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Wigan Athletic's home attendance fell by more than this, with their average attendance for the 2008–09 season falling by 633 from the season before. [43] The highest attendance at the stadium for this season was a match between Wigan Athletic and Arsenal F.C., in which 22,954 people were counted.
Warm-up at the DW Stadium. Wigan Athletic's stadium is the 25,138 capacity The Brick Community Stadium, part of the Robin Park complex in Wigan. It has been the club's home since the 1999–2000 season. Wigan Athletic owns the stadium, but leases the ground to rugby league team Wigan Warriors. [71] The stadium cost £30 million to construct.
Wigan Athletic was formed in 1932, following the winding up of Wigan Borough the previous year. Wigan Athletic is a stable association football club in the town. The first was Wigan Association Football Club, founded in 1883 as an offshoot of Wigan Cricket Club, and a member of the short-lived British Football Association, playing at Prescott Street. [1]
The following season, a record crowd of 27,526 watched Wigan Athletic beat Hereford United 4–1. To this day, it is the largest attendance ever recorded between two non-league clubs excluding Wembley finals. [4] 19 October 1966 marked the first floodlit match at Springfield Park, when Wigan Athletic played Crewe Alexandra.
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 ...
Wigan Borough F.C. resigned from the football league during the 1931–32 season. Shortly after Borough went out of business and a new club, Wigan Athletic F.C., was formed and continued to play their home games at Springfield Park. After lengthy negotiations, Wigan Athletic purchased the ground from the owners of the Woodhouse Lane Stadium for ...
First FA Cup match: Wigan Athletic 1–1 Great Harwood, preliminary round, 16 September 1933. First Northern Premier League match: Scarborough 0–2 Wigan Athletic, 10 August 1968. First Football League match: Hereford United 0–0 Wigan Athletic, 19 August 1978.
Brick Community Stadium; H. History of Wigan Athletic F.C. R. ... Media in category "Wigan Athletic F.C." The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. D.