Wigan Athletic
Posted on January 13, 2008
Filed Under English Premier League, Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic Football Club
Nicknames: The Latics
Founded: 1932
Stadium: JJB
Capacity: 25,138
Owner: David Whelan
Chairman: David Whelan
Manager: Steve Bruce
The team is based in Wigan, Greater Manchester at JJB Stadium. The club, founded in 1932, is the youngest in English Premier League with only 75 years of history. Wigan are only the fourth team in England in the last 20 years to win promotion in the Premier League for the first time.
They gained promotion in the first league in 2005 and their first season was pretty impressive. In November they were in the 2nd place in Premier League after surprising wins over good teams from Premier League. Their first season was pretty good but in the next years Wigan struggled to remain in the Premier League. Last year, they finish 17th and were almost relegated.
The club’s is playing at JJB Stadium since 1999, a stadium that’s shared with Wigan Rugby Team. The modern all seater stadium was officially opened in 4th of August 1999, and it’s cost was 30 million pounds. David Wheland, the club’s owner is a former football player for Blackburn Rovers. He bought Wigan Athletic in 1995 when the team was in brittish third division. Since then, every year the club is making serious progress. With his support Wigan managed to remain in the Premier League and the were in the League Cup Finals in 2006, where they’ve lost to Manchester United
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