# 2014–15 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Wigan Athletic's second consecutive season in the Championship and fourth overall.

## First team squad

As of 18 April 2015
| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Scott Carson | GK | (1985-09-03) 3 September 1985 (age 39) | Bursaspor |
| 13 | Lee Nicholls | GK | (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 (age 32) | Youth system |
| 26 | Ali Al-Habsi | GK | (1981-12-30) 30 December 1981 (age 43) | Bolton Wanderers |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | James Tavernier | RB | (1991-10-31) 31 October 1991 (age 33) | Newcastle United |
| 3 | Andrew Taylor | LB | (1986-08-01) 1 August 1986 (age 38) | Cardiff City |
| 4 | Harry Maguire | CB | (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 31) | Hull City |
| 17 | Emmerson Boyce | RB | (1979-09-24) 24 September 1979 (age 45) | Crystal Palace |
| 20 | Gaetan Bong | LB | (1988-04-25) 25 April 1988 (age 36) | Olympiacos |
| 22 | Aaron Taylor-Sinclair | LB | (1991-04-08) 8 April 1991 (age 33) | Partick Thistle |
| 23 | Juan Carlos García | LB | (1988-03-08) 8 March 1988 (age 36) | Olimpia |
| 24 | James Perch | RB | (1985-09-28) 28 September 1985 (age 39) | Newcastle United |
| 25 | Leon Barnett | CB | (1985-11-30) 30 November 1985 (age 39) | Norwich City |
| 28 | Jason Pearce | CB | (1987-12-06) 6 December 1987 (age 37) | Leeds United |
| 30 | Rob Kiernan | CB | (1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 34) | Watford |
| Midfielders |||||
| 7 | Chris McCann | CM | (1987-07-21) 21 July 1987 (age 37) | Burnley |
| 11 | James McClean | LM | (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35) | Sunderland |
| 14 | Emyr Huws | CM | (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 31) | Manchester City |
| 16 | Kim Bo-kyung | MF | (1989-10-06) 6 October 1989 (age 35) | Cardiff City |
| 18 | Sheyi Ojo | MF | (1997-06-19) 19 June 1997 (age 27) | Liverpool |
| 19 | Don Cowie | CM | (1983-02-15) 15 February 1983 (age 41) | Cardiff City |
| 27 | Josh Murphy | MF | (1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 (age 29) | Norwich |
| 36 | William Kvist | DM | (1985-02-24) 24 February 1985 (age 39) | VfB Stuttgart |
| 39 | Tim Chow | MF | (1994-01-18) 18 January 1994 (age 30) | Youth system |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Oriol Riera | ST | (1986-07-03) 3 July 1986 (age 38) | Osasuna |
| 10 | Billy McKay | ST | (1988-10-22) 22 October 1988 (age 36) | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
| 21 | Leon Clarke | ST | (1985-02-10) 10 February 1985 (age 39) | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 31 | Jerome Sinclair | ST | (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 28) | Liverpool |
| 32 | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | CF | (1981-07-02) 2 July 1981 (age 43) | West Bromwich Albion |
| 33 | Martyn Waghorn | ST | (1990-01-23) 23 January 1990 (age 34) | Leicester City |
| 42 | Grant Holt | CF | (1981-04-12) 12 April 1981 (age 43) | Norwich |
| 49 | Andy Delort | ST | (1991-10-09) 9 October 1991 (age 33) | Tours FC |

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Andrew Taylor | Cardiff City | Free | 3 June 2014 |
| 22 | DF | Aaron Taylor-Sinclair | Partick Thistle | Free | 4 June 2014 |
| 2 | DF | James Tavernier | Newcastle United | Undisclosed | 28 June 2014 |
| 9 | FW | Oriol Riera | Osasuna | Undisclosed | 28 June 2014 |
| 19 | MF | Don Cowie | Cardiff City | Free | 10 July 2014 |
| 14 | MF | Emyr Huws | Manchester City | Loan | 22 July 2014 |
| 29 | MF | Adam Forshaw | Brentford | Undisclosed | 1 September 2014 |
| 49 | FW | Andy Delort | Tours | Undisclosed | 1 September 2014 |
| 36 | MF | William Kvist | Stuttgart | Free | 1 September 2014 |
| 14 | MF | Emyr Huws | Manchester City | Undisclosed | 1 September 2014 |
| 31 | DF | Maynor Figueroa | Hull City | Loan | 21 October 2014 |

#### Winter

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 27 | DF | Liam Ridgewell | Portland Timbers | Loan | 8 January 2015 |
| 8 | DF | Chris Herd | Aston Villa | Loan | 26 January 2015 |
| 10 | FW | Billy McKay | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Undisclosed | 30 January 2015 |
| 28 | DF | Jason Pearce | Leeds United | £300,000 | 30 January 2015 |
| 18 | MF | Sheyi Ojo | Liverpool | Loan | 2 February 2015 |
| 20 | FW | Gaëtan Bong | Olympiacos | Free | 2 February 2015 |
| 21 | FW | Leon Clarke | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan | 2 February 2015 |
| 16 | MF | Kim Bo-kyung | Cardiff City | Free | 6 February 2015 |
| 4 | DF | Harry Maguire | Hull City | Loan | 10 February 2015 |
| 15 | MF | Jermaine Pennant | FC Pune City | Free | 22 February 2015 |
| 27 | MF | Josh Murphy | Norwich City | Loan | 16 March 2015 |
| 31 | FW | Jerome Sinclair | Liverpool | Loan | 16 March 2015 |

