Saturday's stalemate with Ipswich was Wigan's 43rd league match in administration. Since 1 July last year, the Latics have tumbled from 14th in the Championship to 22nd in League One. Phoenix 2021 Ltd emerged from that setback and are understood to have received English Football League approval. But in Richardson's words, at least "the town has a football club". That said, Chester, Scarborough, Hereford and Darlington were also league opponents that season - and they did not fare anything like as well.

Source: BBC March 29, 2021 12:56 UTC