FA Cup 5th Rnd Round Up – Wigan do it again; the quadruple is over for City

League One side Wigan Athletic repeated their 2013 FA Cup Final triumph over quadruple chasing Man City after Will Grigg scored his seventh goal of the competition to send the favourites sprawling.

I will always remember Ben Watson’s last minute goal to win the FA Cup for Wigan. I mean you should, it ranks as one of the greatest cup upsets of all time. Relegated Wigan beating one of the most expensive sides in the Premier League. But I don’t remember it for those reasons. I remember it because it was the last time I had a bet, and that bet was for Wigan to win 1-0.

I thought I was a sports betting genius. My friends thought it was a stupid bet. Had anyone put money on Wigan to repeat that score in last night’s Fifth Round FA Cup tie, I would have thought it was a stupid bet, and yet they went and did it again.

The 2013 win was special. It was, after all, the FA Cup Final. But Wigan was a Premier League side back then, albeit for 90-minutes. Five years later and Paul Cook’s team are an English Football League (EFL) League One side who entered the DW Stadium on a run of back-to-back defeats for the first time this season.