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One of the relatively new clubs in English football, Wigan Athletic is based in the Greater Manchester region. The club's first appearance in the top division English football came in 2005 when it was promoted to the English Premier League after finishing as runners-up in the Coca Cola Championship in 2005.

Wigan Athletic have made a number of changes to their squad since the departure of Steve Bruce. New manager Roberto Martinez has brought in as many as five new players so far though he has high hopes for former Swansea striker Jason Scotland.

Scotland was top scorer for Swansea last season with 21 goals and Martinez will be confident that the striker will prove to be as potent in the Premier League. After losing Antonio Valencia and Wilson Palacious, Wigan will be desperate to hang on to Lee Cattermole who will prove to be key for Wigan to replicate their last season’s excellent performance.

Both Sunderland and Tottenham Hotspur are keen to retain services of the midfielder but club chairman David Whelan has said that they will not be selling Cattermole unless they receive a huge bid for the former Middlesbrough player.

The start of this summer saw reports emerge that Bruce would once again be leaving his position with Sunderland expressing their interest in the Wigan manager. After protracted negotiations, Bruce finally agreed to a move to the Black Cats leaving Wigan without a manager in the pre-season.

Whelan immediately declared Swansea manager Roberto Martinez as his first choice and the former Latics player agreed to make a step up a division to take over the managerial reigns. With Antonio Valencia joining Manchester United in a 17 million deal, Martinez was promised money to fund new signings.

The Spanish manager has so far signed Jordi Gomez, Hendry Thomas, Jason Scotland and James McCarthy though midfielder Lee Cattermole's future is in doubt with Sunderland expressing their interest in signing the England international.

Wigan Athletic was officially formed in 1932 after Wigan Borough was closed down in the previous year. The club's application for the football league was repeatedly voted down, though it had one great achievement in 1934 when it defeated Carlisle United 6-1 in the first round of the FA Cup, a record win by a non-league club over a league club.

In 1978, the football league decided that the Northern Premier League champions, Boston United did not have suitable ground and facilities needed for a football league club and instead invited Wigan Athletic to join the league.

Three years after it gained acceptance in the football league, Wigan got its first promotion when it was promoted to the third division after finishing third.

The 1995-96 season was a turning point for the club following the takeover by millionaire David Whelan who promised the fans that Wigan Athletic would soon be playing in the Premier League.

The Latics finished as champions of Division three the following year before losing out to Manchester City in the Division Two play-off final in 1999 under Roy Mathias.

Mathias was sacked from his position and was replaced by John Benson who was later appointed as the Director of Football with Bruce Rioch taking over the managerial affairs. However injuries and poor form saw Rioch resigning from his position. Steve Bruce was then appointed as the permanent manager and the former Manchester United player quickly guided them to the play-offs though the club once again failed to gain promotion.

Bruce then jumped ship to take over the managerial reigns at Crystal Palace just two months after being appointed as the Wigan manager. With the fans angry over Bruce's decision to quit the club, Whelan then appointed former Latics player Paul Jewell as the new manager.

In his first season in charge, Jewell managed to guide the team to 10th position but really came into form in the second season which saw Wigan finish as the champions of Division Two, collection a total of 100 points of a possible 138.

The club nearly was promoted in its first season in the Championship (Division One), but a last minute goal by West Ham's Brian Deane on the final day of the season condemned the club to seventh position and out of the playoffs picture.

Wigan started the next season strongly and on May 8, 2005, the final day of the 2004-05 Coca-Cola Championship, defeated Reading 3-1 to confirm the second spot behind Sunderland and the automatic promotion spot to the Premiership.

Wigan Athletic was the surprise package of the Premier League during the 2005-06 season with the club's excellent start to life in top flight football taking them to as high as second in the league table and reach the finals of the League Cup. However a poor second half of the season saw them ultimately finish 10th in the league while suffer a heavy defeat to Manchester United in the League Cup final.

The Latics made wholesale changes to the squad in the summer with the aim to build on their 10th place finish from the last season and though the club was sitting in a midtable position by Christmas, a poor run of eight defeats in a row saw the Latics staring at relegation. A narrow 2-1 win over Sheffield United on the final day of the season saw Wigan secure their Premier League status for another year after David Unsworth slotted home the penalty against his former club.

Paul Jewell resigned from his position a day after securing Wigan's safety and his assistant Chris Hutchings was appointed as the new manager. The Latics had an excellent start under Hutchings, winning their first four games but things began to unravel for the club and a run of six straight defeats saw them drop down into the relegation zone.

Hutchings was sacked from his position and Steve Bruce was reappointed as the manager, a move that steadied the ship with Wigan ending the season in 14th place.

Bruce made a number of changes to the squad in the summer including brining Egyptian striker Amr Zaki on loan. Zaki had an excellent start to his debut season in the Premier League, scoring 10 goals in his first six months and leading Wigan to seventh in the league table.

However Wigan lost influential striker Emile Heskey and Wilson Palacios in the January transfer window and a subsequent dip in form saw Wigan fall out of the top half of the table though they ultimately finished 11th in the league table.

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