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Underdog’s fairytale FA Cup success
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4:47 PM EDT, Sat May 11, 2013
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Underdog's fairytale FA Cup success —
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez, left, celebrates with his chairman Dave Whelan after winning the FA Cup.
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Underdog's fairytale FA Cup success —
Whelan, 76, was given special dispensation to lead the Wigan team onto the pitch at Wembley. He broke his leg playing for Blackburn in the 1960 FA Cup final, which his team lost.
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Wigan's winner came in time added on from substitute midfielder Ben Watson, left, who headed past City's England goalkeeper Joe Hart. Watson missed almost six months this season with a broken leg.
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Underdog's fairytale FA Cup success —
City went down to 10 men with five minutes to play when Argentinian defender Pablo Zabaleta received his second yellow card for this challenge on Wigan striker Callum McManaman.
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Underdog's fairytale FA Cup success —
City's expensively-assembled squad was unable to take any of its many chances to score against a team that is likely to be relegated from the Premier League.
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Underdog's fairytale FA Cup success —
Speculation has been rife that the clubs' respective managers will be elsewhere next season. Reports claim City's Roberto Mancini, center, will be replaced by Malaga's Manuel Pellegrini, while Martinez has been linked with a move to Everton.