James McCarthy scored the opener on his Barclays Premier League debut for Wigan in the 2-0 win at Wolves. Ironically, the 19-year-old came close to agreeing a move to Wolves from Hamilton last summer before deciding to move to the Latics.

McCarthy said: "It is a dream come true for me to go and play in the Premier League and get a goal in my first start.

"I did nearly sign for Wolves. I went down and looked at Wolves. It is a great club but these kind of things happen.

"Wigan came in at the last minute. It was a hard decision to go for one or the other.

"I spoke to Graham Jones, the assistant manager, and he was at Hamilton with me, and the way he spoke to me and told me about this club, I was happy with my decision."