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Wigan Athletic Carabao Cup fixtures and results 2026/27

Wigan's journey to the 2006 League Cup final combined defensive strength at home with a late goal away at Arsenal. The Highbury result is especially easy to misread without the first leg. Current Latics fixtures appear above; this guide explains the separate match scores and the route which took Wigan to Cardiff.

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Wigan Athletic: cup campaign

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Barnsley 1–1 Wigan Athletic. After penalties. Barnsley win 6–5 on penalties. Barnsley go through. Wigan Athletic are out of this season’s Carabao Cup.

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Roberts kept Wigan in the tie at Highbury

Jason Roberts scored late in extra time at Arsenal on 24 January 2006 to put Wigan into their first League Cup final. Latics had taken a 1–0 lead into the second leg, but Thierry Henry's goal forced the additional period.

Robin van Persie's free-kick then put Arsenal ahead across the tie. Roberts responded near the end, after the home defence failed to clear a long ball. His finish changed the outcome of the semi-final even though Arsenal still led the match itself.

Mike Pollitt had also made a major contribution, saving a first-half penalty from Jose Antonio Reyes. The goalkeeper's intervention and Roberts's late strike belong together in the account: one limited Arsenal's scoring earlier in the evening, while the other delivered the decisive away goal. UEFA's contemporary report captures both moments and the swings in the tie.

Five home wins without conceding

Wigan's 2005/06 run began with home victories over Bournemouth, Watford, Newcastle and Bolton. The scores were 1–0, 3–0, 1–0 and 2–0 respectively. A 1–0 win over Arsenal in the first semi-final leg extended that sequence to five home clean sheets.

The return at Arsenal finished 2–1 to the home side, leaving the aggregate score at 2–2. Wigan progressed on away goals under the rules used for that tie. The single Highbury score therefore cannot tell you which club qualified.

The final was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, where Manchester United beat Wigan 4–0. That venue matters when looking for footage or programmes: this was a Cardiff final, not a Wembley occasion. The run remains notable for its five home wins before the dramatic resolution of the semi-final.

Wigan's 2006 League Cup questions

What did Jason Roberts's Highbury goal achieve?

It supplied the away goal which took Wigan through the semi-final after extra time. The two-leg tie finished level at 2–2.

Did Wigan concede in their home ties on the run?

No. They beat Bournemouth, Watford, Newcastle, Bolton and Arsenal at home without conceding in any of those five matches.

Where was Wigan's League Cup final played?

At the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Manchester United won the 2006 final 4–0; Wigan had reached it after their away-goals success against Arsenal.

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