James Barrigan

{{short description|English footballer (born 1998)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = James Barrigan

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1998|1|25}}

|birth_place = Liverpool, England

|height =

|position = Midfielder

|currentclub =

|clubnumber =

|youthyears1 = –2015

|youthclubs1 = Wigan Athletic

|years1 = 2016–2018

|clubs1 = Wigan Athletic

|caps1 = 0

|goals1 = 0

|years2 = 2017

|clubs2 = → Warrington Town (loan)

|caps2 = 5

|goals2 = 1

|years3 = 2018–2019

|clubs3 = Chorley

|caps3 = 0

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2018–2019

|clubs4 = → Skelmersdale (loan)

|caps4 = 10

|goals4 = 1

|years5 = 2019–2022

|clubs5 = Marine

|caps5 = 63

|goals5 = 8

|years6 = 2022–2023

|clubs6 = Warrington Rylands

|caps6 =

|goals6 =

|years7 = 2022–2023

|clubs7 = Marine (loan)

|caps7 = 17

|goals7 = 3

|years8 = 2023

|clubs8 = Marine

|caps8 = 4

|goals8 = 0

|club-update = 15:17, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

}}

James Barrigan (born 25 January 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder, most recently for Marine.

Club career

Ahead of the 2016–17 EFL Championship season he signed a professional contract with the senior team.{{cite web|url=http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/news/article/u18-pro-contracts-absalom-barrigan-baxendale-burke-gregory-lingard-3007159.aspx |title=Wigan Athletic have offered six professional contracts to their 2015–16 Under 18s players, with Kelland Absalom, James Barrigan, Arnie Baxendale, Luke Burke, Josh Gregory and Alex Lingard all set to be part of the Development Squad for 2016–17 |website=Wiganlatics.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-02-22}}{{cite web|url=http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/james-barrigan_prs454282/person.shtml#col-mirror-right |title=James Barrigan – Player Profile – Football – Eurosport UK |website=Eurosport.co.uk |date=1998-01-25 |accessdate=2017-02-22}}

Barrigan made his senior team debut in an EFL Cup match against Oldham Athletic as a 70th-minute substitute for Will Grigg.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36949056 |title=Oldham Athletic 2–1 Wigan Athletic – BBC Sport |website=Bbc.com |date=2016-08-09 |accessdate=2017-02-22}}

Wigan offered to elongate his contract by one year in April 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wiganathletic.com/news/2017/april/contracts-offered-to-two-development-squad-players/|title = Wigan Athletic FC}}

In 2019, he joined Marine{{cite web|url=https://marinefc.com/player/james-barrigan/|title=James Barrigan|access-date=30 January 2022}} and he was appointed vice-captain of the club in December 2021.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MarineAFC/status/1472268831183851532|date=18 December 2021|access-date=30 January 2022}}

He left Marine for Warrington Rylands in the summer of 2022{{cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/20194533.rylands-sign-josh-langley-aaron-morris-james-barrigan/|title=Rylands sign Josh Langley, Aaron Morris and James Barrigan|date=8 June 2022|access-date=12 September 2022}} but rejoined Marine on loan in September 2022.{{cite web|url=https://marinefc.com/james-barrigan-2/|title=James Barrigan|date=12 September 2022|access-date=12 September 2022}} He then signed permanently for Marine again in February 2023{{Cite web |url=https://marinefc.com/james-barrigan-3/ |title= James Barrigan |publisher=Marine AFC |date=17 February 2023 |access-date=17 February 2023}} and left in May 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://marinefc.com/squad-update-4th-may/|title=Squad Update 4th May|date=4 May 2023}}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 26 September 2017}}

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="2"|Wigan Athletic

|2016–17{{soccerbase season|92843|2016|accessdate=28 September 2017}}

|Championship

|0

00010colspan="2"|—10
2017–18{{soccerbase season|92843|2017|accessdate=28 September 2017}}

|League One

|0

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colspan="3"|Career total

!0

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References