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Wigan Athletic administration history: every insolvency event since 1986
Wigan Athletic has one insolvency event on record in 2020, costing 12 league points in total. The most recent: administration in 1 July 2020, Championship.
Wigan Athletic timeline
- · Championship · Administration · -12 points
Wigan Athletic entered administration on 1 July 2020, a month after Next Leader Fund took control, and the EFL's 12-point deduction applied at the end of 2019-20 relegated them from the Championship. An independent arbitration panel upheld the sanction on 4 August 2020.
Owner at the time: Next Leader Fund
Outcome: Survived. Deduction applied after the final 2019-20 game, dropping Wigan from 13th to 23rd and relegating them; appeal dismissed 4 August 2020. Begbies Traynor sold the club to Phoenix 2021 Ltd in March 2021.
Sources: BBC Sport: Wigan Athletic in administration: Championship club set for 12-point deduction · Lancashire Telegraph: Wigan relegated as appeal against points deduction rejected · Walker Morris: Walker Morris advises Begbies Traynor on the sale of Wigan Athletic FC