Wigan Athletic goalscoring hero Maurice Whittle holds the champagne as he celebrates with team-mates Mickey Worswick and Billy Styles, front, and John Wilkie and Kenny Morris after the match against Division 3 Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup 2nd round match at Springfield Park on Saturday 17th of December 1977. Latics won the game 1-0.Wigan Athletic goalscoring hero Maurice Whittle holds the champagne as he celebrates with team-mates Mickey Worswick and Billy Styles, front, and John Wilkie and Kenny Morris after the match against Division 3 Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup 2nd round match at Springfield Park on Saturday 17th of December 1977. Latics won the game 1-0.
Wigan Athletic goalscoring hero Maurice Whittle holds the champagne as he celebrates with team-mates Mickey Worswick and Billy Styles, front, and John Wilkie and Kenny Morris after the match against Division 3 Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup 2nd round match at Springfield Park on Saturday 17th of December 1977. Latics won the game 1-0.

RETRO SPORT: Latics in 1977

By Michelle Adamson
Published 5th Aug 2023, 04:55 BST
As Wigan Athletic gets its new Division One season under way this weekend, we go back to the team in action in 1977, including the FA Cup second round match against Jack Charlton’s Sheffield Wednesday at Springfield Park on Saturday December 17. Latics won the game 1-0 with a goal from Maurice Whittle.

Wigan Athletic 1977 – photographs by Frank Orrell.

Wigan Athletic winger John Wilkie watches as his shot heads for the back of the net to give his team a 1-0 win over Division 4 York City in the FA Cup 1st round match at Springfield Park on Saturday 26th of November 1977.

9. 1977

Wigan Athletic winger John Wilkie watches as his shot heads for the back of the net to give his team a 1-0 win over Division 4 York City in the FA Cup 1st round match at Springfield Park on Saturday 26th of November 1977. Photo: Frank Orrell

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Wigan Athletic's Mickey Moore strikes for goal against Gainsborough Trinity in the Northern Premier League match at Springfield Park on Saturday 19th of November 1977. Latics won the game 2-1 with goals from John Wilkie and an own goal.

10. 1977

Wigan Athletic's Mickey Moore strikes for goal against Gainsborough Trinity in the Northern Premier League match at Springfield Park on Saturday 19th of November 1977. Latics won the game 2-1 with goals from John Wilkie and an own goal. Photo: Frank Orrell

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Wigan Athletic winger, Mickey Worswick, on the ball against Macclesfield Town during a Northern Premier League match at Springfield Park on Monday 11th of April 1977. The game was a 0-0 draw.

11. 1977

Wigan Athletic winger, Mickey Worswick, on the ball against Macclesfield Town during a Northern Premier League match at Springfield Park on Monday 11th of April 1977. The game was a 0-0 draw. Photo: Frank Orrell

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