Wigan 3 Charlton 2
Most people strive for a lifetime to realise their long - held ambitions. On Saturday, Henri Camara ticked off two in one day. At 1.05am the Senegalese striker's first child came into the world in a Paris hospital.
Camara had always dreamed that his first-born would be a boy who would be named Henri like his father - and so it came to pass.
Then, at 3.41pm, the new dad lashed a magical, looping halfvolley into the net from 18 yards That, too, was a dream come true for Camara. He once saw Jay-Jay Okocha score a similar goal, and had always wanted to emulate his idol. Mission accomplished.
The Independent
Camara clicks to bring end to Charlton's Improvement
A vile afternoon at the JJB" was how Charlton's website described the occasion and, while the phrase may have been directed at the sweeping rain, it applied equally to the work of Dowie's back four.
Hopelessly defended long clearances by Chris Kirkland led directly to Lee McCulloch and Henri Camara expertly converting Wigan Athletic's first two goals and the marking was poor when Matt Jackson re-established clear daylight with his first top-flight goal for a decade.
The Daily Mail
Fourth win is Kids stuff as Henri rattles Charlton
After another week of fall-outs from managerial tantrums and bouts of referee baiting, a story to pluck at the heart strings provided the inspiration for the 'special goal' that kept Wigan on course for a fourth consecutive victory.
Senegalese striker Henri Camara gave the term 'baby boomer' a whole new meaning with a wicked dipping volley to put Wigan two up in 41 minutes and celebrate the birth of his son, Henry Warren, in Paris only hours before the wind-lashed game.
The Times
Dowie's law of averages bottoms out for Charlton as Wigan build up head of Steam
For somebody who supposedly vacated his managerial position at Crystal Palace after 2½ years because he wanted to move north, Iain Dowie seemed in a hurry to return south after witnessing his team's latest shambles away from home at the JJB Stadium.
Lee McCulloch's breakthrough goal for Wigan Athletic was more suited to Sunday League football as Charlton's defence failed to deal with Chris Kirkland's wind-assisted clearance. Bent, who pressured Arjan de Zeeuw into scoring an own goal to make it 2-1, was by far Charlton's biggest threat, yet it was Marcus Bent, a substitute, who got on the scoresheet in the final seconds. By then, Matt Jackson's first top-flight goal for 13 years had assured Wigan of a fourth successive win.
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