During the 2003–04 English football season, Wigan Athletic competed in the

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Season summary

Wigan were playing in Division One for the first time in their history, and after losing their first game many tipped them for a swift departure, but Wigan confounded expectations to go unbeaten for the next 17 games and sat at the top the table by November. A weak finish saw Wigan win only three of their last 10 games to finish seventh in Division One – a last minute goal by West Ham's

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in the final game of the season saw the Latics drop out of the play-off places in favour of eventual play-off winners Crystal Palace.

Final league table

Results

''Wigan Athletic's score comes first''

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Statistics

Starting 11

:''Considering starts in all competitions'' * GK: #1,

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, 47 * RB: #19,

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, 50 * CB: #4, Matt Jackson, 26 * CB: #5,

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, 26 * CB: #6,

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, 47 * LB: #26,

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, 25 * CM: #18, Jason Jarrett, 35 * CM: #21, Jimmy Bullard, 50 * CM: #10,

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, 35 * CF: #7, Andy Liddell, 38 * CF: #9,

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References

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Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...