Whelan steps down as Wigan chairmanpublished at 12:09 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2015
Whelan purchased Wigan Athletic in February 1995 with the club in the old Third Division.
They were promoted to the Premier League in 2005 and spent eight seasons there.
In 2013 they beat Manchester City 1-0 at Wembley to win the FA Cup and went on to qualify for the Europa League group stages.