2011–12 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

The 2011–12 English football season is Wigan Athletic's seventh consecutive season in the Premier League. The club also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

Wigan Athletic

Chairman	Dave Whelan
Manager	Roberto Martínez
Premier League	15th
FA Cup	Third round (eliminated by Swindon Town)
League Cup	Second round (eliminated by Crystal Palace)
Top goalscorer	League: Franco Di Santo (7) All: Franco Di Santo (7)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

At the end of the 2011–12 Premier League, Wigan Athletic finished in 15th place, two points below 14th-placed Stoke City. Wigan's last game of the Premier League season was a 3–2 victory against already-relegated Wolverhampton Wanderers.[1]

Season review

Summary

Wigan Athletic had a tough season, spending much of it in the relegation zone and often in the bottom two. They had eight consecutive losses, between 10 September and 6 November, until earning a draw against fellow strugglers Blackburn Rovers on 19 November. Wigan were rock-bottom from 15 October to 26 November, when winning against Sunderland. They started to improve afterwards, accumulating some points during the Christmas period, but returned to losing ways with four-straight losses, all in January. Once again, after the defeat against Tottenham Hotspur on 31 January, Wigan were bottom in the table. After winning against fellow strugglers Wanderers, Wigan remained bottom on goal difference.

In March, Wigan greatly improved, first losing against Swansea City but earning draws against Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion. But it was from late March onwards when Wigan completely transformed themselves. They earned wins against Liverpool and Stoke City before a controversial 2–1 defeat against Chelsea, where both of Chelsea's goals were from an offside position. Nevertheless, Wigan were in very strong form and made history after beating Manchester United for the first time. This was followed by their first-ever away win against Arsenal, a defeat to Fulham and their biggest win in the Premier League, a 4–0 demolition of Newcastle United (who were chasing UEFA Champions League football). In the last two games of the season, Wigan beat Blackburn and Wolverhampton Wanderers – both of whom were relegated – to stay in the Premier League. In short, Wigan recorded seven wins in their last nine matches.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Sunderland	38	11	12	15	45	46	−1	45
14	Stoke City	38	11	12	15	36	53	−17	45
15	Wigan Athletic	38	11	10	17	42	62	−20	43
16	Aston Villa	38	7	17	14	37	53	−16	38
17	Queens Park Rangers	38	10	7	21	43	66	−23	37

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Competitions

Pre season

16 July 2011	Östersund	1 – 2	Wigan Athletic	Jämtkraft Arena, Sweden
20:00	Shaze  50' (pen.)		Moses  29' Boselli  68'	Attendance: 1,949 (93 away)

24 July 2011	Al Ain	0 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Bischofshofen, Austria
17:00				Attendance: 418

27 July 2011	Wigan Athletic	2 – 0	Al-Ahli	Leogang, Austria
16:30	Moses  9', 25'

31 July 2011	Preston North End	1 – 3	Wigan Athletic	Deepdale, England
15:00	Linganzi  27'		McCarthy  1' Moses  8' Boyce  30'	Attendance: 5,749 (1,733 away)

7 August 2011	Wigan Athletic	1 – 0	Villarreal	DW Stadium, England
16:00	Moses  45+1'

Premier League

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W
Position	8	12	8	9	15	15	18	19	19	20	20	20	19	20	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	17	16	17	16	15	15

Source: WorldFootball.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

13 August 2011 1	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Norwich City	Wigan
15:00	Watson  21' (pen.)	Report	Hoolahan  45'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 17,454 Referee: Stuart Attwell

20 August 2011 2	Swansea City	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Swansea
15:00		Report		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 19,028 Referee: Phil Dowd

27 August 2011 3	Wigan Athletic	2–0	QPR	Wigan
12:30	López  33' Di Santo  41', 66' Caldwell  77'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 17,225 Referee: Michael Oliver

10 September 2011 4	Manchester City	3–0	Wigan Athletic	Manchester
15:00	Agüero  13', 63', 69'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,509 Referee: Martin Atkinson

17 September 2011 5	Everton	3–1	Wigan Athletic	Liverpool
15:00	Jagielka  33' Vellios  84' Drenthe  90+2'	Report	Di Santo  31'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 31,576 Referee: Peter Walton

24 September 2011 6	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Wigan
15:00	Diamé  50'	Report	Van der Vaart  3' Bale  23'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 18,778 Referee: Jonathan Moss

1 October 2011 7	Aston Villa	2–0	Wigan Athletic	Birmingham
15:00	Agbonlahor  38' Bent  60'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,744 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

15 October 2011 8	Wigan Athletic	1–3	Bolton Wanderers	Wigan
15:00	Diamé  40'	Report	Reo-Coker  4' N'Gog  45+3' Eagles  90+2'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 17,261 Referee: Mike Dean

