Focus on Wigan

Wigan swimming against financial tide

February 7, 2013
By Richard Jolly
(Archive)
The British fondness for the underdog is well known. It is a reason why the FA Cup differs from its counterparts in other countries. It has been proved in the last fortnight, as the numbers of supposed neutrals cheering for Luton, Brentford, Oldham and even a club of the size of Leeds shows. Typically for the competition, they stretched far beyond those with a dislike of Norwich, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham respectively.

But the FA Cup is expected to provide contests of richer and ...

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