### Out
#### Summer

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 14 | MF | Jordi Gómez | Sunderland | Free | 1 July 2014 |
| 28 | MF | Daniel Redmond | Hamilton Academical | Free | 1 July 2014 |
| 22 | MF | Jean Beausejour | Colo-Colo | Free | 7 July 2014 |
| 43 | DF | Adam Buxton | Accrington Stanley | Free | 7 July 2014 |
| 3 | DF | Stephen Crainey | Fleetwood Town | Free | 7 July 2014 |
| 2 | DF | Markus Holgersson | Anorthosis Famagusta | Free | 7 July 2014 |
| 27 | DF | Jordan Mustoe | Accrington Stanley | Free | 7 July 2014 |
| — | GK | Marko Maroši | Doncaster Rovers | Free | 7 August 2014 |
| 23 | DF | Juan Carlos García | Tenerife | Loan | 10 August 2014 |
| 16 | MF | James McArthur | Crystal Palace | £7,000,000 | 1 September 2014 |
| 36 | FW | Rakish Bingham | Mansfield Town | Free | 1 September 2014 |
| 42 | FW | Grant Holt | Huddersfield Town | Loan | 28 December 2014 |
| 26 | GK | Ali Al-Habsi | Brighton & Hove Albion | Loan | 29 November 2014 |

#### Winter

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 14 | MF | Roger Espinoza | Sporting Kansas City | Undisclosed | 1 January 2015 |
| 9 | FW | Oriol Riera | Deportivo de La Coruña | Loan | 7 January 2015 |
| 2 | DF | James Tavernier | Bristol City | Loan | 15 January 2015 |
| 8 | MF | Ben Watson | Watford | Undisclosed | 23 January 2015 |
| 10 | MF | Shaun Maloney | Chicago Fire | Undisclosed | 25 January 2015 |
| 29 | MF | Adam Forshaw | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed | 28 January 2015 |
| 15 | MF | Callum McManaman | West Bromwich Albion | £4,750,000 | 28 January 2015 |
| 4 | DF | Iván Ramis | Levante | Free | 29 January 2015 |
| 9 | FW | Andy Delort | Tours | Loan | 2 February 2015 |
| 20 | MF | Fraser Fyvie | Hibernian | Free | 2 February 2015 |
| 30 | DF | Rob Kiernan | Birmingham City | Loan | 12 February 2015 |
| 55 | FW | Matthew Hamilton | AFC Fylde | Loan | 13 February 2015 |
| 72 | GK | Connor Keane | Newcastle Town | Loan | 13 February 2015 |
| 6 | DF | Thomas Rogne | IFK Göteborg | Free | 10 March 2015 |
| 47 | FW | Ryan Jennings | Accrington Stanley | Loan | 26 March 2015 |

## Squad statistics

Statistics accurate as of 2 May 2015 Source:
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Scott Carson | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Lee Nicholls | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | Ali Al-Habsi | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Andrew Taylor | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Harry Maguire | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Emmerson Boyce | 26 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Gaetan Bong | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Aaron Taylor-Sinclair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Juan Carlos García | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | James Perch | 40 (2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 (2) | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Leon Barnett | 16 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 (4) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | Jason Pearce | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | Rob Kiernan | 16 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 7 | CM | Chris McCann | 12 (6) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (6) | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | LM | James McClean | 30 (6) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 (6) | 6 | 12 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Emyr Huws | 15 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Jermaine Pennant | 12 (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (1) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Kim Bo-kyung | 17 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 (1) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Sheyi Ojo | 7 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | CM | Don Cowie | 24 (8) | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 (9) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Josh Murphy | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | William Kvist | 18 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 (8) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Tim Chow | 3 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Attackers |||||||||||||
| 10 | ST | Billy McKay | 1 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | ST | Jerome Sinclair | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | ST | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | 26 (8) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 (8) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | ST | Martyn Waghorn | 6 (17) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (17) | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 42 | ST | Grant Holt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players that played for Wigan this season that have left the club: |||||||||||||
| 16 | CM | James McArthur | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Maynor Figueroa | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | CM | Roger Espinoza | 6 (6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (6) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | ST | Oriol Riera | 5 (7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (7) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | James Tavernier | 7 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | CM | Ben Watson | 7 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | CM | Shaun Maloney | 10 (10) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 (11) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Adam Forshaw | 13 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 (3) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | RM | Callum McManaman | 18 (4) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 (4) | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Iván Ramis | 17 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | CM | Fraser Fyvie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | ST | Andy Delort | 4 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (8) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Liam Ridgewell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Chris Herd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Thomas Rogne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | ST | Leon Clarke | 8 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Statistics accurate as of 2 May 2015
| Position | Number | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| MF | 11 | James McClean | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| MF | 15 | Callum McManaman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| ST | 33 | Martyn Waghorn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MF | 15 | Jermaine Pennant | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| DF | 24 | James Perch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MF | 10 | Shaun Maloney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | 7 | Chris McCann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | 16 | Kim Bo-kyung | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | 28 | Jason Pearce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ST | 32 | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| MF | 16 | James McArthur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ST | 9 | Oriol Riera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | 3 | Andrew Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | 29 | Adam Forshaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | 18 | Roger Espinoza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | 8 | Ben Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ST | 21 | Leon Clarke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | 4 | Harry Maguire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | 39 | Tim Chow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 39 | 0 | 1 | 40 |

### Football League Championship

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 47 | |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 46 | |
| 22 | Millwall (R) | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 42 | 76 | −34 | 41 | Relegation to Football League One |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic (R) | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 39 | Relegation to Football League One |
| 24 | Blackpool (R) | 46 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 36 | 91 | −55 | 26 | Relegation to Football League One |
* ↑ Rotherham United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.

### Results

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 11 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |

## Match details
### Championship

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.

### League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Wigan Athletic were drawn at away to Burton Albion.

### FA Cup

The draw for the third round was made on 8 December 2014 at 7pm. Wigan Athletic were drawn away to local rivals Bolton Wanderers.