After spending many hours collating the results we are now in a position to start to reveal our TNS Top 50 Latics players – voted for by you, the fans
We would again like to thank wholeheartedly everyone who participated. In total we received around 1,300 votes from around 130 Wigan Athletic fans. Still a relatively small sample of our overall fanbase but enough to get a real yardstick of which players have contributed the most to Wigan Athletic’s history and endeared themselves the most to the club’s supporters over the years. And this is certainly the first time for a while, if not ever that such a poll has been put together.
Only one player polled over 100 votes to be crowned the eventual and worthy winner although it was a very closely fought contest for a while with 127 different players receiving at least one vote as part of the process.
Over the next couple of weeks we will reveal all and count down those famous players who have worn the blue and white over the years, delving into Bernard Ramsdale’s wonderful archives here at TNS which tell you everything you need to know about every player who has played for Wigan Athletic since we became a part of the hallowed 92.
But for now, we thought it would make a useful start to list all those players who were nominated by individuals but just missed out on the Top 50. They all meant something to someone, although I reserved the right to filter out the Paul Dalglishs, the Jeff Perons and Alan McLoughlins. I was only disappointed that Leigh Jenkinson or Wayne Entwistle didn’t receive a vote.
Although on a more serious note, there were a few notable omissions such as Paul Beesley, Darren Patterson, Ian Griffiths and the recently deceased Chris Thompson for whom I was surprised didn’t receive a vote but anyway here are the ones who polled anything up to a handful of votes but just missed out.
There is no order here but I have tried to list them by era and group them in the chronological order during which they were most noted for playing for the club.
Division Four or Three are first time around; League Two and League One second time following our relegation and subsequent promotion in the Nineties and the rest should be reasonably self explanatory. Again, I’m sure Bernard will correct me (or preferably go in and do a sneaky edit) if I’ve put anyone in the wrong place:
REMINDER: THESE ARE THE PLAYERS WHICH JUST MISSED OUT ON THE TOP 50 PLACEs
Non League
Alan Halsall
Billy Lomax
Bobby Todd
Dennis Reeves
Gordon Milne
Graham Oates
Jim Fleming
Jimmy Savage
Johnny King
Johnny Rogers
Maurice Whittle
Peter Higham
Division Four
Dave Shearer
Derek Brownbill
Ian Purdie
Jeff Wright
John Brown
Kevin Sheldon
Kevin Smart
Larry Lloyd
Les Bradd
Division Three
Alex Cribley
Andy Ainscow
Archie Gemmill
Barry Knowles
Dave Thompson
David Lee
Don Page
Joe Parkinson
Mike Newell
Paul Cook
Phil Hughes
Ray Woods
Stan McEwan
Steve Walsh
Tony Black
Warren Aspinall
League Two
Allan Johnson
Andy Lyons
Graham Lancashire
Jesus Seba
John Robertson
Peter Skipper
League One
Carl Bradshaw
Derek Stillie
Gino Padula
Jason Jarrett
Kevin Sharp
Mike Flynn
Pat McGibbon
Paul Rogers
Steve McMillan
Wayne Biggins
Championship
Gary Walsh
Ian Breckin
Nicky Eaden
Premier League
Amr Zaki
Antonio Alcaraz
Chris Kirkland
David Unsworth
Denny Landzaat
Franco Di Santo
James McArthur
Kevin Kilbane
Mario Melchiot
Michael Brown
Mohamed Diame
Pascal Chimbonda
Ryan Taylor
Shaun Maloney
Titus Bramble
Victor Moses
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