After only 27 years as a Football League club, Wigan Athletic won promotion to English football's top flight for the first time in their history, securing promotion on the final day of the Championship league campaign as runners-up in their division.
It was also only Wigan's second season in the second tier of the English league, having just missed out on the playoffs a year earlier.
This may have turned out to be beneficial to Wigan, as it allowed the club to focus on the league rather than a cup run.
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