2010–11 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

Wigan Athletic

Chairman	Dave Whelan
Manager	Roberto Martínez
Premier League	16th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Charles N'Zogbia/Hugo Rodallega (9) All: Charles N'Zogbia (10)
Highest home attendance	22,043 (vs. West Ham United, Premier League, 15 May 2011)
Lowest home attendance	6,987 (vs. Preston North End, League Cup, 22 September 2010)
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The 2010–11 English football season was Wigan Athletic F.C.'s 33rd season in the Football League and their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League.

Season review

Pre-season

Following a mixed first season in charge of the club, manager Roberto Martínez decided to make several additions to the playing squad. Wigan's most expensive summer signing was Argentine striker Mauro Boselli, who signed for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £6 million. Dutch defender Mario Melchiot and Austrian midfielder Paul Scharner both left the club after their contracts expired. Gary Caldwell was named as the new club captain.^[1]

There were also changes behind the scenes, with general manager John Benson leaving the club^[2] to join Sunderland, re-uniting with former Wigan manager Steve Bruce. Director Maurice Lindsay also stepped down to take up the position of chairman at Preston North End.^[3]

Wigan's first pre-season friendly was a 3–2 win against Östersunds FK, with new signing Boselli scoring twice. Their next friendly was a 1–1 draw against Oldham Athletic, featuring trialists Laurent Merlin and Sekou Baradji. Baradji also joined the squad at their pre-season training camp in Austria, but would ultimately not be offered a contract.

August

The season started badly for Wigan with two heavy defeats at home – a 4–0 loss against newly promoted Blackpool and a 6–0 defeat to reigning Premier League champions Chelsea. Things improved with a 3–0 win in the League Cup against Hartlepool United, followed by a shock 1–0 away win against Tottenham Hotspur – the same fixture in which they suffered a club record 9–1 defeat less than twelve months earlier. The club was active on transfer deadline day, completing the signings of Tom Cleverley on loan from Manchester United and Franco Di Santo on a three-year deal from Chelsea. Charles N'Zogbia also remained at Wigan after having a bid accepted for him from Birmingham City, but failing to agree personal terms.

September

After an international break, Wigan's first game of the month was against Sunderland, which saw Lee Cattermole and Titus Bramble appear at the DW Stadium for the first time since leaving Wigan. Despite Cattermole being sent off in the first half, Wigan failed to capitalise on their man advantage and drew the match 1–1. The Latics then slipped into the bottom three after a 2–0 home defeat to Manchester City in the following game. The club progressed once again in the League Cup, winning the match 2–1 after a late comeback against Preston North End. The club finished the month with a goalless draw at Birmingham City.

October

On 2 October, Wigan Athletic picked up their first Premier League home win of the season after defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0. Two weeks later, the club drew 2–2 away against Newcastle United, with Charles N'Zogbia scoring both goals for Wigan against his former club. Wigan extended their unbeaten run with a 1–1 draw at home against Bolton Wanderers, but midfielder James McCarthy suffered an ankle injury which kept him out of action until the end of January. In the following game however, Gary Caldwell returned to the line-up for the first time since his hip operation during the summer as the team reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup following a 2–0 victory against Swansea City. On 30 October, Wigan were beaten 2–0 by Fulham.

November

Wigan started the month with a second away defeat in a row, losing 2–1 to Blackburn Rovers. Results then improved in their following two home games with a 1–1 draw against Liverpool and a 1–0 win against West Bromwich Albion. The club lost 2–0 in its next match against Manchester United, finishing the match with nine men after Antolín Alcaraz and Hugo Rodallega were sent off. Two more away defeats followed, against West Ham United and Arsenal in the quarter-final of the League Cup, during which Victor Moses dislocated his shoulder, meaning he would be out of action for three months.

December

Wigan came from behind twice to draw 2–2 with Stoke City in their first game of the month. The team then extended their unbeaten run with a draw against Everton, a win against Wolverhampton Wanderers and another draw with Arsenal. On 31 December, the club completed the signing of Adrián López on a free transfer.

