Seeing the FA Cup paraded around Market Place, just like we predicted on the PWU Podcast, was something of a surreal experience. Of course, we were never totally serious about it all, were we? The very notion of such a thing is foolish, surely? But no, this afternoon I got to see Arouna Kone balance the FA Cup in one hand and his iPad in the other before whipping the assembled crowd of approximately 30,000 into a veritable frenzy.

George Formby gets caught up in cup fever.

The power of belief.
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Open top bus parade,
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First on the coach for a sunny start to the journey.

In-coach breakfast. Haven’t had steak pie in ages. And don’t worry, I cleaned up the mess afterwards.

On the road to Wembley. Note how, the closer we got to the capital, the wetter it became. Strange, it’s normally the other way around.
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Posted by Dan in Photos

"Get lost you lot! I'm supposed to be on holiday!"
Such has been the recent fervent media activity over Roberto Martinez’s future, you’d be forgiven for thinking Wigan’s last competitive game was far longer than two weeks ago. Yeah, we’ve had lengthier mid-season international breaks, but it already feels as though we’ve been in the post-season wind-down (pfft, yeah right) phase forever.
To satiate your requirement for Latics stuff (for a few minutes at least), feel free to take a moment out of your busy Twitter-browsing schedule (of the #wafc tag, of course) and re-live that final day of the season. It might not have been as important as in recent years, but it was just as great to be a part of.
As usual, the best of this bad bunch will (eventually) be uploaded to the Illarterate Flickr account in high quality. Also as usual, they’re released under Creative Commons so you can use them on your Facebook page/website/school newspaper/whatever – provided I get some credit, of course.
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Jean Beausejour
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You’re a wizard, Gary
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Post-match bridge crush
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Emmerson Boyce interview
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DW Stadium
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Roberto thanks the fans
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South Stand Wigan fans
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Warmup
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Jones, McCarthur and Beausejour training
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Pitch invasion
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Shaun Maloney – 2012 Wigan Athletic home strip
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Wolves fans
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Sammon, McManaman and Di Santo
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West Stand warmup
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James McCarthy: great in the first half, less so in the second
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