Wigan pulls off upset

As blue-and-white confetti exploded under the Wembley arch, Wigan players lifted a trophy for the first time in the club’s 81-year history. In one of the biggest FA Cup final upsets, a team playing nonleague football 35 years ago and assembled for barely $30 million beat big-spending Manchester City 1-0 on Saturday. Winning English football’s showpiece match was not only a reward for Wigan owner Dave Whelan’s (at right in photo) investment in the small northern club, but completed his unfinished business from the 1960 final. After breaking a leg playing for Blackburn at the old Wembley, Whelan’s career ended at the age of 23 and he started amassing the wealth that enabled him to ultimately finance Wigan. “The dream has come true,” Whelan said. – Associated Press