1989/90 Wigan Athletic Home football Shirt (XL)

Condition: 9/10 Superb. The size label has been removed from inside the collar. Light wear to the sponsor. one small line pull near the sponsor

Size: Adult’s Extra Large

Chest Measurement: 45-47 Inches / 114-119 CM

Manufacturer: Ellgren

Colour: Royal blue, white trim

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 1989/1990 & 1990/1991

Player: N/A

Patches: N/A

Official Ellgren Wigan Athletic home football shirt from the 1989/90 season.

Condition of this original football jersey is 9/10 - Superb. The size label has been removed from inside the collar. Light wear to the sponsor. one small line pull near the sponsor (see photos).

 

The fourth-place finishes of the 1985–86 and 1986–87 seasons proved to be the high points of Wigan Athletic's first stint in Division 3. For the next five years, they finished mid-table, flirting with relegation in 1988–89 (at which time Mathias was sacked and the previous manager Bryan Hamilton returned) and 1989–90, until they were relegated for the first time in the club's league history in 1992–93.

Wigan Athletic finished in 23rd place, amid tumbling attendances which had fallen from averages of 3,000–4,000 in Wigan Athletic's Division 3 years to just 2,593 in 1992–93.

Hamilton resigned shortly before the club were relegated, and was replaced by Kenny Swain. A year later, with the club back in the fourth tier of the English League, the Latics finished fourth from bottom, in 19th place.

While there was no relegation that season due to the lack of a promotable club in the Football Conference, this remains the club's lowest-ever finish