The 2007β08 Wigan Athletic F.C. season was the club's 30th season in the Football League and their third season in the Premier League.
Season summary
Under new manager
Chris Hutchings, the team started the season well, winning two of their opening three games and briefly leading the Premiership table for the first time in the club's history. However, after going the next ten games without a win, Wigan found themselves in the bottom three.[1] Hutchings was sacked and
Birmingham City's
Steve Bruce was appointed as the new manager a couple of weeks later. Results began to improve, and the club steadily pulled away from relegation before finally securing their survival in their penultimate game in a 2β0 away win against
Aston Villa.[2] The club finished in 14th place at the end of the season.
Wigan had little success in the cups, and were knocked out of the
League Cup in their first game against
Hull City. The club also made it to the fourth round of the
FA Cup before losing 2β1 to
Chelsea.
Marcus Bent, on loan from
Charlton Athletic, finished the season as the club's top goalscorer with a total of seven goals, and
Paul Scharner was voted as the club's Player of the Year.
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. For further information on European qualification see
Premier League β Competition
Squad
First-team squad
(Sources)[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
^Boyce was born in
Aylesbury,
England, but also qualified to represent
Barbados internationally through his parents and would make his full international debut for
Barbados in March 2008.
The 2007β08 Wigan Athletic F.C. season was the club's 30th season in the Football League and their third season in the Premier League.
Season summary
Under new manager
Chris Hutchings, the team started the season well, winning two of their opening three games and briefly leading the Premiership table for the first time in the club's history. However, after going the next ten games without a win, Wigan found themselves in the bottom three.[1] Hutchings was sacked and
Birmingham City's
Steve Bruce was appointed as the new manager a couple of weeks later. Results began to improve, and the club steadily pulled away from relegation before finally securing their survival in their penultimate game in a 2β0 away win against
Aston Villa.[2] The club finished in 14th place at the end of the season.
Wigan had little success in the cups, and were knocked out of the
League Cup in their first game against
Hull City. The club also made it to the fourth round of the
FA Cup before losing 2β1 to
Chelsea.
Marcus Bent, on loan from
Charlton Athletic, finished the season as the club's top goalscorer with a total of seven goals, and
Paul Scharner was voted as the club's Player of the Year.
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. For further information on European qualification see
Premier League β Competition
Squad
First-team squad
(Sources)[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
^Boyce was born in
Aylesbury,
England, but also qualified to represent
Barbados internationally through his parents and would make his full international debut for
Barbados in March 2008.