Full name | Wigan Athletic Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | Latics | |
Foondit | 1932 | |
Ground | DW Stadium, Wigan | |
Capacity | 25,138 | |
Awner | Dave Whelan | |
Chairman | David Sharpe[1] | |
Manager | Paul Cook | |
League | League One | |
2022–23 | Championship, 24t o 24 (relegatit) | |
Wabsteid | Club wabsteid | |
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Wigan Athletic Football Club is a Inglis profeesional fitbaw club based in Wigan, Lancashire, who compete in the Football League Championship, the seicont tier o Inglis fitbaw. Foondit in 1932, the club is the maist recently formit club in the diveesion.[2]
They hae played at the DW Stadium syne 1999,[3] sharin the stadium wi rugby league club Wigan Warriors.[4] They previously played at Springfield Park for 67 year.[5] The club's elkname is Latics, derivit frae a contraction o the wird "Athletic". They are the current haulders o the FA Cup. They hae wan the Second Division, Third Division an are twa-times winners o the Football League Trophy an aw, alang wi numerous regional fitbaw competitions frae their time as a nan-league club.
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