What a strange day for Harry Redknapp. He was stuck inside a glass chamber in a court room when he would have wanted to be talking transfers through the open window of his car.
He was cut off from the world he normally occupies with such relish, relying on updates from journalists even when it came to Tottenham business. The latest on Louis Saha? Redknapp could not be sure.
It was probably why he enjoyed this encounter so much, leaping off the bench to celebrate goals from Gareth Bale and Luka Modric in a manner not normally associated with the 64-year-old.
Tottenham: Friedel, Walker (Sandro 75), Kaboul, King, Assou-Ekotto, Kranjcar, Modric, Parker, Bale, Adebayor (Lancaster 78), Van der Vaart (Livermore 31).
Subs not used: Cudicini, Dawson, Rose, Pienaar.
Goals: Bale 29, Modric 34, Bale 64.
Wigan: Al Habsi, Stam, Boyce, Caldwell, Figueroa, Moses, Watson (Crusat 87), McCarthy, Beausejour, Gomez (McArthur 70), Di Santo (Sammon 74).
Subs not used: Pollitt, Gohouri, Jones, Rodallega.
He was more animated, more expressive, bouncing along the touchline in a fashion that suggested his ongoing trial for tax evasion was making him appreciate the pleasure of being a manager even more than usual.
On Wednesday he is expected to give evidence at Southwark Crown Court. On Tuesday night he waved to the crowd when they sang his name.
Much of his enjoyment came from seeing his side playing well again. They stumbled to victory at Watford last Friday and had taken just a point from the two Barclays Premier League games before that.
At White Hart Lane, however, they were rampant, securing a convincing victory thanks to their collective excellence as well as some stunning individual performances. Bale was terrific.
Depressingly for Roberto Martinez it was all a bit too easy, Tottenham's wide players happily exploiting the wing-back system Wigan's manager employed. With Kyle Walker and Niko Kranjcar overlapping so effectively on one flank and Bale and Benoit Assou-Ekotto doing the same on the other, Wigan were overwhelmed at times.
They were more impressive in the closing stages, James McArthur converting one of a number of decent chances they created with a shot that took a deflection off Scott Parker and looped over Brad Friedel.
But it was too little too late from the side at the bottom of the Premier League and it owed much to the fact that, by then, Spurs had started to ease off.
'I'm really disappointed in many ways,' said Martinez. 'I thought we showed the whole season in 90 minutes.' But Martinez was also unhappy with a late challenge on Franco di Santo he felt should have resulted in the dismissal of Assou-Ekotto.
As Martinez also acknowledged, Tottenham were much the better side from the start. Younes Kaboul threatened with two fine headers, James McCarthy rescuing Wigan by clearing the second one off the line.
But the breakthrough goal Tottenham so richly deserved arrived in the 28th minute and what a strike it was. The move started when Parker won possession in midfield and reached its conclusion when Modric picked out Bale on the right side of the Wigan area with a marvellous diagonal ball.
Bale took it on his chest and then beat Ali Al Habsi with a left-foot half-volley the Wigan goalkeeper got a hand to but could not stop.
The crowd responded by singing, 'There's only one Harry Redknapp', and it was only another six minutes before Tottenham's manager was dancing along the touchline again; this time when Modric seized on a loose ball on the edge of the Wigan box and drilled a shot past Al Habsi.
After the break Tottenham continued to press, but in a more composed fashion, the desire to protect their lead seemingly stronger than any wish to build on it.
Still, a further goal came in the 64th minute, again from the brilliant Bale. He took a pass from Assou-Ekotto on his right foot before leaving McCarthy standing and beating Al Habsi with a left-foot shot.
Only when Tottenham slipped into cruise control did Wigan offer any kind of response, McArthur reducing the deficit with that deflected effort. But Redknapp was in his element, with three points bagged - he noted '13 points is some lead' over Arsenal - and players leaving and arriving, too.
The rest of his team aren't too shabby, either.