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.

Positions

GK	Goalkeeper
FB	Full back
HB	Half back
IF	Inside forward
OF	Outside forward
CF	Centre forward

Name	Nationality	Position	Club career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Ackroyd, HaughtonHaughton Ackroyd	England	GK	1921–1922	5	0
Armitage, LenLen Armitage	England	CF	1923–1924	28	21
Ashurst, BillyBilly Ashurst	England	CF	1921–1922	5	0
Bamforth, GeoffreyGeoffrey Bamforth	England	HB	1921	1	0
Barnett, AlbertAlbert Barnett	England	IF	1926	3	0
Baron, HarryHarry Baron	England	HB	1921–1922	7	0
Barrington, JimmyJimmy Barrington	England	FB	1925–1927	71	1
Barrowman, WilliamWilliam Barrowman	England	GK	1927–1928	5	0
Barson, FrankFrank Barson	England	HB	1930–1931	19	0
Berry, JohnJohn Berry	England	HB	1929	1	0
Bibby, JosephJoseph Bibby	England	FB	1921–1922	9	0
Bimson, JamesJames Bimson	England	HB	1930–1931	41	1
Blake, RonnieRonnie Blake	England	HB	1925–1926	13	0
Boylen, JohnJohn Boylen	Scotland	OF	1923	1	0
Bradley, JimmyJimmy Bradley	England	HB	1924–1925	3	1
Brandon, TommyTommy Brandon	England	FB	1925	8	0
Brodie, GeorgeGeorge Brodie	Scotland	IF	1921–1922	11	2
Bromilow, WilliamWilliam Bromilow	England	GK	1921–1922	33	0
Broster, JohnJohn Broster	England	HB	1921–1922	31	3
Brown, EdwardEdward Brown	England	OF	1921	1	0
Brown, JamesJames Brown	England	HB	1924–1925	6	0
Bryce, JohnJohn Bryce	Scotland	FB	1927	3	0
Callagher, JohnJohn Callagher	Scotland	HB	1925–1926	8	2
Campbell, JoeJoe Campbell	England	OF	1921–1922	7	0
Capper, ThomasThomas Capper	England	GK	1923	5	0
Carlisle, DickDick Carlisle	England	HB	1921–1922	32	3
Cherry, JamesJames Cherry	England	OF	1931	4	0	[upper-alpha 1]
Chesser, BillyBilly Chesser	England	IF	1921–1922	13	1
Cockle, ErnieErnie Cockle	England	IF	1928–1931	75	16
Codd, HenryHenry Codd	Wales	HB	1929–1930	26	0
Collier, SammySammy Collier	England	GK	1925–1930	12	0
Collins, LeighLeigh Collins	England	HB	1921–1923	5	0
Collins, BobBob Collins	England	CF	1930–1931	19	7
Cook, CharlieCharlie Cook	Scotland	OF	1924	3	0
Cooke, GeorgeGeorge Cooke	England	OF	1926–1928	61	10
Crewe, BillyBilly Crewe	England	IF	1930–1931	24	4
Currie, SamSam Currie	Scotland	FB	1922–1924	33	2
Davis, TomTom Davis	?	OF	1923–1924	7	1
Dennis, BillyBilly Dennis	England	FB	1928–1930	67	0
Dennison, HarryHarry Dennison	England	IF	1922–1923	30	13
Dickinson, BillyBilly Dickinson	England	IF	1925–1928	104	61
Dorrans, OwenOwen Dorrans	Scotland	IF	1931	17	4
Down, BillyBilly Down	England	GK	1930	2	0
Dunn, JohnJohn Dunn	Scotland	IF	1925–1926	13	6
Eatock, TommyTommy Eatock	England	OF	1921–1923	10	1
Entwistle, HarryHarry Entwistle	England	HB	1931	2	0
Fairhurst, BillyBilly Fairhurst	England	GK	1930–1931	22	0
Fare, HarryHarry Fare	England	FB	1922–1925	112	12
Fenner, TomTom Fenner	England	IF	1924–1928	92	36
Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson	Scotland	GK	1924–1925	1	0
Findlay, AndyAndy Findlay	England	HB	1922–1924	30	0
Finney, JimmyJimmy Finney	England	HB	1927–1929	7	0
Fisher, WilliamWilliam Fisher	England	HB	1927–1928	4	0
Flanagan, JohnJohn Flanagan	England	IF	1930	1	0
Fleming, TomTom Fleming	Scotland	FB	1925–1927	22	0
Forshaw, HughHugh Forshaw	England	CF	1925–1926	1	1
Fort, PaulPaul Fort	England	FB	1922–1923	1	0
Freeman, BertBert Freeman	England	CF	1921–1922	25	13
Gaskell, RichardRichard Gaskell	England	CF	1926–1927	3	1
