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The 1978–79 season was the 41st season in the history of Wigan Athletic F.C. and their first as a professional club in the Football League.After finishing 2nd in the Northern Premier League during the previous season, the club was nominated to apply for Football League status, and were elected into the league to replace Southport.
After a tense re-vote which Wigan controversially won 29–20, Southport lost their place in the Fourth Division and Wigan Athletic became an English League club on 2 June 1978. [ 7 ] In the club's first season of League football, Wigan Athletic finished in sixth place, just six points off promotion and playing in front of an average crowd of ...
Since Wigan Athletic's admission to the Football League in 1978, the club has built up several rivalries, mainly with Bolton Wanderers, the club's primary derby match. One rivalry that has arisen in recent years has been that with Manchester City , [ 90 ] since the first time they met in the Second Division in 1998, the season in which City ...
Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional football team based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in 1932, and joined the Football League in 1978. Wigan Athletic currently compete in the third tier of English football, the EFL League One.
The 1977–78 Northern Premier League was the tenth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales. The season began on 21 August 1976 and concluded on 7 May 1978.
The DW Stadium (formerly the JJB Stadium) has been the home of Wigan Athletic since the 1999–2000 season. Wigan Athletic Football Club was founded in 1932 and joined the Football League in 1978. The team played in the Premier League for the first time in 2005–06. The table details the club's achievements in all first team competitions, and records their top goalscorer, for each completed ...
2 June 1978: Wigan Athletic, runners-up of the Northern Premier League, are elected to the Football League Fourth Division at the expense of Southport. Boston United, champions of the Northern Premier League, had been unable to apply for election to the Football League. 15 June 1978: Blackpool midfielder Alan Groves died of a heart attack aged 29.
A forward, Houghton made his breakthrough into professional football at 23 when Wigan Athletic were elected to The Football League in 1978. He had joined the Latics a few months earlier from South Liverpool, after an earlier spell with Prescot Town where he won a Mid–Cheshire League championship. [3]