Second Division 1980/81

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Wigan

Order by: First appearance, Number of appearances, Player name (alphabetical), Most used players by position, Most successful lineup

Legend: FB = Fullback; C = Centre; W = Winger; FE = Five-Eighth; HB = Half-back; FR = Front Row; H = Hooker; 2R = Back Row; L = Lock; B = Bench.

Season Player Summary

Note: Hold the mouse over the game number to see the date and opponent for that match.

Player	1 LC	2 LC	L	L	SF LC	L	L	L	F LC	L	L	L	L	1 JPT	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	1 CC	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
George FAIRBAIRN	FB	FB		FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB		FB	FB	FB				B	FB	FB	FB	FB	B	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	B
Dennis RAMSDALE	W	W	W		W	W		W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W		W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W		W	W		W				W
David WILLICOMBE	C	C	C	C	C	C	C		C	C
Steve DAVIES	C	C	FE	C	C	C	C		C	C	C	C		C
Jim HORNBY	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Bernard COYLE	FE		HB	FE	FE	FE	B	B	B	HB
Les BOLTON	HB	HB				B	HB	HB	HB	B	HB	HB	HB	HB	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE						FE
Steve BREHENY	FR	FR						FR	FR	FR
John PENDLEBURY	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H		L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L		L			B
Steven O'NEILL	FR	FR	FR				FR		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		2R		FR	2R	B	2R	2R	2R	FR	FR	FR	2R		FR
John CLOUGH	2R			2R	2R	2R	W	2R	2R
Billy MELLING	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	B	2R	2R	2R	2R	FR												2R	B	2R	B	2R	2R	2R	B	2R	2R	2R	B
Denis BOYD	L	L	L	B	L	L		B		L	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R		2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R			L	2R	L	L	L
Martin FOY	B	FE					FE	FE	FE	FE	FE		FE	FE									C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Terry HOLLINGSWORTH	B	2R	2R		B	2R	L	L	L	B	2R	2R	2R	2R	B	B	B	2R	B								L	B	B	L
Alan RATCLIFFE		B										B	C		C	C	C	C																C
Ged DICKINSON			FB
Alan GREENALL			C	B				C									B	B	C
Malcolm SMITH			FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	B																				H	H	H	H	H	L
Green VIGO				W
Ness FLOWERS				HB	HB	HB
Jeff TOWNEND				FR	FR	FR
Michael RENNOX				L			B
Mick NANYN							2R			2R	B	B	FR	B				B	2R	2R	B	2R							2R	2R	2R		B	2R
Trevor STOCKLEY								C			B	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	C	C	C	C			W	W	W	W	C	C	C	C	C	W
W WILLIAMS										H	H	H	H	H	H		H	H	H	H	H
John BUTLER											C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C		C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	C
David WALSH												FE	FB		B	B	FB	FB	FB	FB	B	B		B	FB		B	B	B	B	B		B	FB
Danny CAMPBELL												FR		FR	2R	2R	2R	2R		FR	FR	FR										B	2R	2R
Gary STEPHENS															HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB
Eddie BOWMAN															FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR
Barry WILLIAMS																W			W	W	W	W	W	W	W			W		W	W	W
Geoffrey ASPINALL																H
Tracey GRUNDY																				B		B
Nicky KISS																						H	H	H	H	H	H	H						H
Anthony MURRAY																							B
Alan HODKINSON																								FR	FR	FR	FR	FR				FR	FR	FR
Roy HEANEY																										B			W	W	W	W	W	W

