Ian Griffiths - Player Profile

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Ian Griffiths
Full Name: Ian James Griffiths
Born: 17/04/1960 (age 65)
Place of Birth: Birkenhead
Nationality: England
Height: 5 ft 6 in
Position: Forward
First Team Debut: 17/08/1985 v Swansea City (A) - Canon League Division Three (old)

Ian arrived at Springfield Park for the beginning of the 1985/86 season from Port Vale and he made his Latics League debut on the opening day of the 1985/86 season, 17th August 1985.

The game was against Swansea City at the Vetch Field and this was a significant match in Latics’ history as it was the first one that the club had ever won on the opening day of a Football league season. The game was won 1-0 with Graham Barrow doing the honours by scoring.

After making 68+1 League appearances and scoring 7 League goals he left the club at the end of season 1986/87 and spent a season in Japan.

He returned to Springfield Park for the start of the 1990/91 season and made his second Latics League debut on the opening day of that season, 25th August 1990, against Mansfield Town at Springfield Park. The game resulted in a 0-2 defeat for the Blues.

He played a further 6+5 League games for the club without scoring before he signed for Wrexham in exchange for Gary Worthington in the summer of 1991.

Wigan Athletic Career

League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1990-1991 6 (5) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 2 (0) 0 9 (6) 0
1987-1988 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0
1986-1987 30 (1) 3 4 (0) 1 2 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 39 (1) 4
TOTALS 36 (6) 3 4 (0) 1 3 (1) 0 5 (0) 0 48 (7) 4
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