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The veteran defender, a free transfer from Bramall Lane in January, was only on the pitch because of an injury to Ryan Taylor but when Phil Jagielka handballed the 33-year-old coolly drilled home to give his side a crucial 2-1 lead.

Paul Jewell's side had taken a 14th-minute lead through Paul Scharner's left-foot volley but Jon Stead's header eight minutes before the interval had put United in pole position to survive.

After a frantic start, the Latics took the lead when Emile Heskey picked out Kevin Kilbane on the left and his low cross was met first-time by Scharner from the edge of the penalty area and the ball flew past Paddy Kenny and into the net.

But in the 37th minute the relegation picture changed again as United equalised as Phil Jagielka, playing at right-back, crossed from wide and Stead rose above the defence to head the ball past Mike Pollitt.

But Wigan regained the lead soon after when Unsworth drilled home a penalty late in injury time after Jagielka handballed an inswinging free-kick from the left by his former team-mate.

Bramall Lane was celebrating prematurely in the 55th minute when Stead's flick-on put Danny Webber clean through and he poked the ball past Pollitt only to see it rebound back off a post.

United were handed a glimmer of hope when the hard-working Lee McCulloch was sent off in the 73rd minute for a second bookable offence after clattering into Michael Tonge having been booked for dissent in the 55th minute, but Wigan held on.