The round one clash is their first professional meeting and first clash since their 1972 FA Trophy game when Burton were beaten by Wigan.

For the elite sides who already enjoy regular Champions League football the League Cup has increasingly become a competition in which to hand opportunities to youngsters, though not so for Manchester United this term.

Wigan kick off their championship season against former Premier League opponents Reading, as Rosler hopes to banish the gloom after May’s play-off heartache.

Alan Winstanley was one of the club’s longest serving supporters who watched as the Lactics progressed from the Lancashire Combination to the Premier League.

Germany won the World Cup without any players from Greater Manchester clubs – but how did the Mancunians who were at the tournament shape up?

An ex-Wigan Athletic footballer has been jailed for three years after teaming up with a gang of cyber-fraudsters and stealing more than £130,000 from bank accounts across the globe.

Wayne Rooney has dismissed claims from former Manchester United teammate Paul Scholes that his best years are behind him ahead of England’s World Cup warm-up game again against Honduras.

Burglary took place between May 20-26 while the 26-year-old was away with his fiancée Louisa Pelosi.

Scot Willie McKay found out over dealings in the July signing of Marc-Antoine Fortune as Wigan slapped with fine and warning as to future conduct

Fans across the Football League have been voting for their favourite club managers and players as part of the League’s 125th anniversary celebrations.

Wigan’s remarkable surge towards successive FA Cup wins receives backing from council as town’s streets now sport a fresh lick of blue paint