburn Rovers	3 – 1	Wigan Athletic	Ewood Park, Blackburn
15:00	Marshall  53', 82' Rhodes  56'	Report	Perch  51'	Attendance: 15,782 Referee: Roger East

Huddersfield Town v Wigan Athletic

16 September 2014 7	Huddersfield Town	0 – 0	Wigan Athletic	John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield
19:45		Report		Attendance: 11,083 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Wigan Athletic v Ipswich Town

20 September 2014 8	Wigan Athletic	1 – 2	Ipswich Town	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	Waghorn  82'	Report	Hyam  20' Sammon  63'	Attendance: 12,817 Referee: Andy Woolmer

AFC Bournemouth v Wigan Athletic

27 September 2014 9	AFC Bournemouth	2 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Dean Court, Bournemouth
15:00	Elphick  29' Arter  31' Kermorgant  36' Francis  70'	Report	Cowie  45+2'	Attendance: 8,754 Referee: Gary Sutton

Wigan Athletic v Nottingham Forest

30 September 2014 10	Wigan Athletic	0 – 0	Nottingham Forest	DW Stadium, Wigan
19:45	Huws  89'	Report	Lansbury  26' Mancienne  52' Hunt  85'	Attendance: 14,078 Referee: Kevin Wright

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Wigan Athletic

4 October 2014 11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 – 2	Wigan Athletic	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
15:00	Edwards  30' Sako  54'  64' Batth  74'	Report	Ramis  17' Huws  21' Perch  32' Kvist  40' Fortuné  45+2' McManaman  88'	Attendance: 21,288 Referee: Andy Davies

Wigan Athletic v Brentford

18 October 2014 12	Wigan Athletic	0 – 0	Brentford	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	McClean  27' Ramis  62'	Report	Judge  37' Craig  62' Tarkowski  62' Douglas  76' McCormack  84'	Attendance: 12,061 Referee: Tony Harrington

Wigan Athletic v Millwall

22 October 2014 13	Wigan Athletic	0 – 0	Millwall	DW Stadium, Wigan
19:45		Report	Wilkinson  82' Dunne  72' McDonald  85'	Attendance: 10,210 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Derby County v Wigan Athletic

25 October 2014 14	Derby County	1 – 2	Wigan Athletic	iPro Stadium, Derby
15:00	John Eustace  45+3' Keogh  20'	Report	James McClean  69', 83' McManaman  20' Forshaw  57' Figueroa  74' Espinoza  88' Fortuné  95+3'	Attendance: 28,824 Referee: Robert Madley

Wigan Athletic v Fulham

1 November 2014 15	Wigan Athletic	3 – 3	Fulham	The DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00 GMT	Forshaw  9' (pen.) McManaman  22' Espinoza  54' McClean  77' Maloney  82' Barnett  85'	Report	Christensen  30' Bodurov  32' Ruiz  36', 88' (pen.) Ross McCormack  72'  77'	Attendance: 12,084 Referee: James Adcock

Brighton & Hove Albion v Wigan Athletic

4 November 2014 16	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
19:45	Gardner  1'	Report	Forshaw  70' Waghorn  79'	Attendance: 23,044 Referee: Lee Collins

Bolton Wanderers v Wigan Athletic

7 November 2014 17	Bolton Wanderers	3 – 1	Wigan Athletic	Macron Stadium, Bolton
20:00 GMT	Danns  36' Clayton  50' Davies  55' Lee Chung-yong  61' (pen.)	Report	Barnett  61' McManaman  79' McCann  86' McClean  87'	Attendance: 17,282 Referee: Scott Duncan

Wigan Athletic v Middlesbrough

22 November 2014 18	Wigan Athletic	1 – 1	Middlesbrough	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	Maloney  24' McCann  49' Boyce  66'	Report	Bamford  57' Clayton  23' Adomah  62'	Attendance: 16,347 Referee: David Webb

Sheffield Wednesday v Wigan Athletic

29 November 2014 19	Sheffield Wednesday	2 – 1	Wigan Athletic	Hillsborough, Sheffield
19:45 GMT	May  27', 71' Loovens  45' Semedo  52' Palmer  90+3'	Report	McCann  26' Ramis  43' Barnett  62'	Attendance: 20,609 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Wigan Athletic v Norwich City

