Boselli had only been on the pitch for a matter of minutes when referee Mark Halsey pointed to the spot after Gabbidon brought down Cleverley.

BBC: West Ham 3-1 Wigan

"It was Tai and Rosita who founded, along with few others, Italian fashion in the 1950s, " said Mario Boselli, chairman of the Milan Fashion Chamber who knew Missoni for decades.

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The goal prompted a double substitution from Wigan manager Roberto Martinez, sending on Boselli and Victor Moses for Jordi Gomez and Franco di Santo - and it proved to be a dramatic introduction.

BBC: West Ham 3-1 Wigan