1979–80 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

Wigan Athletic F.C.

1979–80 season

Chairman

Arthur Horrocks

Manager

Ian McNeill

Football League Division Four

6th

FA Cup

Fourth Round

League Cup

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: Peter Houghton (15)
All: Peter Houghton (16)

Home colours

← 1978–79

1980–81 →

The 1979–80 season was the 42nd season in the history of Wigan Athletic F.C. and their second as a professional club in the Football League. The club finished the season in 6th place.

In the FA Cup, the club achieved an away victory against Second Division side Chelsea, reaching the Fourth Round for the first time in their history before being knocked out by Everton. The club did not progress beyond the first round in the League Cup. Peter Houghton was the team's top goalscorer with a total of 15 league goals (16 in all competitions). Goalkeeper John Brown won the club's Player of the Year award.

Player statistics

Note: Numbers in brackets are appearances as a substitute.

Source:^[1]

Nat.	Pos.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nat.	Pos.	Player	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
	GK	Brown, JohnJohn Brown	36	0	6	0	0	0	42	0
	FW	Brownbill, DerekDerek Brownbill	18 !12 (6)	2	3 !2 (1)	1	2	0	23 !16 (7)	3
	FW	Buckley, GlenGlen Buckley	01 !1	0	0	0	0	0	01 !1	0
	MF	Corrigan, FrankFrank Corrigan	42 !41 (1)	7	6	1	2	0	50 !49 (1)	8
	MF	Crompton, AlanAlan Crompton	01 !0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	01 !0 (1)	0
	DF	Davids, NeilNeil Davids	41	1	6	0	0	0	47	1
	DF	Fretwell, DavidDavid Fretwell	46	0	6	0	2	0	54	0
	MF	Gore, TommyTommy Gore	46	9	6	3	2	0	54	12
	DF	Hart, NigelNigel Hart	01 !1	0	0	0	0	0	01 !1	0
	DF	Hinnigan, JoeJoe Hinnigan	27	5	6	1	2	0	35	6
	FW	Houghton, PeterPeter Houghton	41 !40 (1)	15	6	0	2	1	49 !48 (1)	16
	DF	McIvor, RonRon McIvor	03 !3	1	0	0	0	0	03 !3	1
	MF	McMullen, DavidDavid McMullen	02 !2	0	0	0	0	0	02 !2	0
	DF	Methven, ColinColin Methven	35 !34 (1)	2	6	1	0	0	41 !40 (1)	3
	FW	Moore, MickMick Moore	23 !17 (6)	3	1 !0 (1)	0	1 !0 (1)	0	25 !17 (8)	3
	MF	Purdie, IanIan Purdie	09 !8 (1)	1	0	0	2	0	11 !10 (1)	1
	FW	Quinn, MickyMicky Quinn	04 !4	1	0	0	0	0	04 !4	1
	FW	Quinn, TonyTony Quinn	19 !17 (2)	9	6 !4 (2)	0	0	0	25 !21 (4)	9
	GK	Shyne, ChrisChris Shyne	10	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
	DF	Smart, KevinKevin Smart	09 !8 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	11 !10 (1)	0
	MF	Urquhart, GeorgeGeorge Urquhart	41 !37 (4)	4	6	0	1 !0 (1)	0	48 !43 (5)	4
	GK	Ward, BobBob Ward	0	0	0	0	1	0	01 !1	0
	DF	Ward, NoelNoel Ward	04 !3 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	06 !5 (1)	0
	DF	Whittle, MauriceMaurice Whittle	17	1	0	0	0	0	17	1
	MF	Wright, JeffJeff Wright	46	5	6	0	2	0	54	5

References

↑ "The English National Football Archive". Soccerdata. Retrieved 20 February 2013.

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