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‘It’s a cliché, but it really was like telepathy between us. He was intelligent, he was a lethal finisher, and we knew where the other one would be all the time': Championship cult hero highlights relationship with lethal strike partner

Jason Roberts Paul Jewell Wigan the Premier League Wigan Athletic The Duke David Whelan Jimmy Bullard Baggies Bristol Rovers
WIGAN, ENGLAND - MAY 8: David Whelan, chairman of Wigan Athletic (L), celebrates with manager Paul Jewell, after they went up to the Premiership during the Coca-Cola Championship match between Wigan Athletic and Reading at the JJB Stadium on May 8, 2005 in Wigan, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images).

Twenty years ago, Nathan Ellington fired unfancied Wigan Athletic to the top flight for the first time in their history – he recounts the ride from third tier to Premier League...

Football’s road to success has never been well signposted. Transfers that appear to be no-brainers can turn into nightmares. Others that fail to get the pulse racing can catapult a player into the big time. Nothing is guaranteed.

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