Watching Roy Keane, stadium tours and FA Cup magic - the Wigan Athletic trio who'd normally be supporting Manchester United

If not for the right boot of Shaun Maloney, there would have been no iconic 'Aguerooooo' moment, and the very landscape of modern football could be completely different right now.

It was the current Wigan Athletic manager who netted an often forgotten winner against Manchester United during the famous 2011/12 title run-in, one that derailed their momentum and set up that famous final day. Without it, United would have won the Premier League on their points tally. Instead, they agonisingly lost it on goal difference, damaged by that defeat at the DW Stadium.

Maloney's goal helped Wigan avoid the drop at the expense of his boyhood club, whom he will be hoping to pile more misery on when they go head-to-head tonight

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"We wouldn't get back until four or five in the morning," he told BBC Sport of his pilgrimages as a child to watch United. "Sir Alex's links with Aberdeen are strong. He's like a god up there. My dad was a huge Arsenal fan but I gravitated towards United because of Sir Alex.

"I remember in 1998-1999 - the year United won the Treble - they played Bayern Munich in the group stage of the Champions League.

"Roy Keane scored in a 1-1 game at Old Trafford. I was there [aged 15]. That's what you did as a kid - you went to watch your heroes."

Maloney isn't the only United fan at the club, though. It is the same for young goalkeeper Sam Tickle, who was brought up as a United fan by his father.

"My dad's always been a big United fan," Tickle told Mirror Football. "He never actually played football, he was a rugby man, but he supported United. Everyone else around him supported Everton when he was a little lad.

"It's been