Paul Benson's fortunate first goal for Swindon ensured an FA Cup upset at the County Ground as the npower League Two outfit sunk Latics.
Matt Ritchie's long-range speculative effort with 14 minutes left of the third-round tie struck the legs of Benson, a January signing from Charlton, and rolled into the back of the net to hand the Robins a famous victory.
Earlier, the visiting Latics had taken a 34th-minute lead after Callum McManaman followed up to beat Wes Foderingham in the Swindon goal after Ben Watson's penalty had struck a post.
But the hosts showed great self-belief to pull themselves back into the game through Alan Connell's headed equaliser before Benson won it late on.
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FA Cup: Swindon 2 Wigan 1
January 07, 2012

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It was offside .
maybe, but you were totally outplayed in the second half and we deserved to win. As Paulo said afterwards "we look forward to playing teams like Wigan on a regular basis in the league soon", See you in the Championship in a couple of seasons!!