# List of Wigan Borough F.C. players

Wigan Borough F.C. was an English football club based in the town of Wigan. The club was founded in 1920 and joined the Lancashire Combination. In 1921, Borough turned professional when their application was accepted to play in the inaugural season of the newly formed Football League Third Division North. The team played in the Football League for ten seasons, with their most successful season coming in 1928–29, finishing fourth in the league and reaching the third round of the FA Cup. Wigan Borough folded during the 1931–32 season due to financial problems, and League football did not return to the town until Wigan Athletic F.C. were elected into the Football League in 1978.
The following list contains all the players who made at least one appearance for the club in the Football League. Appearances and goals for the 1931–32 season are also included, but have been expunged from official records.
Positions :
| GK | Goalkeeper |
| FB | Full back |
| HB | Half back |
| IF | Inside forward |
| OF | Outside forward |
| CF | Centre forward |
| Name | Nationality | Position | Club career | Appearances | Goals |
| Haughton Ackroyd | England | GK | 1921–1922 | 5 | 0 |
| Len Armitage | England | CF | 1923–1924 | 28 | 21 |
| Billy Ashurst | England | CF | 1921–1922 | 5 | 0 |
| Geoffrey Bamforth | England | HB | 1921 | 1 | 0 |
| Albert Barnett | England | IF | 1926 | 3 | 0 |
| Harry Baron | England | HB | 1921–1922 | 7 | 0 |
| Jimmy Barrington | England | FB | 1925–1927 | 71 | 1 |
| William Barrowman | England | GK | 1927–1928 | 5 | 0 |
| Frank Barson | England | HB | 1930–1931 | 19 | 0 |
| John Berry | England | HB | 1929 | 1 | 0 |
| Joseph Bibby | England | FB | 1921–1922 | 9 | 0 |
| James Bimson | England | HB | 1930–1931 | 41 | 1 |
| Ronnie Blake | England | HB | 1925–1926 | 13 | 0 |
| John Boylen | Scotland | OF | 1923 | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Bradley | England | HB | 1924–1925 | 3 | 1 |
| Tom Brandon | England | FB | 1925 | 8 | 0 |
| George Brodie | Scotland | IF | 1921–1922 | 11 | 2 |
| William Bromilow | England | GK | 1921–1922 | 33 | 0 |
| John Broster | England | HB | 1921–1922 | 31 | 3 |
| Edward Brown | England | OF | 1921 | 1 | 0 |
| James Brown | England | HB | 1924–1925 | 6 | 0 |
| John Bryce | Scotland | FB | 1927 | 3 | 0 |
| John Callagher | Scotland | HB | 1925–1926 | 8 | 2 |
| Joe Campbell | England | OF | 1921–1922 | 7 | 0 |
| Thomas Capper | England | GK | 1923 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Carlisle | England | HB | 1921–1922 | 32 | 3 |
| James Cherry | England | OF | 1931 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Chesser | England | IF | 1921–1922 | 13 | 1 |
| Ernie Cockle | England | IF | 1928–1931 | 75 | 16 |
| Henry Codd | Wales | HB | 1929–1930 | 26 | 0 |
| Sammy Collier | England | GK | 1925–1930 | 12 | 0 |
| Leigh Collins | England | HB | 1921–1923 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Collins | England | CF | 1930–1931 | 19 | 7 |
| Charlie Cook | Scotland | OF | 1924 | 3 | 0 |
| George Cooke | England | OF | 1926–1928 | 61 | 10 |
| Billy Crewe | England | IF | 1930–1931 | 24 | 4 |
| Sam Currie | Scotland | FB | 1922–1924 | 33 | 2 |
| Tom Davis | ? | OF | 1923–1924 | 7 | 1 |
| Billy Dennis | England | FB | 1928–1930 | 67 | 0 |
| Harry Dennison | England | IF | 1922–1923 | 30 | 13 |
| Billy Dickinson | England | IF | 1925–1928 | 104 | 61 |
| Owen Dorrans | Scotland | IF | 1931 | 17 | 4 |
| Billy Down | England | GK | 1930 | 2 | 0 |
| John Dunn | Scotland | IF | 1925–1926 | 13 | 6 |
| Tommy Eatock | England | OF | 1921–1923 | 10 | 1 |
| Harry Entwistle | England | HB | 1931 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Fairhurst | England | GK | 1930–1931 | 22 | 0 |
| Harry Fare | England | FB | 1922–1925 | 112 | 12 |
