They play the Wigan & District Amateur League, though they have played in the FA Cup during the 1960s and the FA Vase during the 1970s, eventually becoming founding members of the North West Counties Football League in 1982.

After two years the club left the league to join the second division of the Lancashire Combination.

[1] Wigan Rovers were founding members of the North West Counties League in the 1982–83 but left after just one season in Division Three.

[1] The club then joined the West Lancashire League, winning promotion to Division One in 1987,[2] but were relegated after two seasons.

[1] The team slowly declined over the next few years before dropping out of the league in 1994 after failing to gain re-election.