Wigan Athletic's 25year old right-back David Wright joined Norwich on loan from the Latics on Thursday 17th November 2005 for initially one month. The former Crewe defender had been displaced at Wigan by former Norwich target Ryan Taylor whom the Latics had signed from Tranmere in the summer of 2005. David made his debut for City in the 2-0 home win against Luton on 19th November 2005. David has since returned to Wigan.

David returned to East Anglia in January 2007 joining Ipswich Town on 11th January 2007 for a fee rumoured to be around £200,000