Mathias ' team won Wigan Athletic's second trophy under Dave Whelan, when the Latics beat Millwall 1 – 0 to win the AutoWindscreens Shield at Wembley in April 1999.

Mr Gage finally admitted defeat when he sold the Latics to Dave Whelan on 27 February 1995 for around £ 1m.

This has heightened since Latics admission to the Football League and increasingly so after the mid 1980's when then Wigan RL director Maurice Lindsay made derogatory comments about the club.

Born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, Wolfenden was a product of the Oldham Athletic youth system, having been with the club since the age of 9, Wolfenden made his first team appearance as a late substitute during a 1 – 0 defeat to Swindon Town in the then Second Division on 15 November 2003, making him the second youngest player to ever play for the Latics at the age of 16 years and 115 days.

He became a fan-favourite at the JJB, and made Latics history when he became the first Wigan player to play in a major international tournament by coming on for the Netherlands against Romania at the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament.

Again the Burnley board turned down this offer and no further bids were made by the Latics.

The Latics fans demonstrate their reverence for Roger in their chant " Ooooh, Roger Palmer, oooooh, Roger Palmer, ooooh Roger Palmer ".

The next chairman, Stephen Gage, spent most of 1993 and 1994 trying to relocate the Latics to the then Robin Park Stadium ( now demolished ) until his plans were scuppered by Wigan Council when the local authority announced plans for their own ground involving Wigan Warriors.

At the end of the 1990 / 91 season the club secured promotion to the top flight, the final match on the plastic pitch was probably one of the most memorable games played at the ground when Latics, in order to win the old second division, had to beat Sheffield Wednesday and rely on West Ham losing.

He became captain of the Latics in 1997 which was also the season when he left Boundary Park for Carrow Road, the home of Norwich City for a fee of £ 600, 000.

On 9 April 2009, Steve Bruce, Brenda Spencer, Michael Brown and club captain, Mario Melchiot, unveiled the Latics ' new club shop, housed in the Springfield Stand ( West ) of the DW Stadium.

Royle's Latics reached Wembley Stadium in the 1990 Football League Cup Final versus Nottingham Forest, where they lost 1 – 0.

The Latics lost at the two-legged semi-final stage to Swindon, who went on to win the final promotion place.

A year later, with the club back in the fourth tier of the English League, the Latics finished 19th – fourth from bottom – to complete their worst-ever league season.

Deehan had coached Norwich City to an unexpected 3rd place finish in the inaugural Premier League season, and his influence took the Latics within two points of a play-off place in his first season.

In the summer of 2001, highly regarded young manager and former Latics forward Paul Jewell took over as manager following an unsuccessful spell at Sheffield Wednesday.

A weak finish saw Wigan Athletic win only three of their last 10 games to finish seventh in Division One – a last minute goal by West Ham's Brian Deane in the final game of the season saw the Latics drop out of the play-off places in favour of eventual play-off winners Crystal Palace.

Hoping to build on the previous season's disappointing finish, the Latics went one better than 2003 – 04 by remaining unbeaten for the first 17 games of the 2004 – 05 season.

Along with Sunderland and Ipswich, the Latics remained in the promotion hunt all season.

Good league form was coupled with an equally strong performance in the Football League Cup, with the Latics reaching their first ever major cup final after defeating Arsenal on away goals in the semi-final.

His appointment saw Wigan end their losing streak, but consistency evaded the Latics, although Bruce did soon achieve something neither Jewell nor Hutchings had managed previously – a 1 – 1 draw at Anfield against Liverpool ; the first time Wigan had taken points off one of the so-called " Big Four " Premier League clubs.

It is incorporated as Oldham Athletic ( 2004 ) Association Football Club Limited, but is more commonly known as Oldham Athletic or by its nickname The Latics.

After three years in the Second Division, the Latics gained promotion to the First Division.

In 1914 – 15, the Latics reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup but were knocked out once again after a 0 – 3 replay against Sheffield United.

In the league that season they almost won it all ; The Latics lost the league by one point, as close as they have ever come to winning the league.

The Latics early success was only halted by the First World War.

Midway through the 1969 – 70 season, Rowley and Bates both left the club as Jimmy Frizzell became the Latics manager — a position he held for the next 13 seasons.

After a mid-table finish in their first season, the Latics missed out on promotion — finishing in 4th place, seven points behind league champions Bolton Wanderers.

