I think the entire country knows what happened during the closing stages of last nights FA Cup replay between Everton and Liverpool but in case you missed it a quick recap.
Having suffered through 118 minutes of mind numbing dross the least the viewing public deserved was to see the winning goal – but instead we were treated to an ad break . As soon as the ads came on you could bet your bottom dollar someone would score and of course they did.
It reminded me of a season ticket holder who sits behind me at Chelsea, who when games aren’t going our way nips to the toilets in the belief that it will somehow prompt the team to score.
Some games he’ll disappear to the gents, to the great annoyance of those in his row, five or six times in a half. Each time he trots off to the loo, I too inexplicably hope that somehow his absence will bring us a goal. But in my 15 years of sitting in front of my fellow Blue we have scored the square root of bugger all during his trips to the lavvy. Yet still he goes and no doubt always will.
Last nights coverage was farcical but not unprecedented. In 2005, ITV cut away to an ad break as Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher battled its out on the final lap of the San Marino Grand Prix.
Today though, spare a thought though for young match winner Dan Gosling – his finest moment overshadowed by the incompetence of ITV.