List of Matches

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Competition	Date	Opposition		Score			FB1	W2	C3	C4	W5	FE6	HB7	FR8	HK9	FR10	2R11	2R12	L13	B14	B15
LC (1)	Aug  17	Rochdale H.	W	25	-	10	Fairbairn   5G	Ramsdale   1T	Willicombe	Davies	Hornby   2T	Coyle   1T	Bolton	Breheny	Pendlebury	O'Neill	Clough	Melling	Boyd	Foy   1T	Hollingsworth	>
LC (2)	24	Whitehaven	W	13	-	10	Fairbairn   3G	Ramsdale	Willicombe	Davies	Hornby	Foy	Bolton	Breheny	Pendlebury	O'Neill   1T 1F	Melling	Hollingsworth	Boyd   1T	Ratcliffe		>
League	31	York	L	17	-	22	Dickinson	Ramsdale	Willicombe	Greenall   1T	Hornby	Davies	Coyle	Smith	Pendlebury   1T 5G	O'Neill	Melling   1F	Hollingsworth	Boyd			>
League	Sep  7	Batley	W	37	-	12	Fairbairn   5G	Vigo   1T	Willicombe	Davies   1T	Hornby   2T	Coyle   1T	Flowers	Townend	Pendlebury	Smith	Melling   3T	Clough   1T	Rennox	Greenall	Boyd	>
LC (SF)	10	Widnes	W	14	-	10	Fairbairn   4G	Ramsdale	Willicombe	Davies	Hornby	Coyle	Flowers	Townend	Pendlebury   1T	Smith   1T	Melling	Clough	Boyd	Hollingsworth		>
League	14	Fulham	L	5	-	24	Fairbairn   1G	Ramsdale	Willicombe	Davies	Hornby	Coyle   1T	Flowers	Townend	Pendlebury	Smith	Clough	Hollingsworth	Boyd	Bolton	Melling	>
League	21	Huyton	W	47	-	8	Fairbairn   1T 4G	Clough   2T	Willicombe	Davies	Hornby   2T	Foy   3T	Bolton	O'Neill	Pendlebury   1T 3G	Smith   1T	Melling	Nanyn   1T	Hollingsworth	Coyle	Rennox	>
League	28	Doncaster	W	43	-	11	Fairbairn   1T 8G	Ramsdale	Stockley   1T	Greenall   1T	Hornby	Foy	Bolton   1T	Breheny	Pendlebury   2T	Smith   1T	Melling	Clough   2T	Hollingsworth	Coyle	Boyd	>
LC (F)	Oct  4	Warrington	L	10	-	26	Fairbairn   1T 2G	Ramsdale   1T	Willicombe	Davies	Hornby	Foy	Bolton	Breheny	Pendlebury	O'Neill	Melling	Clough	Hollingsworth	Coyle	Smith	>
League	12	Hunslet	W	25	-	19	Fairbairn   5G	Ramsdale   2T	Willicombe	Davies	Hornby   2T	Foy	Coyle   1T	Breheny	W. Williams	O'Neill	Melling	Nanyn	Boyd	Bolton	Hollingsworth	>
League	26	Dewsbury	W	15	-	9	Fairbairn   3G	Ramsdale	Butler	Davies	Hornby   1T	Foy   1T	Bolton	O'Neill	W. Williams	Melling	Boyd   1T	Hollingsworth	Pendlebury	Stockley	Nanyn	>
League	Nov  9	Keighley	W	36	-	17	Fairbairn   6G	Ramsdale   3T	Butler   1T	Davies	Stockley	Walsh   1T	Bolton   1T	O'Neill	W. Williams	Campbell	Boyd	Hollingsworth	Pendlebury   1T	Ratcliffe	Nanyn   1T	>
League	16	Hunslet	W	16	-	9	Walsh   1T 1G	Ramsdale   1T	Butler	Ratcliffe	Stockley	Foy	Bolton   1T	O'Neill	W. Williams	Nanyn	Boyd	Hollingsworth	Pendlebury   1T 1G			>
JPT (1)	23	Salford	L	9	-	17	Fairbairn   2G	Ramsdale   1T	Butler	Davies	Stockley	Foy	Bolton	O'Neill	W. Williams	Campbell	Boyd	Hollingsworth	Pendlebury   1G	Nanyn		>
League	30	Fulham	W	15	-	2	Fairbairn   1G	Ramsdale   1T	Butler	Ratcliffe	Stockley   1T	Bolton   1T	Stephens	O'Neill	W. Williams	Bowman	Boyd	Campbell	Pendlebury   2G	Walsh	Hollingsworth	>
League	Dec  14	Huyton	W	28	-	5	Fairbairn   5G	B. Williams   1T	Butler   1T	Ratcliffe   1T	Stockley   1T	Bolton	Stephens	O'Neill	Aspinall	Bowman   1T	Boyd	Campbell	Pendlebury   1T	Walsh	Hollingsworth	>
League	26	Swinton	L	3	-	10	Walsh	Ramsdale	Butler	Ratcliffe	Stockley	Bolton	Stephens	O'Neill	W. Williams	Bowman	Boyd	Campbell	Pendlebury   1T	Greenall	Hollingsworth	>