| Tom Fenner | England | IF | 1924–1928 | 92 | 36 |
| Alex Ferguson | Scotland | GK | 1924–1925 | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Findlay | England | HB | 1922–1924 | 30 | 0 |
| Jimmy Finney | England | HB | 1927–1929 | 7 | 0 |
| William Fisher | England | HB | 1927–1928 | 4 | 0 |
| John Flanagan | England | IF | 1930 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Fleming | Scotland | FB | 1925–1927 | 22 | 0 |
| Hugh Forshaw | England | CF | 1925–1926 | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Fort | England | FB | 1922–1923 | 1 | 0 |
| Bert Freeman | England | CF | 1921–1922 | 25 | 13 |
| Richard Gaskell | England | CF | 1926–1927 | 3 | 1 |
| Teddy Glover | England | FB | 1927–1928 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Glover | England | IF | 1923–1926 | 94 | 33 |
| John Goodwin | Scotland | GK | 1924–1925, 1926 | 44 | 0 |
| Henry Green | England | HB | 1928–1929 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Green | England | FB | 1929–1930 | 12 | 0 |
| Walter Hale | England | FB | 1925 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Hallam | England | HB | 1931 | 12 | 1 |
| Chris Harrington | England | OF | 1922–1923 | 21 | 4 |
| Thomas Harris | England | IF | 1928–1929 | 24 | 8 |
| Albert Harrison | England | HB | 1922–1923 | 6 | 0 |
| Arthur Hartley | England | FB | 1930–1931 | 7 | 0 |
| Thomas Helsby | England | HB | 1925–1926 | 29 | 0 |
| Billy Herbert | England | IF | 1921–1922 | 24 | 6 |
| Ted Heyes | England | GK | 1922–1925 | 34 | 0 |
| Richard Higson | England | GK | 1923–1924 | 2 | 0 |
| John Hobson | England | HB | 1921–1922 | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Hodges | England | OF | 1921–1922 | 33 | 5 |
| Joe Hodgkinson | England | FB | 1926 | 1 | 0 |
| William Hornby | England | CF | 1921–1922 | 1 | 1 |
| Stan Horrocks | England | HB | 1930–1931 | 16 | 0 |
| John Houghton | England | FB | 1921–1922 | 29 | 0 |
| Bobby Hughes | England | OF | 1928–1930 | 66 | 15 |
| Bert Humpish | England | HB | 1925–1929 | 161 | 15 |
| Alex Hunter | Scotland | GK | 1922–1924 | 39 | 0 |
| Henry Hurst | England | HB | 1931 | 2 | 0 |
| John Ingram | England | IF | 1929–1930 | 11 | 1 |
| Bill Jenkinson | England | FB | 1921 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Jennings | England | HB | 1923–1925 | 47 | 1 |
| Jimmy Jepson | England | CF | 1930–1931 | 35 | 28 |
| Alf Jewett | England | HB | 1926 | 1 | 0 |
| George Johnson | England | FB | 1925 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Johnson | England | IF | 1930–1931 | 30 | 9 |
| Dickie Jones | Wales | HB | 1926 | 1 | 0 |
| George Jones | England | OF | 1923–1925 | 89 | 7 |
| Sammy Julian | England | FB | 1931 | 11 | 0 |
| Jimmy Keen | England | OF | 1925–1926 | 12 | 0 |
| Thomas Kelly | England | CF | 1930 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Kershaw | England | FB | 1921–1924 | 41 | 1 |
| Billy Kettle | England | IF | 1924–1925 | 39 | 13 |
| Ernest Kidd | England | OF | 1922–1923 | 26 | 0 |
| Mick Kilhoury | England | IF | 1930–1931 | 17 | 4 |
| John Knight | England | OF | 1921–1922 | 15 | 0 |
| Denis Lawson | Scotland | OF | 1927–1928 | 28 | 2 |
| Albert Leeming | England | OF | 1924–1925 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Leigh | England | HB | 1923–1924 | 2 | 0 |
| Bert Lewins | England | FB | 1930–1931 | 26 | 0 |
| Wilfred Lievesley | England | IF | 1928–1929 | 26 | 13 |
| Tommy Lindsay | Scotland | OF | 1928–1929 | 22 | 5 |
| Tommy MacDonald | Scotland | CF | 1921 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom MacIntyre | Scotland | OF | 1922–1923 | 5 | 1 |
| James McCrae | Scotland | HB | 1923–1924 | 32 | 5 |
| Jimmy McGraham | England | HB | 1923–1924 | 34 | 1 |
| John McGuire | England | CF | 1926–1927 | 33 | 13 |
| Tommy Mandy | England | OF | 1925–1930 | 77 | 17 |
