I was the game. There were fights all over the pitch. As 270 says Maurice Bamford was the Huddersfield coach that day and was recruited by Wigan for the following season.
Bamford didn't think it was a particularly dirty game, he actually called it "a game for the connoisseur."
Wigans board wanted to make sure that they stayed up as they got promoted and decided that Fairbairn was too inexperienced, so Maurice Bamford came in.
His £75,000 transfer fee was used to purchase players such as Steve Nicholson, Mick Scott, Jimmy Birts, Henderson Gill, and Colin etc.
Wigan finished 11th and just avoided relegation.
Enter Alex Murphy.