Wigan Athletic Academy 2024-25

Highlights from the Wigan Athletic Academy 2024–25 season showcasing progress along the EPPP development pathway for youth players.

Based in Lancashire, Wigan Athletic FC runs a category 2 academy.

Wigan Athletic Scholars 2024/25

  1. John-Paul Cavanagh
  2. Zac Edwards
  3. Mason Goulding
  4. Liam Flight,
  5. Lucas Hagan
  6. Seb Spelman
  7. Rohan Taylor

Wigan Athletic Academy Players On Loan 2024/25

Youth players on loan.

  1. Joe Adams (Midfielder) Bradford City
  2. Josh Stones (Forward) Oldham Athletic – Permanent move to York
  3. Kai Payne (Midfielder) Oldham Athletic
  4. Finn O’Boyle (Goalkeeper) Harrogate Town, Farsley
  5. Matthew Corran (Goalkeeper) Marine FC

Wigan Athletic Academy Products in 1st team 2024/25

  1. Sam Tickle (Goalkeeper) #1
  2. Tom Watson (Goalkeeper) #12
  3. Chris Sze (Midfielder) #14
  4. Baba Adeeko (Midfielder) #16
  5. Luke Robinson (defender) #19
  6. James Carragher (Defender) #23
  7. Harry McHugh (Midfielder) #24
  8. Josh Stones (Forward) #25
  9. Kai Payne (Midfielder) #27
  10. Jack Reilly (Defender) #30
  11. Maleace Asamoah (Forward) #37
  12. K’Marni Miller (Forward) #41

Wigan Athletic Academy International Players 2024/25

  1. Baba Adeeko (Midfielder) Republic of Ireland U21
  2. James Carragher (Defender) Malta First Team
  3. Dale Taylor (Forward) Northern Ireland First Team

Wigan Athletic Academy Competitions For 2024/25

U18 Professional Development League Cup

Established for the 2021/22 season, the Professional Development League Cup features 32 teams divided into eight groups of four.

The group winners advance to the knockout stages.

U18 Professional Development League Cup Group Stage

Wigan U18 are drawn in Group D against under-18 teams from Preston North End, Burnley and Sheffield United.

  1. Lost at home against Preston North End U18 (3 – 2)
  2. Lost away against Sheffield United U18 (1 – 0)
  3. Lost away against Burnley U18 (4 – 0)

Central League Cup

2024/25 Central League Cup Fixtures announced.

18 teams have entered the competition, divided into four groups:

Groups A and C contain five teams each, while Groups B and D each have four.

In the group stage, Wigan Athletic Reserves will play each of the other three teams in Group B once. The teams are Stoke City Reserves, Stockport Reserves, and Preston North End Reserves.

Wigan Athletic Reserves Central League Group Stage 2024/25
  1. Drew away at Stoke City Reserves 2 – 2
    • Finn O’Boyle (2)
  2. Won at home against Stockport Reserves 8 – 1
    • Joe Hugill (3)
    • Jack Reilly (2)
    • Finn O’Boyle
    • Michael Olakigbe
    • Trialist

The top two teams from each group will then advance to the quarterfinals.

Wigan Athletic Academy News

19th October 2024

In the 1st round of the FA Youth Cup, Wigan Athletic have been drawn away to Fleetwood Town.

24th October 2024

Latics are set to visit the Fylde Coast to take on the Cod Army at Highbury Stadium on Friday, November 1.

1st November 2024

The FA Youth Cup journey came to an end for Wigan Athletic under-18s after a first-round loss 1 – 4 away to Fleetwood Town.

4th January 2025

Josh Stones departs Wigan Athletic and joins York City in the National League on a permanent transfer.

6th January 2025

Tobias Brenan has joined the Latics U21 from Oxford United after a successful trial.

18th February 2025

Wigan Athletic U18s made history with a 2-1 victory over Everton U18s in the inaugural match at the newly built Everton Stadium.

The goals were scored by Harrison Rimmer & Cole Simm.

18th March 2025

This week, the EFL celebrates Youth Development across all 72 League clubs. Wigan Athletic has a strong track record of developing academy players.

In the 2024/25 season so far, 38% of competitive first team minutes have been played by Academy graduates.

They also have named an Academy graduate in their starting line-up for 128 consecutive matches in all competitions.

1st May 2025

Harrison Rimmer has been named the Michael Millett Heatable Academy Player of the Year. He made history by scoring the first-ever goal at Everton’s Bramley-Moore Dock.

U21 Released Players

  1. Jack Bates
  2. Finn O’Boyle
  3. Jack Reilly

U18 Released Players

  1. Oscar Harris
  2. Lewis Wilson
  3. Oliver Fairhurst
  4. Alastair Clifford