I had to work today so I can spend Mother’s Day with the wife. BUT, I stayed home to watch this first.
GREAT game. Wigins was deserving. I always pull for underdogs and have my heart broken regularly(NFL Cardinals ! ! ! ). This time was different. The Wigan fans were just great. That the substitute makes the winning goal in stoppage time was just absolutely appropriate.
Loved it. The fact that goals are rare makes one on edge the entire 90 minutes in a big match.
BTW, I have no respect for City’s way of simply buying a team, but their players showed surprising class after the whistle blew. Chapeau to them.
Oldplayer (Hence, my screen name)
I think more than half of the residents of Wigan were at Wembley, they barely draw at their home games, it’s more of a Rugby town....and it’s like basically a small suburb of Manchester. It reminded me of a high school football playoff game in Texas where the whole town goes to the game in Dallas or wherever the game is played.