Players who played for Bradford City and Wigan Athletic

Which footballers have played for both Bradford City and Wigan Athletic? It's exactly the kind of link that wins rounds of The Connection, our football trivia game. Every player below has been checked against his career record, including loan spells.

Quick quiz: how many can you name before you look? There are 6 in our list.

Show all 6 players

Player	Country	Bradford City	Wigan Athletic
Keith Gillespie	Northern Ireland	2009	1993 & 2000–2001
Neil Redfearn	England	1999–2000	2000–2001
Steven Caldwell	Scotland	2001–2002 & 2002	2010–2011
Gareth Farrelly	Republic of Ireland	2003–2004 loan	2004
Nick Powell	England	2025–present	2013–2014 & 2016–2019
Lee Evans	Wales	2015–2016 & 2026	2017–2018 & 2018–2019 & 2019–2021

Quick facts

6 players in our verified list have played for both Bradford City and Wigan Athletic.
The most common countries are England (2), Northern Ireland (1), Scotland (1).
The earliest in our list is Keith Gillespie; the most recent is Nick Powell.
1 player made the link through a loan spell, including Gareth Farrelly.

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