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    Wigan (/ˈwɪɡən/ WIG-ən) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, 16 miles...
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  • Wigan Athletic Football Club (/ˈwɪɡən/) is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the...
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  • Wigan Warriors is an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club competes in the Betfred Super League, the top...
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  • Wigan F.C. may refer to: Wigan Warriors, rugby league club originally named Wigan Football Club Wigan Athletic F.C., association football club This disambiguation...
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    Wigan Pier is an area around the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, south-west of the town centre. The name has humorous...
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  • The Wigan Post (formerly Wigan Evening Post and Chronicle and later just the Wigan Evening Post) is a weekly (changed from daily in August 2021) tabloid...
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    Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest town, Wigan but covers a far larger...
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  • up Wigan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. Wigan may also refer to: Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, a...
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  • The Wigan Casino is the colloquial name for the nightclub the Casino Club, that operated in Wigan between Friday, August 27 1965 (with Shirley Bassey...
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  • Gareth Wigan (December 2, 1931 – February 13, 2010) was a British agent, producer and studio executive known for working on such films as George Lucas's...
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  • The Road to Wigan Pier is a book by the English writer George Orwell, first published in 1937. The first half of this work documents his sociological...
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    Willard Wigan, MBE (born June 1957) is a British sculptor from Ashmore Park Estate, Wednesfield, England, the son of Jamaican immigrants, who makes micro...
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  • Wigan is a surname, and may refer to: Alfred Wigan (1814–1878), English actor-manager Sir Frederick Wigan, 1st Baronet (1827–1907), English merchant Gareth...
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    multi-use stadium in Robin Park in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is used by Wigan Warriors rugby league club and Wigan Athletic football club. The stadium...
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    Desmond Patrick Neil Wigan CVO OBE is a British diplomat who is the current British High Commissioner to Kenya. He previously served as the UK Ambassador...
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  • The 2024–25 season is the 93rd season in the history of Wigan Athletic Football Club and their second consecutive season in League One. In addition to...
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  • Callum Lang (category Wigan Athletic F.C. players)
    Portsmouth. Lang joined Wigan Athletic in 2013, after progressing through the Liverpool youth ranks. After four years in the Wigan youth set-up, Lang was...
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  • Wigan is a stiff cotton material sometimes coated with latex rubber. It is typically sold in bias-cut strips and used as an interfacing or interlining...
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  • John Wigan may refer to: John Wigan (physician) (1696–1739), British physician, poet and medical author John Tyson Wigan (1872–1952), British politician...
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    Higher End or Billinge Higher End is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Billinge was a civil parish lying within the...
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    Leonora Wigan born Leonora Pincott aka Mrs Alfred Wigan" (1805 – 17 April 1884) was a British actress, known at first as a stilts and rope dancer. Wigan was...
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  • The 2023–24 season is the 92nd season in the history of Wigan Athletic and their first season back in League One since the 2021–22 season following their...
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  • Wigan Borough Football Club was an English football club from the town of Wigan, Lancashire. their forerunners were Wigan A.F.C., Wigan County, Wigan...
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    Living Wigan is a 1902 short silent documentary film directed by James Kenyon and Sagar Mitchell, showing street life and a steam tram in Wigan town centre...
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    Vigo v Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic v Chelsea Southampton v Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic v Stoke City Manchester United v Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic...
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  • Wigan Athletic Football Club Women (/ˈwɪɡən/) is a women's football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The club plays in the Championship...
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  • Wigan Cricket Club is an English sports club in Lancashire founded in 1848. Located at Bull Hey, Parsons Walk, near the town centre of Wigan, its members...
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    Barm cake (redirect from Wigan kebab)
    Wigan, a whole savoury pie is served in a barm cake, traditionally known locally as a “pie barm” or “slappy”. More recently it is known as a "Wigan kebab"...
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  • Crew v Wigan Athletic Dayton Dutch Lions v Wigan Athletic Pittsburgh Riverhounds v Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic v Atromitos Morecambe v Wigan Athletic...
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    Antonee Robinson (category Wigan Athletic F.C. players)
    On July 15, 2019, Robinson joined Wigan Athletic on a permanent three-year contract. He made his debut for Wigan against Rotherham United and scored...
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