Glover, TeddyTeddy Glover	England	FB	1927–1928	10	0
Glover, BillyBilly Glover	England	IF	1923–1926	94	33
Goodwin, JohnJohn Goodwin	Scotland	GK	1924–1925, 1926	44	0
Green, HenryHenry Green	England	HB	1928–1929	3	0
Green, BillyBilly Green	England	FB	1929–1930	12	0
Hale, WalterWalter Hale	England	FB	1925	1	0
Hallam, JackJack Hallam	England	HB	1931	12	1
Harrington, ChrisChris Harrington	England	OF	1922–1923	21	4
Harris, ThomasThomas Harris	England	IF	1928–1929	24	8
Harrison, AlbertAlbert Harrison	England	HB	1922–1923	6	0
Hartley, ArthurArthur Hartley	England	FB	1930–1931	7	0
Helsby, ThomasThomas Helsby	England	HB	1925–1926	29	0
Herbert, BillyBilly Herbert	England	IF	1921–1922	24	6
Heyes, TedTed Heyes	England	GK	1922–1925	34	0
Higson, RichardRichard Higson	England	GK	1923–1924	2	0
Hobson, JohnJohn Hobson	England	HB	1921–1922	3	0
Hodges, FrankFrank Hodges	England	OF	1921–1922	33	5
Hodgkinson, JoeJoe Hodgkinson	England	FB	1926	1	0
Hornby, WilliamWilliam Hornby	England	CF	1921–1922	1	1
Horrocks, StanStan Horrocks	England	HB	1930–1931	16	0
Houghton, JohnJohn Houghton	England	FB	1921–1922	29	0
Hughes, BobbyBobby Hughes	England	OF	1928–1930	66	15
Humpish, BertBert Humpish	England	HB	1925–1929	161	15
Hunter, AlexAlex Hunter	Scotland	GK	1922–1924	39	0
Hurst, HenryHenry Hurst	England	HB	1931	2	0	[upper-alpha 1]
Ingram, JohnJohn Ingram	England	IF	1929–1930	11	1
Jenkinson, BillBill Jenkinson	England	FB	1921	11	0
Jennings, JackJack Jennings	England	HB	1923–1925	47	1
Jepson, JimmyJimmy Jepson	England	CF	1930–1931	35	28
Jewett, AlfAlf Jewett	England	HB	1926	1	0
Johnson, GeorgeGeorge Johnson	England	FB	1925	3	0
Johnson, JoeJoe Johnson	England	IF	1930–1931	30	9
Jones, DickieDickie Jones	Wales	HB	1926	1	0
Jones, GeorgeGeorge Jones	England	OF	1923–1925	89	7
Julian, SammySammy Julian	England	FB	1931	11	0	[upper-alpha 1]
Keen, JamesJames Keen	England	OF	1925–1926	12	0
Kelly, TommyTommy Kelly	England	CF	1930	1	0
Kershaw, JackJack Kershaw	England	FB	1921–1924	41	1
Kettle, BillyBilly Kettle	England	IF	1924–1925	39	13
Kidd, ErnestErnest Kidd	England	OF	1922–1923	26	0
Kilhoury, MickMick Kilhoury	England	IF	1930–1931	17	4
Knight, JohnJohn Knight	England	OF	1921–1922	15	0
Lawson, DenisDenis Lawson	Scotland	OF	1927–1928	28	2
Leeming, AlbertAlbert Leeming	England	OF	1924–1925	1	0
Leigh, CharlesCharles Leigh	England	HB	1923–1924	2	0
Lewins, BertBert Lewins	England	FB	1930–1931	26	0
Lievesley, WilfredWilfred Lievesley	England	IF	1928–1929	26	13
Lindsay, TommyTommy Lindsay	Scotland	OF	1928–1929	22	5
MacDonald, TommyTommy MacDonald	Scotland	CF	1921	1	0
MacIntyre, TomTom MacIntyre	Scotland	OF	1922–1923	5	1
McCrae, JamesJames McCrae	Scotland	HB	1923–1924	32	5
McGraham, JimmyJimmy McGraham	England	HB	1923–1924	34	1
McGuire, JohnJohn McGuire	England	CF	1926–1927	33	13
Mandy, TommyTommy Mandy	England	OF	1925–1930	77	17
Marshall, JackJack Marshall	England	HB	1924–1925, 1926	41	2
Martin, JackJack Martin	England	HB	1931	12	0	[upper-alpha 1]
Mercer, ArthurArthur Mercer	England	IF	1922–1925	39	16
Mittell, JackieJackie Mittell	Wales	GK	1929–1930, 1931	70	0
Moon, TommyTommy Moon	England	OF	1931	10	1	[upper-alpha 1]
Moran, JackJack Moran	England	FB	1925–1931	201	0
Morris, HarryHarry Morris	England	HB	1924–1925	15	0
Morton, WilliamWilliam Morton	England	IF	1923–1924	10	1
Murphy, JimmyJimmy Murphy	England	OF	1931	2	0	[upper-alpha 1]
Murray, MichaelMichael Murray	Scotland	OF	1930–1931	27	2
