Another incident that I'll be happy I recorded when I look back in 478 days: the day a 46 year old reserve goalkeeper for Sutton United, in a questionable state of match fitness, ate a pie while sitting on the bench as his teammates battled against the mighty Arsenal. It was a stunt for a betting company, was Wayne Shaw in on it, was there illegal betting activity? The whole of England wanted answers. #Piegate was born. By the end of the day Shaw had resigned but not before bringing shame to his team's much admired FA Cup run.
And then the real questions started. Was it really a pie, or was it a pasty? There did seem to be a lot of pastry. Was it a steak pie, or steak and kidney? There were questions on social media as to why Shaw did not squirt brown sauce on top of his pie and whether he paid for the pie? Did he line up with the fans at halftime to buy the pie or did he give a ball boy a fiver and ask him to go get it for him? There were rumours of a very upset fan who had missed his dinner to get to the match after rushing home from work and was looking forward to a pie, but just missed buying the last one and was irate to see that last pie being passed to Mr Shaw. And is it true that Shaw resigned after being offered a position as a pie taster with a well known pie company in Bradford?
We may never know all the answers. Will Shaw speak? Will #piegate go away or will it be turn into something bigger: #fishandchipswithmushypeasgate?
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