In the 1973 – 74 season, the Latics finished in 1st place and return to the Second Division for the first time in 21 years.

During Frizzell's remaining time at the club, the Latics remained in the Second Division, but with little FA Cup and Football League Cup success.

The buyers were a group of prominent Cleveland businessmen: Homer Marshman, an attorney, Dave R. Jones, a businessman and former Cleveland Indians director, Ellis Ryan, a former Indians president, Saul Silberman, owner of the Randall Park race track, and Ralph DeChairo, an associate of Silberman.

The earliest generally accepted incarnation of West Ham United was founded in 1895 as the Thames Ironworks team by foreman and local league referee Dave Taylor and owner Arnold Hills and was announced in the Thames Ironworks Gazette of June 1895.

Former Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman Dave Lapham signed an unusual personal services contract ( rather than a traditional players ' contract ) with billionaire New Jersey Generals owner Donald Trump.

Cloudcroft Mayor Dave Venable, owner of the Pine Stump Mall, said no one was injured in the fire and the buildings were unoccupied at the time of the blaze, which began around 4 a. m.

The Gong Show eventually had three later revivals, one under Barris ' title ( with Don Bleu ) in 1988-89, one on The Game Show Network in 2000 called Extreme Gong and another with current format owner Sony Pictures Television ( with Dave Attell ) in 2008.

Pat Fish had given a copy of the demo tape to Dave Barker, the owner of the independent record label Glass Records, to whom Fish ’ s band The Jazz Butcher were signed.

The book is named for Sacks's Uncle Dave, owner of a business named Tungstalite, which made incandescent lightbulbs with a tungsten filament, whom Oliver nicknamed Uncle Tungsten.

On July 30, 1990, Vincent banned New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner from baseball for life after Steinbrenner paid Howie Spira, a small-time gambler, $ 40, 000 for " dirt " on his outfielder Dave Winfield after Winfield sued Steinbrenner for failing to pay his foundation the $ 300, 000 guaranteed in his contract.

The characters often drank at the local members-only Winchester Club, where owner and barman Dave ( Glynn Edwards ) acted, often unwillingly, as a message machine for Arthur, and turned a blind eye to his shady deals.

Other friends have been introduced as well, such as the moneymaking child Dave and the more sensible Molly as well as Madison, a hippy who lives upstairs, Irish sidekick Liam ( played by Michael Byers ), and Anil, a crazy café owner and rubbish cook.

However, in early September 2004, Indiana Firebirds owner Dave Lageschulte announced that his company, Lags Football LLC, would cease all business operations for the Firebirds.

Around this time John Fry had bought all Dave Webb's share of the club, becoming Yeovil Town's new owner.

In February 1995, local millionaire and owner of JJB Sports Dave Whelan purchased the club, which was then playing in the Third Division ( fourth tier ), and set out his ambition to reach the Premier League, a statement which was widely ridiculed at the time.

Stewart has won USAC car owner titles in the Silver Crown division in 2002 and 2003 with J. J. Yeley, and in 2004 with Dave Steele.

Hall sold the Falcons for a ' nominal ' sum in 1999 to current owner Dave Thompson and since then Newcastle have won two Powergen Cups: in 2001 the Falcons beat Harlequins F. C.

He was named team captain on September 10, 1975 after Dave Keon left the team to play in the WHA following a contract dispute with Leafs owner Harold Ballard.

The female backing vocal in the song ’ s chorus was not the voice of Kirsty MacColl as is sometimes believed, but the voices of the wives of Andrews and Dave Robinson ( the owner of Stiff Records ).

The former president and chief executive officer of the Jackson National Life Insurance Company Dave Pasant was the owner and paid the $ 6 million franchise fee to the IHL in becoming the league's 18th team.

David Fishwick owner of David Fishwick minibus company and stars in Channel 4 ' S ' Bank of Dave '

Co-producer, Rasta Li-Mon ( R. Lee Manning ) was the house engineer for owner, Dave Stewart of Eurythmics.

The Frosty was invented at Wendy's owner Dave Thomas ' request by dairyman E. M. " Bill " Barker.

The major league announcer was named Dave Glass after Levine's partner in Norfolk, Virginia, and the Capital City Capitals owner who fires Homer was named Dave Rosenfield after the general manager of the Tidewater Tides.

Eddie Crandall, Marty Robbins ' manager, spoke to KDAV station owner Pappy Dave Stone and told him he was interested in Holly as a solo performer.