22 October 2011 9	Newcastle United	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Newcastle
15:00	Cabaye  81'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 48,321 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

29 October 2011 10	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Fulham	Wigan
15:00		Report	Dempsey  41' Dembélé  86'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 15,796 Referee: Mike Jones

6 November 2011 11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Wigan Athletic	Wolverhampton
13:30 GMT	O'Hara  31',  80' Edwards  55' Ward  66' Hunt  78'	Report	Alcaraz  26' Watson  42'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 2,353 Referee: Lee Probert

19 November 2011 12	Wigan Athletic	3–3	Blackburn Rovers	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Gómez  7' Caldwell  31' Crusat  88'	Report	Yakubu  2', 90+9' (pen.) Hoilett  59'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 17,329 Referee: Marriner

26 November 2011 13	Sunderland	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Larsson  8'	Report	Gómez  44' (pen.) Di Santo  90+3'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,883 Referee: Friend

3 December 2011 14	Wigan Athletic	0–4	Arsenal	Wigan
15:00 GMT		Report	Arteta  28' Vermaelen  29' Gervinho  61' Van Persie  78'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 19,280 Referee: Clattenburg

10 December 2011 15	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Wigan Athletic	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Reid  33'	Report	Moses  37' Gómez  57' (pen.)	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,446 Referee: Dean

17 December 2011 16	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Chelsea	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Gómez  88'	Report	Sturridge  59'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 18,320 Referee: Martin Atkinson

21 December 2011 17	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Liverpool	Wigan
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 19,230 Referee: Michael Oliver

26 December 2011 18	Manchester United	5–0	Wigan Athletic	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Park  8' Berbatov  41', 58', 78' (pen.) Valencia  75'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,183 Referee: Phil Dowd

31 December 2011 19	Stoke City	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Walters  77' (pen.) Jerome  84'	Report	Moses  45' Watson  87' (pen.)	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 26,595 Referee: Michael Oliver

3 January 2012 20	Wigan Athletic	1–4	Sunderland	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Rodallega  62'	Report	Gardner  45+4' McClean  55' Sessègnon  73' Vaughan  80'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 15,871 Referee: Mike Dean

16 January 2012 21	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Manchester City	Wigan
19:45 GMT		Report	Džeko  22'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 16,026 Referee: Martin Atkinson

21 January 2012 22	QPR	3–1	Wigan Athletic	London
15:00 GMT	Helguson  33' (pen.) Buzsáky  45' Smith  81'	Report	Rodallega  66'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,002 Referee: Jonathan Moss

31 January 2012 23	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Wigan Athletic	London
20:00 GMT	Bale  29', 64' Modrić  34'	Report	McArthur  80'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,801 Referee: Lee Probert

4 February 2012 24	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Everton	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Neville  73' (o.g.)	Report	Anichebe  83'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 18,340 Referee: Anthony Taylor

11 February 2012 25	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Bolton
15:00 GMT	M. Davies  67'	Report	Caldwell  43' McArthur  76'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 23,450 Referee: Howard Webb

25 February 2012 26	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Aston Villa	Wigan
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 20,601 Referee: Friend

3 March 2012 27	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Swansea City	Wigan
15:00 GMT		Report	Sigurðsson  45+2', 54'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 19,001 Referee: Marriner

11 March 2012 28	Norwich	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Norwich
16:00 GMT	Hoolahan  10',  55' Holt  43' Whitbread  61' Drury  72'	Report	Moses  68',  90+3' McCarthy  79' Alcaraz  81' McArthur  90+5'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,653 Referee: Friend

17 March 2012 29	Wigan Athletic	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Wigan
15:00 GMT	McArthur  54'	Report	Scharner  65'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 21,379 Referee: Oliver

24 March 2012 30	Liverpool	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Suárez  47',  54'	Report	Maloney  30' (pen.) Di Santo  43' Figueroa  53' Caldwell  63'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,431 Referee: Mason

31 March 2012 31	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Stoke City	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Alcaraz  54' Moses  90+3'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 19,786 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

7 April 2012 32	Chelsea	2–1	Wigan Athletic	London
15:00 GMT	Ivanović  62' Mata  90+3'	Report	Diamé  82'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,651 Referee: Jones

11 April 2012 33	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Manchester United	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Di Santo  22' Maloney  50'	Report	Evans  22' Jones  85'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 18,115 Referee: Phil Dowd

16 April 2012 34	Arsenal	1–2	Wigan Athletic	London
20:00 GMT	Vermaelen  21' Sagna  33' Song  72'	Report	Di Santo  7' Gómez  8' Caldwell  59' Al-Habsi  90+1' McArthur  90+5'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,060 Referee: Andre Marriner