League	Jan  1	Blackpool B.	D	13	-	13	Walsh   2G	Ramsdale	Butler	Ratcliffe	Stockley   2T	Bolton   1T	Stephens	O'Neill	W. Williams	Bowman	Hollingsworth	Campbell	Pendlebury	Greenall	Nanyn	>
League	4	Batley	W	36	-	3	Walsh   6G	Ramsdale   1T	Greenall	Stockley	B. Williams   1T	Bolton   2T	Stephens	O'Neill   1T	W. Williams	Bowman	Boyd	Nanyn   1T	Pendlebury   2T	Hollingsworth		>
League	11	Bramley	W	24	-	6	Walsh   3G	Ramsdale   2T	Butler	Stockley   2T	B. Williams	Bolton	Stephens	Campbell	W. Williams	Bowman	Boyd	Nanyn	Pendlebury   2T	Fairbairn	Grundy	>
League	18	Rochdale H.	W	21	-	10	Fairbairn   3G	Ramsdale	Butler   1T	Stockley	B. Williams   1T	Bolton   1T	Stephens	Campbell   1T	W. Williams	Bowman	Boyd	O'Neill	Pendlebury	Walsh   1T	Nanyn	>
League	25	York	W	12	-	4	Fairbairn   1T 3G	Ramsdale   1T	Butler	Stockley	B. Williams	Bolton	Stephens	Campbell	Kiss	Bowman	Boyd	Nanyn	Pendlebury	Walsh	Grundy	>
League	Feb  8	Whitehaven	D	7	-	7	Fairbairn   2G	Ramsdale   1T	Butler	Foy	B. Williams	Bolton	Stephens	O'Neill	Kiss	Bowman	Melling	Boyd	Pendlebury	Murray		>
CC (1)	15	Halifax	L	2	-	3	Fairbairn   1G	Ramsdale	Butler	Foy	B. Williams	Bolton	Stephens	Hodkinson	Kiss	Bowman	Boyd	O'Neill	Pendlebury	Walsh	Melling	>
League	22	Dewsbury	W	35	-	11	Walsh   7G	Stockley   1T	Butler   1T	Foy	B. Williams	Bolton   1T	Stephens   1T	Hodkinson	Kiss	Bowman   1T	Melling	Boyd	Pendlebury	Fairbairn   2T	O'Neill	>
League	Mar  1	Whitehaven	W	11	-	10	Fairbairn   1G	Ramsdale	Butler   1T	Foy	Stockley   1T	Bolton	Stephens   1T	Hodkinson	Kiss	Bowman	Boyd	O'Neill	Pendlebury	Heaney	Melling	>
League	8	Rochdale H.	W	19	-	9	Fairbairn   2G	Ramsdale   3T	Butler	Foy   2T	Stockley	Bolton	Stephens	Hodkinson	Kiss	Bowman	Melling	O'Neill	Hollingsworth	Walsh		>
League	15	Huddersfield	L	7	-	9	Fairbairn   2G	B. Williams	Butler	Foy   1T	Stockley	Bolton▮	Stephens	Hodkinson▮	Kiss▮	Bowman	Melling	O'Neill	Pendlebury	Walsh	Hollingsworth	>
League	29	Doncaster	W	34	-	5	Fairbairn   3G	Ramsdale   1T	Stockley   1T	Foy   2T	Heaney   1T	Butler	Stephens	O'Neill	Smith   2T	Bowman	Melling	Nanyn   1T	Boyd	Walsh   2G	Hollingsworth	>
League	Apr  5	Huddersfield	W	23	-	9	Fairbairn   3G	B. Williams	Stockley   2T	Foy   1T	Heaney	Butler	Stephens	O'Neill	Smith   1T	Bowman	Boyd	Nanyn   1T	Hollingsworth	Walsh   1G	Melling	>
League	8	Bramley	W	26	-	17	Fairbairn   1T 4G	B. Williams	Stockley   1T	Foy	Heaney   1T	Butler   1T	Stephens	O'Neill	Smith   1T	Bowman   1T	Melling	Nanyn	Boyd	Walsh	Pendlebury	>
League	12	Keighley	D	7	-	7	Fairbairn   2G	B. Williams	Stockley   1T	Foy	Heaney	Butler	Stephens	Hodkinson	Smith	Bowman	Melling	O'Neill	Boyd	Campbell		>
League	17	Swinton	L	12	-	17	Fairbairn   1G	Ramsdale	Stockley   1T	Foy   1T	Heaney	Butler	Stephens	Hodkinson	Smith	Bowman	Melling	Campbell	Boyd	Walsh   2G	Nanyn	>
League	20	Blackpool B.	W	23	-	8	Walsh   4G	Stockley   2T	Ratcliffe	Butler   1T	Heaney	Bolton	Stephens	Hodkinson	Kiss   1T	O'Neill	Nanyn   1T	Campbell	Smith	Fairbairn	Melling	>

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Bill Bates, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Tim Costello

Sources: Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, News Reports