January

Wigan lost their first game of the month against Newcastle United, the club's first defeat at home since September. This was followed by an away draw against Bolton Wanderers.

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date	Notes
Mauro Boselli	Estudiantes	Undisclosed	29 Jun 2010	[4]
Antolín Alcaraz	Club Brugge	Undisclosed	22 Jul 2010	[5]
James McArthur	Hamilton Academical	£400,000	23 Jul 2010	[6]
Ronnie Stam	Twente	£2,000,000	30 Jul 2010	[7]
Steven Caldwell	Unattached	Free	23 Aug 2010	[8]
Franco Di Santo	Chelsea	£2,000,000	31 Aug 2010	[9]
Adrián López	Unattached	Free	31 Dec 2010	[10]
Conor Sammon	Kilmarnock	£600,000	31 Jan 2011	[11]

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date	Notes
Mario Melchiot	Umm-Salal	Free	8 Jun 2010	[12]
Tomasz Cywka	Derby County	Free	30 Jun 2010	[13]
Tomasz Kupisz	Jagiellonia Białystok	Free	14 Jul 2010	[14]
Titus Bramble	Sunderland	Undisclosed	23 Jul 2010	[15]
Jason Scotland	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	23 Aug 2010	[16]
Jon Routledge	Hamilton Academical	Free	1 Feb 2011	[17]

Released

Player	Date	Notes
Rachid Bouaouzan	1 Jul 2010	[18]
Paul Scharner	1 Jul 2010	[19]
Richard Kingson	1 Jul 2010	[20]
Olivier Kapo	6 Aug 2010	[21]

Loans in

Player	From	Start date	End date	Notes
Ali Al-Habsi	Bolton Wanderers	15 Jul 2010	End of season	[22]
Tom Cleverley	Manchester United	31 Aug 2010	End of season	[23]

Loans out

Player	To	Start date	End date	Notes
Antonio Amaya	Rayo Vallecano	27 Jul 2010	End of season	[24]
Jason Koumas	Cardiff City	7 Aug 2010	End of season	[25]
Jon Routledge	Hamilton Academical	12 Aug 2010	January 2011	[26]
Lee Nicholls	Hartlepool United	9 Nov 2010	8 Dec 2010	[27]
Chris Kirkland	Leicester City	24 Nov 2010	31 Dec 2010	[28]
Mauro Boselli	Genoa	14 Jan 2011	End of season	[29]
Lee Nicholls	Shrewsbury Town	31 Jan 2011	28 Feb 2011	[30]
Lee Nicholls	Sheffield Wednesday	24 Mar 2011	27 Apr 2011	[31][32]