21 April 2012 35	Fulham	2–1	Wigan Athletic	London
15:00 GMT	Pogrebnyak  58' Senderos  89'	Report	Boyce  57'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,689 Referee: Lee Mason

28 April 2012 36	Wigan Athletic	4–0	Newcastle United	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Moses  13', 15' Maloney  36' Di Santo  45'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 22,187 Referee: Mike Dean

7 May 2012 37	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Wigan Athletic	Blackburn
20:00 GMT		Report	Alcaraz  87'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 26,144 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

13 May 2012 38	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Di Santo  12' Boyce  14', 79'	Report	Jarvis  9' Fletcher  86'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 21,986 Referee: Oliver

League Cup

13 September 2011 Second Round	Crystal Palace	2 – 1	Wigan Athletic	Selhurst Park
19:45	Ambrose  24' Williams  30'		Watson  90+2'	Attendance: 7,649

FA Cup

7 January 2012 Third Round	Swindon Town	2 – 1	Wigan Athletic	County Ground
15:00	Connell  40' Benson  76'		McManaman  35'	Attendance: 13,238

Players

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
5	DF	Gary Caldwell		37	Club captain
3	DF	Antolín Alcaraz		1

Last updated: 6 June 2011
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

First team squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Chris Kirkland		GK	2 May 1981	Liverpool
12	Mike Pollitt		GK	29 February 1972	Rotherham United
13	Lee Nicholls		GK	5 October 1992	Youth system
26	Ali Al-Habsi		GK	30 December 1981	Bolton Wanderers
Defenders
2	Steve Gohouri		DF	8 February 1981	Borussia Mönchengladbach II
3	Antolín Alcaraz		DF	30 July 1982	Club Brugge
5	Gary Caldwell		DF	12 April 1982	Celtic
17	Emmerson Boyce		DF	24 September 1979	Crystal Palace
22	Patrick van Aanholt		DF	29 August 1990	Chelsea
23	Ronnie Stam		DF	18 June 1984	Twente
24	Adrian López		DF	25 February 1987	Deportivo La Coruña
31	Maynor Figueroa		DF	2 May 1983	Olimpia
39	Jordan Mustoe		DF	28 January 1991	Youth system
41	Daniel Redmond		DF	2 March 1991	Youth system
43	Adam Buxton		DF	12 May 1992	Youth system
Midfielders
4	James McCarthy		MF	12 November 1990	Hamilton Academical
6	Hendry Thomas		MF	23 February 1985	Olimpia
7	Albert Crusat		MF	13 May 1982	Almería
8	Ben Watson		MF	9 July 1985	Crystal Palace
10	Shaun Maloney		MF	24 January 1983	Celtic
14	Jordi Gómez		MF	24 May 1985	Espanyol
16	James McArthur		MF	7 October 1987	Hamilton Academical
19	David Jones		MF	4 November 1984	Wolverhampton Wanderers
21	Mohamed Diamé		MF	14 June 1987	Rayo Vallecano
22	Jean Beausejour		MF	1 June 1984	Birmingham City
30	Nouha Dicko		MF	14 May 1992	Strasbourg
Forwards
9	Franco Di Santo		FW	7 April 1989	Chelsea
11	Victor Moses		FW	12 December 1990	Crystal Palace
15	Callum McManaman		FW	25 April 1991	Youth system
18	Conor Sammon		FW	6 November 1986	Kilmarnock
20	Hugo Rodallega		FW	25 July 1985	Necaxa

Appearances and goals

As of 1 June 2012

[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Chris Kirkland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Steve Gohouri	10	0	8+2	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Antolín Alcaraz	25	2	25	2	0	0	0	0
4	MF		James McCarthy	34	0	33	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF		Gary Caldwell	37	3	36	3	1	0	0	0
6	MF		Hendry Thomas	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF		Albert Crusat	16	1	4+11	1	0	0	1	0
8	MF		Ben Watson	23	3	14+7	2	1	0	0+1	1
9	FW		Franco Di Santo	33	5	24+8	5	1	0	0	0
10	MF		Shaun Maloney	15	3	8+5	3	1	0	1	0
11	FW		Victor Moses	39	6	36+2	6	0+1	0	0	0
12	GK		Mike Pollitt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Lee Nicholls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Jordi Gómez	29	5	24+4	5	0+1	0	0	0
15	FW		Callum McManaman	4	1	0+2	0	1	1	0+1	0
16	MF		James McArthur	33	3	18+13	3	1	0	1	0
17	DF		Emmerson Boyce	27	3	26	3	1	0	0	0
18	FW		Conor Sammon	27	1	8+17	1	0+1	0	1	0
19	MF		David Jones	17	0	13+3	0	0	0	1	0
20	FW		Hugo Rodallega	23	2	11+12	2	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Mohamed Diamé	26	3	18+8	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Jean Beausejour	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Ronnie Stam	20	0	13+7	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Adrián López	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0
26	GK		Ali Al-Habsi	40	0	38	0	1	0	1	0
30	MF		Nouha Dicko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
31	DF		Maynor Figueroa	39	0	37+1	0	0	0	1	0
39	DF		Jordan Mustoe	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
41	DF		Daniel Redmond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF		Adam Buxton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players that played for Wigan this season that have left the club:
22	DF		Patrick van Aanholt	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0