6 December 2014 20	Wigan Athletic	0 – 1	Norwich City	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00 GMT		Report	Howson  5'	Attendance: 11,475 Referee: Oliver Langford

Watford v Wigan Athletic

13 December 2014 21	Watford	2 – 1	Wigan Athletic	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 GMT	Deeney  20', 82' Abdi  53' Tözsér  76'	Report	McManaman  20' McCann  45+1'	Attendance: 15,297 Referee: Mark Haywood

Wigan Athletic v Rotherham United

20 December 2014 22	Wigan Athletic	1 – 2	Rotherham United	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00 GMT	McCann  47' Watson  63' McClean  69'	Report	Paul Green  34' Lawrence  39' Lawrence  42' Wooton  59' Revell  64' Taylor  89'	Attendance: 12,641 Referee: Keith Stroud

Leeds United v Wigan Athletic

26 December 2014 23	Leeds United	0 – 2	Wigan Athletic	Elland Road, Leeds
15:00 GMT	Bellusci  85'	Report	Cooper  11' (o.g.) McClean  83'  85'	Attendance: 28,375 Referee: Nigel Miller

Wigan Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday

30 December 2014 24	Wigan Athletic	0 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	DW Stadium, Wigan
19:45	Kiernan  25' McManaman  68'	Report	Semedo  72' Nuhiu  77'  90+3' Maguire  84'	Attendance: 14,571 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Birmingham City v Wigan Athletic

10 January 2015 25	Birmingham City	3 – 1	Wigan Athletic	St Andrews, Birmingham
15:00	Donaldson  2', 14', 64'	Report	McCann  4' McClean  36'	Attendance: 16,117 Referee: Mick Russell

Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers

17 January 2014 26	Wigan Athletic	1 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	McClean  45+3' Waghorn  59' McClean  43' Perch  68'	Report	Evans  15' Hanley  45+3' Marshall  70' Evans  76'	Attendance: 14,652 Referee: Mike Jones

Wigan Athletic v Huddersfield Town

24 January 2015 27	Wigan Athletic	0 – 1	Huddersfield Town	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	Kvist  23' Ridgewell  53' Delort  90+1'	Report	Coady  82'	Attendance: 12,064 Referee: Stephen Martin

Ipswich Town v Wigan Athletic

30 January 2015 28	Ipswich Town	0 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Portman Road, Ipswich
15:00	Smith  30'	Report	Kvist  34' McClean  39' Perch  79'	Attendance: 19,155 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Wigan Athletic v AFC Bournemouth

7 February 2015 29	Wigan Athletic	1 – 3	AFC Bournemouth	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	Clarke  60' McCann  75' McClean  80' Taylor  90+2'	Report	Wilson  37', 57' Kermorgant  41' Richie  67' Pugh  86'	Attendance: 10,621 Referee: Mark Haywood

Nottingham Forest v Wigan Athletic

11 February 2015 30	Nottingham Forest	3 – 0	Wigan Athletic	City Ground, Nottingham
19:45	Assombalonga  33' Burke  50' Lansbury  61'	Report		Attendance: 19,619 Referee: Oliver Langford

Reading v Wigan Athletic

17 February 2015 31	Reading	0 – 1	Wigan Athletic	Madejski Stadium, Reading
19:45	Pearce  90+2'	Report	Pearce  17'  61' Herd  48' Clarke  62' Ojo  70' Taylor  85' Kim Bo-kyung  90+1'	Attendance: 14,601 Referee: Simon Hooper

Wigan Athletic v Charlton Athletic

20 February 2015 32	Wigan Athletic	0 – 3	Charlton Athletic	DW Stadium, Wigan
19:45	McClean  43'	Report	Buyens  13' Bulot  17' Vetokele  45+2'  50' Eagles  88'	Attendance: 11,344 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Wigan Athletic v Cardiff City

24 February 2015 33	Wigan Athletic	0 – 1	Cardiff City	DW Stadium, Wigan
19:45	Perch  56' Maguire  88'	Report	Gunnarsson  20'  52' Connolly  90+1'	Attendance: 10,016 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Blackpool v Wigan Athletic

28 February 2015 34	Blackpool	1 – 3	Wigan Athletic	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
15:00	O'Hara  26' McMahon  50' Madine  85'	Report	Kim Bo-kyung  45' Maguire  67' Perch  74' McClean  79' Clarke  89'	Attendance: 11,679 Referee: Keith Stroud

