The Middlesex Senior Charity Cup quarterfinal tie between Cockfosters (we are not making that team name up) and Hampton & Richmond Borough last Tuesday was notable for two reasons. Reason number one it ended in one of the longest penalty shootouts we have ever heard of, with Cockfosters winning 18-17 after 42 kicks. Reason number two is Martin Tyler was there.
Now, 42 is a number of spot-kicks bordering on the ridiculous, but that's not unheard of. What we really want to know is why a Sky Sports Premier League commentator was at a non-league game.
Here's the Welwyn Hatfield Times quoting Cockfosters manager Dean Barker:
“It was a great win for us against the Ryman Premier Division Leaders who contained plenty of ex pros.
“Their coach is Martin Tyler the Sky commentator and he said he hasn’t seen anything like it before.
“I’ve definitely not, but I’m glad we won and have now reached the semi-finals.”
Wait, you sure this is the same Martin Tyler?
(Does some Googling)
Tyler has coached Hampton & Richmond Borough since 2014, alonside Alan Dowson.
Wow, it is the same Martin Tyler. I guess when you really like football you can do football as your job (commentary) and football as your hobby (coaching).
(H/T Welwyn Hatfield Times)
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