Top scorers

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premiership	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
FW		9	Franco Di Santo	7	0	0	7
FW		11	Victor Moses	6	0	0	6
MF		14	Jordi Gómez	5	0	0	5
MF		8	Ben Watson	3	0	1	4
DF		5	Gary Caldwell	3	0	0	3
MF		21	Mohamed Diamé	3	0	0	3
MF		16	James McArthur	3	0	0	3
MF		10	Shaun Maloney	3	0	0	3
DEF		17	Emmerson Boyce	3	0	0	3
FW		20	Hugo Rodallega	2	0	0	2
DF		3	Antolín Alcaraz	1	0	0	1
MF		7	Albert Crusat	1	0	0	1
FW		15	Callum McManaman	0	1	0	1
			Totals	41	1	1	43

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches

Last updated 20 April 2012

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premiership		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
5		DF	Gary Caldwell	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
2		DF	Steve Gohouri	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
18		FW	Conor Sammon	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
4		MF	James McCarthy	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
31		DF	Maynor Figueroa	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
3		DF	Antolín Alcaraz	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
21		MF	Mohamed Diamé	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14		MF	Jordi Gómez	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9		FW	Franco Di Santo	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
16		MF	James McArthur	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11		MF	Victor Moses	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23		DF	Ronnie Stam	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
17		DF	Emmerson Boyce	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19		MF	David Jones	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Ben Watson	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
26		GK	Ali Al-Habsi	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
22		MF	Jean Beausejour	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Albert Crusat	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		DF	Adrián López	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Shaun Maloney	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		FW	Callum McManaman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		FW	Hugo Rodallega	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		MF	Hendry Thomas	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	61	3	3	0	0	0	64	3

Suspensions served

Date	Matches Missed	Player	Reason	Opponents Missed
24 September 2011	3	Steve Gohouri	Sent off vs Tottenham Hotspur	Aston Villa (A), Bolton Wanderers (H), Newcastle United (A)
29 October 2011	1	Gary Caldwell	Reached five yellow cards	Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)
7 November 2011	3	Antolín Alcaraz	FA Charge - Spitting offense	Blackburn Rovers (H), Sunderland (A), Arsenal (H)
26 December 2011	3	Conor Sammon	Sent off vs Manchester United	Stoke City (A), Sunderland (H), Swindon Town (A)
31 December 2011	1	Gary Caldwell	Sent off vs Stoke City	Sunderland (H)
11 February 2012	1	James McCarthy	Reached five yellow cards	Aston Villa (H)
7 April 2012	1	Maynor Figueroa	Reached five yellow cards	Manchester United (H)

• ^1 The red card was successfully appealed and the punishment wasn't served.[3]

Transfers

Players in Player From Fee Ali Al-Habsi Bolton Wanderers £4,000,000 David Jones Wolverhampton Wanderers Free Nouha Dicko Strasbourg Free Albert Crusat Almería Undisclosed Shaun Maloney Celtic £1,000,000 Patrick van Aanholt Chelsea Loan Jean Beausejour Birmingham City £2,500,000

Players out Player To Fee Jason Koumas Unattached Released Steven Caldwell Birmingham City Free Antonio Amaya Real Betis Undisclosed Daniël de Ridder Grasshopper Released Joseph Holt Unattached Released Daniel Lambert Unattached Released Thomas Oakes Unattached Released Abián Serrano Dávila Unattached Released Charles N'Zogbia Aston Villa £9,500,000 Román Golobart Inverness Caledonian Thistle Five-month loan Callum McManaman Blackpool Loan Daniel Redmond Hamilton Academical Loan Nouha Dicko Blackpool Loan Jordan Mustoe Barnet Loan

References

1. premierleague.com. "Premier League Table". Retrieved 23 May 2012.
2. "Soccerbase team stats". Retrieved 6 June 2011.
3. "Wigan win appeal over Sammon card". BBC News.

External links

• Official website