Nelis, PatPat Nelis	Northern Ireland	IF	1925–1926	16	1
Oakes, AlfAlf Oakes	England	IF	1931	11	4	[upper-alpha 1]
Ormston, ArthurArthur Ormston	England	CF	1924–1925	19	5
Pearson, TommyTommy Pearson	England	IF	1930–1931	5	2
Pendleton, JackJack Pendleton	England	HB	1922–1924	39	1
Phoenix, ArthurArthur Phoenix	England	HB	1929–1930	25	0
Potter, AlbertAlbert Potter	England	FB	1927–1929	67	4
Preedy, CharlesCharles Preedy	England	GK	1928–1929	41	0
Pursell, PeterPeter Pursell	Scotland	HB	1924–1926	35	0
Rae, GeorgeGeorge Rae	Scotland	IF	1923–1924	19	1
Reddyhough, HerbertHerbert Reddyhough	England	CF	1929	3	1
Riddell, JimmyJimmy Riddell	Scotland	HB	1925–1928	88	2
Rigby, WillWill Rigby	England	OF	1930–1931	8	1
Rigby, WilliamWilliam Rigby	England	CF	1921–1922	15	6
Rimmer, ArthurArthur Rimmer	England	FB	1930	1	0
Robb, DavidDavid Robb	Scotland	HB	1926–1930	107	3
Russell, LeslieLeslie Russell	England	FB	1930–1931	19	0
Salt, ErnieErnie Salt	England	GK	1925–1926	26	0
Sayer, StanStan Sayer	England	CF	1925–1926	16	7
Scorer, BobBob Scorer	England	HB	1925–1926	21	0
Scullion, JimmyJimmy Scullion	Scotland	IF	1930–1931	27	11
Scully, TommyTommy Scully	England	FB	1921	6	0
Scurr, TommyTommy Scurr	England	OF	1929–1930	19	6
Seabrook, EddieEddie Seabrook	England	HB	1930–1931	4	0
Sedgwick, PeterPeter Sedgwick	England	HB	1921–1922	4	0
Sharp, SammySammy Sharp	England	HB	1931	4	0	[upper-alpha 1]
Shaw, GeorgeGeorge Shaw	England	OF	1927	2	0
Shears, BertBert Shears	England	HB	1931	4	0	[upper-alpha 1]
Sheldon, FrankFrank Sheldon	England	IF	1926–1927	2	1
Simmons, JohnJohn Simmons	England	IF	1930	2	0
Simpson, BertBert Simpson	England	OF	1924–1926	69	7
Smith, AndyAndy Smith	England	IF	1924	3	1
Smith, CecilCecil Smith	Wales	CF	1928–1930	38	22
Spencer, HenryHenry Spencer	England	IF	1922–1924	35	7
Stevenson, AlbertAlbert Stevenson	Scotland	CF	1924–1925	7	2
Stevenson, ArthurArthur Stevenson	England	OF	1922–1923, 1931	45	2
Stewart, BobBob Stewart	Scotland	FB	1923	3	0
Swift, JimmyJimmy Swift	England	IF	1924	1	0
Tebb, TommyTommy Tebb	England	IF	1931	6	0	[upper-alpha 1]
Thomas, JamesJames Thomas	England	HB	1922	1	0
Tilbrook, CharlesCharles Tilbrook	England	IF	1927–1928	1	0
Twiss, JamesJames Twiss	England	CF	1921–1922	7	3
Valentine, AlbertAlbert Valentine	England	CF	1931	12	1	[upper-alpha 1]
Wade, BillBill Wade	England	FB	1931	8	0	[upper-alpha 1]
Wakefield, JohnJohn Wakefield	England	IF	1928–1929	1	0
Walker, JimmyJimmy Walker	Scotland	IF	1927–1928	8	1
Ward, FredFred Ward	England	FB	1923–1925	70	0
Welsby, ArthurArthur Welsby	England	OF	1924–1931	220	31
Welsh, BillyBilly Welsh	Scotland	IF	1928–1930	55	16
White, CecilCecil White	England	HB	1930–1931	32	0
Whitfield, FrankFrank Whitfield	England	HB	1922–1924	68	6
Williams, ArchieArchie Williams	England	CF	1922–1924	24	10
Williams, OwenOwen Williams	Wales	HB	1921–1922, 1924	58	0
Wilson, TomTom Wilson	England	HB	1926–1930	108	4
Wilson, TommyTommy Wilson	England	IF	1930–1931	5	2
Winter, WilliamWilliam Winter	England	GK	1926–1929	85	0
Woodcock, WilfWilf Woodcock	England	IF	1924–1925	14	2
Woodward, FredFred Woodward	England	HB	1921–1922	3	0
Yates, GeorgeGeorge Yates	England	CF	1926–1928	35	10

Notes

1. All appearances were made during the 1931–32 season in which the club folded, and have been expunged from official records.

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.