Player statistics

As of 24 April 2011^{[33][34][35][36][37]}

#	Pos.	Player	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Kirkland, ChrisChris Kirkland	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
2	DF	Gohouri, SteveSteve Gohouri	26+1	1	0	0	1	0	27	0	9	0
3	DF	Alcaraz, AntolínAntolín Alcaraz	34	1	0	0	4	0	38	1	5	1
4	MF	McCarthy, JamesJames McCarthy	24	3	0+1	0	0+2	0	24 (3)	3	2	0
5	DF	Caldwell, GaryGary Caldwell	23	0	2	0	1	0	26	0	6	1
6	MF	Thomas, HendryHendry Thomas	22+2	0	2	0	4	0	27+2	0	7	0
7	FW	Di Santo, FrancoFranco Di Santo	9+16	1	0+1	0	1 (1)	0	11+18	1	2	0
8	MF	Watson, BenBen Watson	23+6	3	1	0	4	1	29+6	4	3	0
9	FW	Boselli, MauroMauro Boselli	5+3	0	0	0	4	1	9+3	1	0	0
10	MF	N'Zogbia, CharlesCharles N'Zogbia	32+2	9	0	0	0+4	1	32+5	10	2	1
11	FW	Moses, VictorVictor Moses	8+13	1	1+1	0	2+1	1	11+15	2	1	0
12	GK	Pollitt, MikeMike Pollitt	0+1	0	2	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
13	DF	Caldwell, StevenSteven Caldwell	8+2	0	2	0	3	0	13+2	0	2	0
14	MF	Gómez, JordiJordi Gómez	9+4	1	3	0	3+1	2	15+5	3	0	0
15	MF	Cleverley, TomTom Cleverley	19+6	4	0	0	0	0	23+6	3	1	0
16	MF	McArthur, JamesJames McArthur	3+15	0	3	0	3	0	9+15	0	2	0
17	DF	Boyce, EmmersonEmmerson Boyce	20+2	0	2	0	1	0	23+2	0	3	0
18	FW	Scotland, JasonJason Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	Sammon, ConorConor Sammon	1+6	1	0	0	0	0	1+6	1	0	0
20	FW	Rodallega, HugoHugo Rodallega	34+2	9	0	0	1	0	35+2	9	4	1
21	MF	Diamé, MohamedMohamed Diamé	30+6	1	3	2	1	0	33+6	3	6	0
23	DF	Stam, RonnieRonnie Stam	17+8	2	0	0	3	0	22+8	1	2	0
24	DF	López, AdriánAdrián López	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
26	GK	Al-Habsi, AliAli Al-Habsi	34	0	1	0	4	0	39	0	0	0
28	MF	de Ridder, DaniëlDaniël de Ridder	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	DF	Figueroa, MaynorMaynor Figueroa	32+1	1	2	0	4	0	36+1	1	11	0
32	DF	Robinson, JordanJordan Robinson	0	0	0+1)	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
35	DF	Golobart, RománRomán Golobart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW	McManaman, CallumCallum McManaman	0+3	0	3	1	0+1	0	3+4	1	0	0
39	DF	Mustoe, JordanJordan Mustoe	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
41	MF	Redmond, DanielDaniel Redmond	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
43	DF	Buxton, AdamAdam Buxton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	GK	Nicholls, LeeLee Nicholls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	MF	Morris, CallumCallum Morris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[38][39]

