Dave Whelan: 'Promotion is Wigan Athletic's top priority'

Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan insists that the club's top priority this season is getting back to the Premier League rather than defending the FA Cup.

By Jack Prescott, Rugby Editor

Published: March 4 2014 | 17:12

Last updated: March 4 2014 | 17:21

Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan has insisted that the club's top priority this season is gaining promotion to the Premier League rather than defending the FA Cup.

The Latics travel to Manchester City in the quarter-finals of the competition on Sunday in what is a repeat of last year's final.

Despite admitting that he is excited by this weekend's tie, Whelan wants the team to focus on getting back to the top flight.

"We are going to go there with intentions of trying to stay in the FA Cup - obviously we will try to retain it - but Manchester City will be looking for their revenge," he told Sky Sports News.

"That said, our number one ambition this season is promotion back to the Premier League. The FA Cup is special, but the main priority for us is the league, the finest league in the world."

Wigan are currently in sixth place in the Championship table.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Birmingham City Birmingham	23	16	5	2	41	17	24	53
2	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe	24	15	6	3	50	26	24	51
3	Wrexham	25	15	6	4	37	18	19	51
4	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	23	13	5	5	36	19	17	44
5	Barnsley	25	12	6	7	39	33	6	42
6	Reading	24	12	5	7	39	33	6	41
7	Stockport County Stockport	25	10	8	7	37	27	10	38
8	Leyton Orient	24	11	4	9	32	22	10	37
9	Mansfield Town Mansfield	23	11	4	8	31	26	5	37
10	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	23	11	4	8	35	34	1	37
11	Charlton Athletic Charlton	23	9	7	7	27	21	6	34
12	Lincoln City Lincoln	25	8	8	9	28	30	-2	32
13	Stevenage	23	8	7	8	18	20	-2	31
14	Exeter City Exeter	24	9	4	11	28	31	-3	31
15	Blackpool	24	7	9	8	32	35	-3	30
16	Rotherham United Rotherham	23	7	7	9	21	23	-2	28
17	Wigan Athletic Wigan	23	7	6	10	21	23	-2	27
18	Northampton Town Northampton	25	6	8	11	24	39	-15	26
19	Peterborough United Peterborough	24	7	4	13	41	46	-5	25
20	Bristol Rovers	24	7	4	13	22	38	-16	25
21	Crawley Town Crawley	23	5	5	13	24	43	-19	20
22	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury	24	4	5	15	24	44	-20	17
23	Cambridge United Cambridge	24	4	5	15	22	43	-21	17
24	Burton Albion	24	2	8	14	20	38	-18	14