Roy Carroll - Player Profile
| Full Name: | Roy Eric Carroll |
| Born: | 30/09/1977 (age 47) |
| Place of Birth: | Enniskillen |
| Nationality: | Northern Ireland |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in |
| Position: | Goal |
| Signed: | 16/04/1997 (£350,000 | Hull City) |
| Left: | 27/07/2001 (£2,500,000 | Manchester United) |
| International Caps: | Northern Ireland - 25 |
Roy arrived at Springfield Park on 16th April 1997and he was unable to play during the Championship winning season. He cost Latics £350,000 and was a record signing at the time. The following season (1997/98) saw him make 29 League appearances, becoming the automatic number one at the expense of Lee Butler. He made his Latics League debut, along with Paul Warne, on 30th August 1997 against Bristol City at Ashton gate and Latics were beaten 0-3.
The final season that the club spent at Springfield Park (1998/99) saw him make 43 League appearances and become established in the Northern Ireland squad. During the first season at the JJB Stadium (1999/00) he made 34 League appearances before being ruled out of the last four weeks of the regular season due to contracting appendicitis. On 30th April 2000 whilst laid up in hospital, Roy was voted into the annual PFA Division Two team. The excellent performances of Derek Stillie in his absence meant that Roy didn’t figure in any of the Play-off games, including the Final against Gillingham at Wembley.
His second season at the JJB Stadium (2000/01) concluded with him signing for Manchester United in a £2.500,000 deal on 27th July 2001. He signed a four-year contract for the Old Trafford club after proposed deals with both Leicester City and Everton broke down. His incoming fee was the biggest ever received by Latics at the time, easily beating the previous record of £329,000 that they received from Coventry City for Peter Atherton in 1991. In total Roy played 138 League games for the club.
Wigan Athletic Career
| League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| 2000-2001 | 29 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 35 (0) | 0 | |
| 1999-2000 | 34 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 41 (0) | 0 | |
| 1998-1999 | 43 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 9 (0) | 0 | 59 (0) | 0 | |
| 1997-1998 | 29 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 34 (0) | 0 | |
| TOTALS | 135 (0) | 0 | 8 (0) | 0 | 11 (0) | 0 | 15 (0) | 0 | 169 (0) | 0 | |
