List of 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.

Name	Nationality	Position	Club career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Haughton Ackroyd	England	GK	1921–1922	5	0
Len Armitage	England	CF	1923–1924	28	21
	England	CF	1921–1922	5	0
	England	HB	1921	1	0
Albert Barnett	England	IF	1926	3	0
	England	HB	1921–1922	7	0
Jimmy Barrington	England	FB	1925–1927	71	1
	England	GK	1927–1928	5	0
Frank Barson	England	HB	1930–1931	19	0
	England	HB	1929	1	0
	England	FB	1921–1922	9	0
	England	HB	1930–1931	41	1
	England	HB	1925–1926	13	0
John Boylen	Scotland	OF	1923	1	0
	England	HB	1924–1925	3	1
Tom Brandon	England	FB	1925	8	0
	Scotland	IF	1921–1922	11	2
	England	GK	1921–1922	33	0
John Broster	England	HB	1921–1922	31	3
	England	OF	1921	1	0
	England	HB	1924–1925	6	0
	Scotland	FB	1927	3	0
John Callagher	Scotland	HB	1925–1926	8	2
	England	OF	1921–1922	7	0
	England	GK	1923	5	0
	England	HB	1921–1922	32	3
	England	OF	1931	4	0	[A]
Billy Chesser	England	IF	1921–1922	13	1
	England	IF	1928–1931	75	16
	Wales	HB	1929–1930	26	0
	England	GK	1925–1930	12	0
Leigh Collins	England	HB	1921–1923	5	0
	England	CF	1930–1931	19	7
Charlie Cook	Scotland	OF	1924	3	0
	England	OF	1926–1928	61	10
	England	IF	1930–1931	24	4
Sam Currie	Scotland	FB	1922–1924	33	2
	?	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
	Scotland	IF	1931	17	4
Billy Down	England	GK	1930	2	0
	Scotland	IF	1925–1926	13	6
	England	OF	1921–1923	10	1
	England	HB	1931	2	0
	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
	England	HB	1922–1924	30	0
	England	HB	1927–1929	7	0
	England	HB	1927–1928	4	0
John Flanagan	England	IF	1930	1	0
Tom Fleming	Scotland	FB	1925–1927	22	0
	England	CF	1925–1926	1	1
	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
	Scotland	GK	1924–1925, 1926	44	0
	England	HB	1928–1929	3	0
	England	FB	1929–1930	12	0
	England	FB	1925	1	0
	England	HB	1931	12	1
Chris Harrington	England	OF	1922–1923	21	4
	England	IF	1928–1929	24	8
Albert Harrison	England	HB	1922–1923	6	0
	England	FB	1930–1931	7	0
Thomas Helsby	England	HB	1925–1926	29	0
Billy Herbert	England	IF	1921–1922	24	6
	England	GK	1922–1925	34	0
	England	GK	1923–1924	2	0
	England	HB	1921–1922	3	0
Frank Hodges	England	OF	1921–1922	33	5
	England	FB	1926	1	0
	England	CF	1921–1922	1	1
	England	HB	1930–1931	16	0
	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
	England	HB	1931	2	0	[A]
	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
	England	IF	1930–1931	30	9
	Wales	HB	1926	1	0
	England	OF	1923–1925	89	7
	England	FB	1931	11	0	[A]
	England	OF	1925–1926	12	0
	England	CF	1930	1	0
	England	FB	1921–1924	41	1
Billy Kettle	England	IF	1924–1925	39	13
Ernest Kidd	England	OF	1922–1923	26	0
	England	IF	1930–1931	17	4
	England	OF	1921–1922	15	0
Denis Lawson	Scotland	OF	1927–1928	28	2
	England	OF	1924–1925	1	0
	England	HB	1923–1924	2	0
	England	FB	1930–1931	26	0
Wilfred Lievesley	England	IF	1928–1929	26	13
	Scotland	OF	1928–1929	22	5
	Scotland	CF	1921	1	0
	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
	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
	England	HB	1924–1925	15	0
	England	IF	1923–1924	10	1
	England	OF	1931	2	0	[A]
	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
	England	IF	1930–1931	5	2
	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
	England	CF	1929	3	1
	Scotland	HB	1925–1928	88	2
	England	OF	1930–1931	8	1
	England	CF	1921–1922	15	6
	England	FB	1930	1	0
David Robb	Scotland	HB	1926–1930	107	3
	England	FB	1930–1931	19	0
	England	GK	1925–1926	26	0
Stan Sayer	England	CF	1925–1926	16	7
	England	HB	1925–1926	21	0
	Scotland	IF	1930–1931	27	11
	England	FB	1921	6	0
	England	OF	1929–1930	19	6
	England	HB	1930–1931	4	0
	England	HB	1921–1922	4	0
Sammy Sharp	England	HB	1931	4	0	[A]
	England	OF	1927	2	0
Bert Shears	England	HB	1931	4	0	[A]
	England	IF	1926–1927	2	1
	England	IF	1930	2	0
	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
	Scotland	CF	1924–1925	7	2
	England	OF	1922–1923, 1931	45	2
	Scotland	FB	1923	3	0
	England	IF	1924	1	0
Tommy Tebb	England	IF	1931	6	0	[A]
	England	HB	1922	1	0
	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]
	England	IF	1928–1929	1	0
	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
	England	HB	1930–1931	32	0
	England	HB	1922–1924	68	6
	England	CF	1922–1924	24	10
Owen Williams	Wales	HB	1921–1922, 1924	58	0
Tom Wilson	England	HB	1926–1930	108	4
	England	IF	1930–1931	5	2
	England	GK	1926–1929	85	0
Wilf Woodcock	England	IF	1924–1925	14	2
Fred Woodward	England	HB	1921–1922	3	0
	England	CF	1926–1928	35	10

Notes[]

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.