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          2017-18 English League One, Regular Season
          Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town FLE
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          FT
          4
          Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic WGA
          • Max Power (33')
          • Gavin Massey (37')
          • Dan Burn (57')
          • Cheyenne Dunkley (66')

          Wigan clinch promotion to the Championship with Fleetwood triumph

          Apr 21, 2018
          • PA Sport

          Wigan clinched promotion to the Championship with a convincing 4-0 victory over Fleetwood at Highbury.
          Fleetwood's new head coach Joey Barton watched on from the stands as the side he will take over on June 2 were not strong enough against the Champions elect, who steamrolled them in the second half.
          And Paul Cook's men did it all without star man Nick Powell as Shrewsbury's draw with Bury ensured they could no longer be caught by Paul Hurst's outfit with a 10-point cushion and just three games left to play.
          Though in the first half it was not the stroll in the park the scoreline reflects as Fleetwood put up a fight with boss John Sheridan left to rue what could have been had one of Ash Hunter's chances gone in.
          Wigan got their opening goal in the 32nd minute as Max Power fired home as Fleetwood crumbled from therein with Gavin Massey pirouetting in the box before sliding the ball past Alex Cairns in the 36th minute to double the score.
          Dan Burn calmly fired home in the 57th minute, while fellow centre half Chey Dunkley - not wanting to be left out - added the gloss as he converted from close range in the 66th minute.
          In the end it could have been more as Latics took advantage of Fleetwood's new laidback mentality in the first of Sheridan's final three games before the new Barton era.

          English League One Standings

          POS Team GP GD PTS
          1 Plymouth Argyle 19 +17 43
          2 Ipswich Town 19 +19 41
          3 Sheffield Wednesday 19 +19 40
          4 Peterborough United 19 +11 31
          5 Bolton Wanderers 18 +6 31
          6 Barnsley 18 +8 30
          7 Portsmouth 17 +8 29
          8 Derby County 18 +7 29
          9 Lincoln City 18 0 26
          10 Port Vale 19 -7 26
          11 Exeter City 19 +2 25
          12 Wycombe Wanderers 19 +1 25
          13 Oxford United 19 +4 24
          14 Charlton Athletic 19 +3 24
          15 Bristol Rovers 19 -3 24
          16 Shrewsbury Town 19 -4 23
          17 Fleetwood Town 19 +1 22
          18 Cheltenham Town 18 -6 22
          19 Accrington Stanley 19 -11 20
          20 Cambridge United 19 -12 20
          21 Milton Keynes Dons 18 -11 14
          22 Burton Albion 19 -15 14
          23 Morecambe 19 -15 14
          24 Forest Green Rovers 19 -22 14