United played 18 games in the 1919–20 season as members of the West Lancashire League and also entered the Richardson Cup.

The club applied to join the Lancashire Combination for the 1920–21 season and continued as Wigan United for a further nine games (P9 L9) before being forced to close by the Lancashire FA as they were found guilty of paying their players for "lost time", which contravened rules of the time.

Boro's most successful season came in 1928–29 when they finished fourth in the Third Division North League; however at the time only the regional champions were promoted.

Though they lost the match against Sheffield Wednesday 3–1, a Springfield Park record 30,443 crowd saw the game.

In 1931, the effects of the Great Depression proved too much and, unable to pay the players' wages any longer, Wigan Borough went out of business on 26 October 1931[5] with liabilities of £30,000.