For Wigan Athletic, the season’s highlight may already be set in stone. Wigan 1 Manchester City 0. If it gets any better than that, Paul Cook’s team will have done very well indeed.
But for Wigan’s young forward Ryan Colclough, season 2017-18 was already very special even before City were taken down in the FA Cup at a frenzied DW Stadium.
Early in the second half of a League One game against Doncaster last November, Colclough jogged over to the touchline at a goal kick and spotted his father in the crowd.
‘He gave me this signal and I knew straight away that Steph’s waters had broken,’ Colclough told Sportsmail this week.