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 26 GK Ali Al-Habsi 39 2 RB Steve Gohouri 27 Emmerson Boyce has 23 starts 5 CB Gary Caldwell 26 3 CB Antolín Alcaraz 38 31 LB Maynor Figueroa 38 21 DM Mohamed Diamé 34 6 DM Hendry Thomas 28 10 RW Charles N'Zogbia 32 8 AM Ben Watson 28 James McCarthy has 24 starts 23 LW Ronnie Stam 21 20 CF Hugo Rodallega 35 Match results Legend Win Draw Loss Pre-season Date Opponent Result Score Venue Scorers Attendance Match Report 17 July 2010 Östersunds FK Win 2–3 Away Boselli 38', 48', N'Zogbia 60' 3,370 Report 20 July 2010 Oldham Athletic Draw 1–1 Away Gómez 47' (pen.) 1,959 Report 26 July 2010 Rudar Velenje Win 1–4 Away Gómez 6', McCarthy 10', Scotland 27' (pen.), Boselli 71' (pen.) – Report 29 July 2010 Gençlerbirliği Draw 0–0 Away – Report 4 August 2010 Real Zaragoza Lose 1–3 Home N'Zogbia 45' 3,500 Report 8 August 2010 Dundee United Win 1–3 Away Boselli 38', 48', Moses 82' 3,161 (275 away) Report Premier League Date Opponent Result Score Venue Scorers Attendance Match Report 14 August 2010 Blackpool Lose 0–4 Home 16,152 Report 21 August 2010 Chelsea Lose 0–6 Home 14,476 Report 28 August 2010 Tottenham Hotspur Win 0–1 Away Rodallega 81' 35,101 Report 11 September 2010 Sunderland Draw 1–1 Home Alcaraz 86' 15,844 Report 19 September 2010 Manchester City Lose 0–2 Home 15,525 Report 25 September 2010 Birmingham City Draw 0–0 Away 22,186 Report 2 October 2010 Wolverhampton Wanderers Win 2–0 Home Gómez 64', Rodallega 85' 14,042 Report 16 October 2010 Newcastle United Draw 2–2 Away N'Zogbia 22', 23' 44,415 Report 23 October 2010 Bolton Wanderers Draw 1–1 Home Rodallega 59' 17,100 Report 30 October 2010 Fulham Lose 2–0 Away 25,448 Report 6 November 2010 Blackburn Rovers Lose 2–1 Away N'Zogbia 74' 24,413 Report 10 November 2010 Liverpool Draw 1–1 Home Rodallega 52' 16,754 Report 13 November 2010 West Bromwich Albion Win 1–0 Home Moses 70' 16,085 Report 20 November 2010 Manchester United Lose 2–0 Away 74,181 Report 27 November 2010 West Ham United Lose 3–1 Away Cleverley 85' 34,178 Report 4 December 2010 Stoke City Draw 2–2 Home Collins 30' (o.g.), Delap 40' (o.g.) 15,100 Report 11 December 2010 Everton Draw 0–0 Away 32,853 Report 26 December 2010 Wolverhampton Wanderers Win 1–2 Away Rodallega 10', Cleverley 20' 26,901 Report 29 December 2010 Arsenal Draw 2–2 Home Watson 18' (pen.), Squillaci 81' (og) 17,014 Report 2 January 2011 Newcastle United Lose 0–1 Home 15,277 Report 5 January 2011 Bolton Wanderers Draw 1–1 Away Stam 80' 18,852 Report 15 January 2011 Fulham Draw 1–1 Home Rodallega 57' 18,820 Report 22 January 2011 Arsenal Lose 3–0 Away 59,552 Report 25 January 2011 Aston Villa Lose 1–2 Home McCarthy 80' 16,442 Report 1 February 2011 West Bromwich Albion Draw 2–2 Away N'Zogbia 20', Watson 43' 25,358 Report 5 February 2011 Blackburn Rovers Win 4–3 Home McCarthy 34', 55', Rodallega 50', Watson 65' (pen.) 18,567 Report 12 February 2011 Liverpool Draw 1–1 Away Gohouri 65' 44,609 Report 26 February 2011 Manchester United Lose 0–4 Home 18,140 Report 5 March 2011 Manchester City Lose 1–0 Away 44,864 Report 19 March 2011 Birmingham City Win 2–1 Home Cleverley 26', Figueroa 90+1' 16,421 Report 2 April 2011 Tottenham Hotspur Draw 0–0 Home 18,578 Report 9 April 2011 Chelsea Lose 1–0 Away 40,734 Report 16 April 2011 Blackpool Win 1–3 Away Rodallega 3', N'Zogbia 45+1', Eardley 67' (o.g.) 16,030 Report 23 April 2011 Sunderland Lose 4–2 Away Diamé 52', Di Santo 90' 39,650 Report 30 April 2011 Everton Draw 1–1 Home N'Zogbia 21' 17,051 Report 7 May 2011 Aston Villa Draw 1–1 Away N'Zogbia 10' 36,293 Report 15 May 2011 West Ham United Win 3–2 Home N'Zogbia 57', 90+4', Sammon 68' 22,043 Report 22 May 2011 Stoke City Win 1–0 Away Rodallega 78' 27,566 Report League Cup Round Date Opponent Result Score Venue Scorers Attendance Match Report Round 2 24 August 2010 Hartlepool United Win 0–3 Away Collins 3' (o.g.), Gómez 77', Moses 86' 3,196 (281 away) Report Round 3 22 September 2010 Preston North End Win 2–1 Home Gómez 86', N'Zogbia 90+1' 6,987 Report Round 4 26 October 2010 Swansea City Win 2–0 Home Boselli 52', Watson 90+2' (pen.) 11,705 Report quarter-final 30 November 2010 Arsenal Lose 2–0 Away 59,525 (510 away) Report FA Cup Round Date Opponent Result Score Venue Scorers Attendance Match Report Round 3 8 January 2011 Hull City Win 2–3 Away Diamé 21', 77', McManaman 56' 10,433 (710 away) Report Round 4 29 January 2011 Bolton Wanderers Draw 0–0 Away 14,950 (2,937 away) Report Round 4 (R) 16 February 2011 Bolton Wanderers Lose 0–1 Home 7,515 Report References "Gary Caldwell appointed Wigan captain". 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