2007–08 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

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 2–0 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 2–1 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.

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.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Chris Kirkland
2	DF	Ryan Taylor
3	DF	Erik Edman
5	MF	Wilson Palacios
6	FW	Antoine Sibierski
8	MF	Kevin Kilbane^[4]
9	FW	Emile Heskey
10	MF	Jason Koumas
11	MF	Michael Brown
12	GK	Mike Pollitt
14	FW	Marlon King^[5]
15	FW	Julius Aghahowa
16	MF	Antonio Valencia

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Emmerson Boyce^[6]
18	DF	Paul Scharner
19	DF	Titus Bramble
20	DF	Salomon Olembé
21	MF	Tomasz Cywka
23	FW	Marcus Bent (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
24	MF	Josip Skoko
25	DF	Mario Melchiot (captain)
26	MF	Rachid Bouaouzan
27	MF	Tomasz Kupisz
31	DF	Maynor Figueroa (on loan from Olimpia)
32	DF	Erik Hagen (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	Andreas Granqvist (at Helsingborg)
7	FW	Henri Camara (at West Ham United)
13	GK	Carlo Nash (at Stoke City)

No.		Position	Player
22		MF	David Cotterill (at Sheffield United)
		DF	Andy Webster (at Rangers)

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[7]

GK: #13, Chris Kirkland, 38
RB: #25, Mario Melchiot, 33
CB: #5, Fitz Hall, 24
CB: #19, Titus Bramble, 27
LB: #17, Emmerson Boyce, 26
RM: #16, Antonio Valencia, 31
CM: #11, Michael Brown, 29
CM: #18, Paul Scharner, 39
LM: #8, Kevin Kilbane, 36
CF: #9, Emile Heskey, 29
CF: #23, Marcus Bent, 26

Results

Premier League

Main article: 2007–08 Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Report
1	11 August 2007	Everton	A	1 – 2	39,220	Sibierski	Report
2	15 August 2007	Middlesbrough	H	1 – 0	14,007	Sibierski	Report
3	18 August 2007	Sunderland	H	3 – 0	18,639	Sibierski, Heskey, Landzaat	Report
4	25 August 2007	West Ham United	A	1 – 1	33,793	Scharner	Report
5	1 September 2007	Newcastle United	A	0 – 1	50,461		Report
6	15 September 2007	Fulham	H	1 – 1	16,973	Koumas	Report
7	22 September 2007	Reading	A	1 – 2	21,379	Bent	Report
8	29 September 2007	Liverpool	H	0 – 1	24,311		Report
9	6 October 2007	Manchester United	A	0 – 4	75,300		Report
10	20 October 2007	Portsmouth	H	0 – 2	17,695		Report
11	27 October 2007	Birmingham City	A	2 – 3	27,661	Bent (2)	Report
12	3 November 2007	Chelsea	H	0 – 2	19,011		Report
13	11 November 2007	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0 – 4	35,504		Report
14	24 November 2007	Arsenal	A	0 – 2	60,126		Report
15	1 December 2007	Manchester City	H	1 – 1	18,614	Scharner	Report
16	9 December 2007	Bolton Wanderers	A	1 – 4	20,309	Landzaat	Report
17	15 December 2007	Blackburn Rovers	H	5 – 3	16,489	Landzaat, Bent (3), Scharner	Report
18	22 December 2007	Fulham	A	1 – 1	20,820	Bent	Report
19	26 December 2007	Newcastle United	H	1 – 0	20,304	Taylor	Report
20	29 December 2007	Aston Villa	H	1 – 2	18,806	Bramble	Report
21	2 January 2008	Liverpool	A	1 – 1	42,302	Bramble	Report
22	12 January 2008	Derby County	A	1 – 0	31,652	Sibierski	Report
23	20 January 2008	Everton	H	1 – 2	18,820	Jagielka (o.g.)	Report
24	29 January 2008	Middlesbrough	A	0 – 1	22,963		Report
25	2 February 2008	West Ham United	H	1 – 0	20,525	Kilbane	Report
26	9 February 2008	Sunderland	A	0 – 2	43,600		Report
27	23 February 2008	Derby County	H	2 – 0	20,176		Report
28	1 March 2008	Manchester City	A	0 – 0	38,261		Report
29	9 March 2008	Arsenal	H	0 – 0	19,676		Report
30	16 March 2008	Bolton Wanderers	H	1 – 0	17,055	Heskey	Report
31	22 March 2008	Blackburn Rovers	A	1 – 3	23,541	King	Report
32	29 March 2008	Portsmouth	A	0 – 2	18,623		Report
33	5 April 2008	Birmingham City	H	2 – 0	17,926	Taylor (2)	Report
34	14 April 2008	Chelsea	A	1 – 1	40,487	Heskey	Report
35	19 April 2008	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1 – 1	18,673	Heskey	Report
36	26 April 2008	Reading	H	0 – 0	19,043		Report
37	3 May 2008	Aston Villa	A	2 – 0	42,640	Valencia (2)	Report
38	11 May 2008	Manchester United	H	0 – 2	25,133		Report

FA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Report
R3	5 January 2008	Sunderland	A	3 – 0	20,821	Scharner, Cotterill, McShane (o.g.)	Report
R4	26 January 2008	Chelsea	H	1 – 2	14,166	Sibierski	Report

League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Report
R2	28 August 2007	Hull City	H	0 – 1	5,440		Report

References

↑ "Wigan 0–2 Chelsea". 3 November 2007. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
↑ "Latics are safe". 3 May 2008. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2007-2008/faprem/wigan.htm FootballSquads – Wigan Athletic – 2007/08
↑ Kilbane was born in Preston, England.
↑ King was born in Dulwich, London, England.
↑ 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.
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