When livetweeting football matches goes wrong right.
One of Sleaford Town FC’s updates for their United Counties League Premier Division clash against Boston Town is quickly gathering up the interactions on Twitter, for a very good reason.
However, if we give you the punchline straight away, the joke will die quicker than ambition in the midlands.
The game was livetweeted by Sleaford’s official account, and began just like any other Twitter commentary of a football game – with the team news.
Starting XI
McGann, Brown Skipper Hone Fenton, Millard Ward Smith Wright, Oliver Millington #upthegreens— Sleaford Town FC 1923 (@SleafordTownFC) March 28, 2016
Lineup done, then it was time to bring the game to life, through the power of 140 character maximum updates. Sleaford began dominating the action and racking up the goals.
GOAL FOR SLEAFORD! Millard knocks it past two players on the edge of the box and smashes it in off the bar! 1-0
— Sleaford Town FC 1923 (@SleafordTownFC) March 28, 2016
GOAL FOR SLEAFORD! Great work again by Millard down the right his cross his cleared to Joe Smith on the edge of the box who smashes home 2-0
— Sleaford Town FC 1923 (@SleafordTownFC) March 28, 2016
GOAL FOR SLEAFORD! Again Millard with great work down the right, stands it up at the back post for Ryan Oliver to head home! 3-0
— Sleaford Town FC 1923 (@SleafordTownFC) March 28, 2016
With the first half in the bag, Sleaford decided to not make any substitutions at the break, while the trailing Boston brought on one pair of fresh legs.
Half time. Sleaford 3 – 0 @bostontownfc
— Sleaford Town FC 1923 (@SleafordTownFC) March 28, 2016
Second half underway. No changes for Sleaford one change for @bostontownfc
— Sleaford Town FC 1923 (@SleafordTownFC) March 28, 2016
Boston managed to pull one back to bring the scoreline to 3-1 and then something strange happened with the commentary.
Goal for Boston. Through ball from the midfield and the number 10 slots past McGann. 3-1
— Sleaford Town FC 1923 (@SleafordTownFC) March 28, 2016
Straight after Boston’s goal, the updates dried up and Sleaford’s timeline became extremely quiet.
Exactly one hour passed before the next update, which explained exactly why the livetweeting had ceased.
Sorry for break in tweets. I came on as a sub for Millard. Other subs were Anderson for Millington and Hollingsworth for Wright
— Sleaford Town FC 1923 (@SleafordTownFC) March 28, 2016
Incredible.
