NEIL BAILEY – MAURO BOSELLI BAILEY, Neil DOB: 26th September 1958 Other clubs: Burnley, Ashton United, Newport County, Vaasan Palloseura, Stockport County, Blackpool, Manchester United (youth coach), Sunderland (reserve team manager) Neil, who was born in Wigan, arrived at Springfield Park in October 1983 from Newport County on a free transfer. He made his Latics League […]
GARY WALSH – RETO ZIEGLER WALSH, Gary DOB: 21st March 1968 Other clubs: Manchester United, Airdrie, Oldham Athletic, Middlesbrough, Bradford City, Derby County, (g/k coach), Hartlepool United (g/k coach), Hull City (g/k coach) Honours: England Under 21’s (2 caps), Wigan born, Gary joined Latics on Thursday 7th August 2003. He had spent the summer on […]
PAUL TAIT – DANNY VAUGHAN TAIT, Paul DOB: 24th October 1974 Other clubs: Everton, Runcorn, Northwich Victoria, Crewe Alexandra, Hull City, Bristol Rovers, Rochdale, Chester City, Boston United, Southport, Barrow Paul was signed on a free transfer from Everton on 22nd July 1994. He made his Latics League debut on 3rd September 1994 against Barnet […]
CONOR SAMMON – GREG STRONG SAMMON, Conor DOB: 13th April 1987 Other clubs: UCD, Derry City, Kilmarnock, Derby County Honours: Republic of Ireland Under 21’s (3 caps) Conor arrived at the DW Stadium on 31st January 2011, transfer deadline day, from Kilmarnock for a fee of £600,000 from Scottish outfit Kilmarnock. He made his Premier […]
MICK QUINN – COLIN RUSSELL QUINN, Mick DOB: 2nd May 1962 Other clubs: Derby County, Stockport County, Oldham Athletic, Portsmouth, Newcastle United, PAOK Salonika, Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle, Watford Mike arrived at Springfield Park at the start of season 1979/80 after serving his apprenticeship at Derby County. He became a scoring phenomenon in the […]
BRENDAN O’CONNELL – IAN PURDIE O’CONNELL, Brendan DOB: 12th November 1966 Other clubs: Portsmouth, Exeter City, Burnley, Huddersfield Town, Barnsley, Charlton Athletic, Rossendale United, Northwich Victoria (asst manager) Brendan was signed by John Deehan from Charlton Athletic for the start of the 1997/98 season. He made his Latics League debut on the opening day of […]
ALAN MAHON – STEVE NUGENT MAHON, Alan DOB: 4th April 1978 Other clubs: Crumplin United, Tranmere Rovers. Sporting Lisbon, Blackburn Rovers, Cardiff City, Ipswich Town, Burnley, Blackpool Honours: Republic of Ireland Under 21’s (18 caps), Republic of Ireland (2 caps) League Cup Final winner 2002 (Blackburn Rovers) Alan was signed on a three and […]
OLIVIER KAPO – ANDY LYONS KAPO Olivier DOB: 27th September 1980 Other clubs: Auxerre, Juventus, Monaco, Levante, Birmingham City, Boulogne, Celtic, Al-Alhi, Auxerre Honours: France (9 caps, 3 goals) Olivier became Steve Bruce’s second summer signing of 2008. He arrived at the JJB Stadium on 15th July 2008, signing a three-year contract for a fee […]
MATT JACKSON – LUKE JOYCE JACKSON, Matt DOB: 19th October 1971 Other clubs: Luton Town, Preston North End, Everton, Charlton Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Birmingham City, Norwich City, Watford, Blackpool Honours: England Under 21’s (10 caps), FA Cup winner 1995 (Everton), Second Division Championship winner 2003 (Wigan Athletic) Paul Jewell initially signed Matt on loan […]
KRISTOFER HAESTAD – BOBBY HUTCHINSON HAESTAD, Kristofer DOB: 9 December, 1983 Other clubs: Start, Valerenga IF Honours: Norway (27 caps, 1 goal) Kristofer was signed on 29th December 2006 on a six month loan deal from Norwegian Premier League outfit, Start. The deal, like Andreas Granqvists’s the previous day was expected to be made permanent […]