YNWA looks back at our previous meetings with Wigan Athletic as we prepare for only their second ever League visit on Saturday, and the clubs' sixth ever meeting in any competition.

Most recently
Craig Bellamy struck a brace as we thumped Wigan 4-0 at the JJB Stadium in December to record our first away League win of the season, at the eighth attempt. The Welsh forward had been cleared of two charges of assault just three days earlier. All the goals came in the first half with Dirk Kuyt also on the scoresheet and the scoring completed by a Lee McCulloch own goal.

Last season in the League
Our first ever League meeting was at Anfield in December 2005, when Peter Crouch scored his first two reds goals after eighteen goalless outings as we won 3-0, although his first strike was initially wrongly credited as an own goal. Luis García grabbed the third.

We paid our first visit to the JJB Stadium in February of last year, when their record attendance of 25,023 saw Sami Hyypiä net the only goal.

In the League Cup
The only times we have ever faced the Latics in any competition before last season was in the Second Round of the League Cup back in 1989, when Wigan were residing in the bottom of the old Third Division. The Kop was recorded for use on "Kenny D, The Pride Of Liverpool" by the Liverpool FC 1989 Squad featuring Peter Howitt, as we triumphed 5-2 in the first leg in mid-September. Glen Hysén headed us in front inside five minutes before a thunderous Bryan Griffiths free-kick levelled the match. David Thompson then sensationally put the visitors ahead before Ian Rush grabbed a brace, with Peter Beardsley and John Barnes also netting, although he had a penalty saved by keeper Nigel Adkins. This was Digger's hundredth reds game.

Two weeks later, Steve Staunton bagged a hat-trick as we won the second leg 3-0 in the away tie that was switched to Anfield. He had come on in the second half as an emergency forward substitute after Ian Rush had limped off.