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For all Wigan Borough players with a Wikipedia article, see Category: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 Notes
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 [A]
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 [A]
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 [A]
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 [A]
Arthur Mercer   England IF 1922–1925 39 16
Jackie Mittell   Wales GK 1929–1930, 1931 70 0
Tommy Moon   England OF 1931 10 1 [A]
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 [A]
Michael Murray   Scotland OF 1930–1931 27 2
Pat Nelis   Ireland IF 1925–1926 16 1
Alf Oakes   England IF 1931 11 4 [A]
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 [A]
George Shaw   England OF 1927 2 0
Bert Shears   England HB 1931 4 0 [A]
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 [A]
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 [A]
Bill Wade   England FB 1931 8 0 [A]
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

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l All appearances were made during the 1931–32 season in which the club folded, and have been expunged from official records.

References

  • Dykes, Garth (2011). Wigan Borough in the Football League: A Complete Record and Who's Who 1921–1931. Tony Brown. ISBN  978-1-905891-53-5.
  • "Players A to Z - Wigan Borough Football Club". Bernard Ramsdale. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=List_of_Wigan_Borough_F.C._players&oldid=1199976253"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For all Wigan Borough players with a Wikipedia article, see Category: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 Notes
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 [A]
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 [A]
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 [A]
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 [A]
Arthur Mercer   England IF 1922–1925 39 16
Jackie Mittell   Wales GK 1929–1930, 1931 70 0
Tommy Moon   England OF 1931 10 1 [A]
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 [A]
Michael Murray   Scotland OF 1930–1931 27 2
Pat Nelis   Ireland IF 1925–1926 16 1
Alf Oakes   England IF 1931 11 4 [A]
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 [A]
George Shaw   England OF 1927 2 0
Bert Shears   England HB 1931 4 0 [A]
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 [A]
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 [A]
Bill Wade   England FB 1931 8 0 [A]
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

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l All appearances were made during the 1931–32 season in which the club folded, and have been expunged from official records.

References

  • Dykes, Garth (2011). Wigan Borough in the Football League: A Complete Record and Who's Who 1921–1931. Tony Brown. ISBN  978-1-905891-53-5.
  • "Players A to Z - Wigan Borough Football Club". Bernard Ramsdale. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=List_of_Wigan_Borough_F.C._players&oldid=1199976253"

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