Norwich City v Wigan Athletic

4 March 2015 35	Norwich City	0 – 1	Wigan Athletic	Carrow Road, Norwich
19:45	Howson  33' Olsson  42' Jerome  63' Martin  90+1'	Report	Kim Bo-kyung  8' Pennant  45+2' Pearce  66' Waghorn  90+5'	Attendance: 26,208 Referee: Gavin Ward

Wigan Athletic v Leeds United

7 March 2015 36	Wigan Athletic	0 – 1	Leeds United	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	Pearce  90+5'	Report	Mowatt  51' Murphy  39' Bamba  57' Sharp  68' Wootton  86'	Attendance: 16,163 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic

14 March 2015 37	Rotherham United	1 – 2	Wigan Athletic	New York Stadium, Rotherham
15:00	Broadfoot  30' Derbyshire  45+1'	Report	McClean  30' Pennant  30', 35'	Attendance: 10,062 Referee: James Linington

Wigan Athletic v Watford

17 March 2015 38	Wigan Athletic	0 – 2	Watford	DW Stadium, Wigan
19:45	Perch  74'	Report	Guedioura  18' Forestieri  53' Deeney  54', 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,684 Referee: David Coote

Wigan Athletic v Bolton Wanderers

21 March 2015 39	Wigan Athletic	1 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	Maguire  40' Waghorn  90+3'	Report	Walker  69' Davies  74'	Attendance: 15,861 Referee: Nigel Miller

Middlesbrough v Wigan Athletic

3 April 2015 40	Middlesbrough	1 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Bamford 20' Gibson  60' Tomlin  86' Clayton  90 +2'	Report	Maguire  23' Perch  40' McClean  56' Waghorn  76'	Attendance: 23,082 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Wigan Athletic v Derby County

6 April 2015 41	Wigan Athletic	0 – 2	Derby County	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	Boyce  53' Clarke  70'	Report	Martin  51' Hendrick  58' Hughes  74' Bent  81'	Attendance: 14,697 Referee: Simon Hooper

Fulham v Wigan Athletic

10 April 2015 42	Fulham	2 – 2	Wigan Athletic	Craven Cottage, London
20:00 BST	McCormack  4' Burn  27' Smith  35' Kavanagh  45'	Report	Pennant  22' Pearce  69'	Attendance: 15,994 Referee: Mick Russell

Millwall v Wigan Athletic

14 April 2015 43	Millwall	2 – 0	Wigan Athletic	The Den, Millwall
19:45	Gregory  29' Martin  53' Bailey  63' Beevers  63' Abdou  74' Upson  78' Gueye  90+2'	Report	Bong  29' Waghorn  60' Bo-Kyung  63' Pearce  78'	Attendance: 8,494 Referee: Steve Martin

Wigan Athletic v Brighton & Hove Albion

18 April 2015 44	Wigan Athletic	2 – 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	Chow  26' Perch  81'	Report	Stephens  37' Holla  50' Stephens  55' Halford  90+1'	Attendance: 11,100 Referee: Keith Hill

Wigan Athletic v Wolverhampton Wanderers

25 April 2015 45	Wigan Athletic	0 – 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	Boyce  24' Bong  59' McClean  59' Fortuné  89'	Report	Afobe  24' Dicko  64' Stearman  80'	Attendance: 16,810 Referee: James Linington

Brentford v Wigan Athletic

2 May 2015 46	Brentford	3 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Griffin Park, Brentford
12:45	Pritchard  35' Jota  46' Gray  80'	Report	Bong  51' Maquire  71'	Attendance: 11,842 Referee: Andy Woolmer

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.^[54]

Burton Albion v Wigan Athletic

12 August 2014 Round One	Burton Albion	2 – 1	Wigan Athletic	Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
19:45	Akins  44' Knowles  45+2' Beavon  52'	Report	Fortuné  27' Al Habsi  42' Waghorn  86'	Attendance: 2,602 (677 away) Referee: Pat Miller

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.^[55]

Bolton Wanderers v Wigan Athletic

3 January 2014 Third Round	Bolton Wanderers	1 - 0	Wigan Athletic	Macron Stadium, Bolton
15:00 GMT	Vela  74' Clough  76'	Report		Attendance: 16,788 (3,594 away) Referee: Phil Dowd

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