| Jack Marshall | England | HB | 1924–1925, 1926 | 41 | 2 |
| Jack Martin | England | HB | 1931 | 12 | 0 |
| Arthur Mercer | England | IF | 1922–1925 | 39 | 16 |
| Jackie Mittell | Wales | GK | 1929–1930, 1931 | 70 | 0 |
| Tommy Moon | England | OF | 1931 | 10 | 1 |
| Jack Moran | England | FB | 1925–1931 | 201 | 0 |
| Harry Morris | England | HB | 1924–1925 | 15 | 0 |
| William Morton | England | IF | 1923–1924 | 10 | 1 |
| Jimmy Murphy | England | OF | 1931 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Murray | Scotland | OF | 1930–1931 | 27 | 2 |
| Pat Nelis | Ireland | IF | 1925–1926 | 16 | 1 |
| Alf Oakes | England | IF | 1931 | 11 | 4 |
| Arthur Ormston | England | CF | 1924–1925 | 19 | 5 |
| Tommy Pearson | England | IF | 1930–1931 | 5 | 2 |
| Jack Pendleton | England | HB | 1922–1924 | 39 | 1 |
| Arthur Phoenix | England | HB | 1929–1930 | 25 | 0 |
| Albert Potter | England | FB | 1927–1929 | 67 | 4 |
| Charles Preedy | England | GK | 1928–1929 | 41 | 0 |
| Peter Pursell | Scotland | HB | 1924–1926 | 35 | 0 |
| George Rae | Scotland | IF | 1923–1924 | 19 | 1 |
| Herbert Reddyhough | England | CF | 1929 | 3 | 1 |
| Jimmy Riddell | Scotland | HB | 1925–1928 | 88 | 2 |
| Will Rigby | England | OF | 1930–1931 | 8 | 1 |
| William Rigby | England | CF | 1921–1922 | 15 | 6 |
| Arthur Rimmer | England | FB | 1930 | 1 | 0 |
| David Robb | Scotland | HB | 1926–1930 | 107 | 3 |
| Leslie Russell | England | FB | 1930–1931 | 19 | 0 |
| Ernie Salt | England | GK | 1925–1926 | 26 | 0 |
| Stan Sayer | England | CF | 1925–1926 | 16 | 7 |
| Bob Scorer | England | HB | 1925–1926 | 21 | 0 |
| Jimmy Scullion | Scotland | IF | 1930–1931 | 27 | 11 |
| Tommy Scully | England | FB | 1921 | 6 | 0 |
| Tommy Scurr | England | OF | 1929–1930 | 19 | 6 |
| Eddie Seabrook | England | HB | 1930–1931 | 4 | 0 |
| Peter Sedgwick | England | HB | 1921–1922 | 4 | 0 |
| Sammy Sharp | England | HB | 1931 | 4 | 0 |
| George Shaw | England | OF | 1927 | 2 | 0 |
| Bert Shears | England | HB | 1931 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Sheldon | England | IF | 1926–1927 | 2 | 1 |
| John Simmons | England | IF | 1930 | 2 | 0 |
| Bert Simpson | England | OF | 1924–1926 | 69 | 7 |
| Andy Smith | England | IF | 1924 | 3 | 1 |
| Cecil Smith | Wales | CF | 1928–1930 | 38 | 22 |
| Harry Spencer | England | IF | 1922–1924 | 35 | 7 |
| Albert Stevenson | Scotland | CF | 1924–1925 | 7 | 2 |
| Arthur Stevenson | England | OF | 1922–1923, 1931 | 45 | 2 |
| Bob Stewart | Scotland | FB | 1923 | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Swift | England | IF | 1924 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Tebb | England | IF | 1931 | 6 | 0 |
| James Thomas | England | HB | 1922 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Tilbrook | England | IF | 1927–1928 | 1 | 0 |
| James Twiss | England | CF | 1921–1922 | 7 | 3 |
| Albert Valentine | England | CF | 1931 | 12 | 1 |
| Bill Wade | England | FB | 1931 | 8 | 0 |
| John Wakefield | England | IF | 1928–1929 | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Walker | Scotland | IF | 1927–1928 | 8 | 1 |
| Fred Ward | England | FB | 1923–1925 | 70 | 0 |
| Arthur Welsby | England | OF | 1924–1931 | 220 | 31 |
| Billy Welsh | Scotland | IF | 1928–1930 | 55 | 16 |
| Cecil White | England | HB | 1930–1931 | 32 | 0 |
| Frank Whitfield | England | HB | 1922–1924 | 68 | 6 |
| Archie Williams | England | CF | 1922–1924 | 24 | 10 |
| Owen Williams | Wales | HB | 1921–1922, 1924 | 58 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | England | HB | 1926–1930 | 108 | 4 |
| Tommy Wilson | England | IF | 1930–1931 | 5 | 2 |
| William Winter | England | GK | 1926–1929 | 85 | 0 |
| Wilf Woodcock | England | IF | 1924–1925 | 14 | 2 |
| Fred Woodward | England | HB | 1921–1922 | 3 | 0 |
| George Yates | England | CF | 1926–1928 | 35 | 10 |