Cometh the hour, cometh the social media manager.
Jarrow Roofing FC may not exactly be behemoths of the English league system, but the non-league side have been garnering a lot of attention recently thanks to their activity on social media.
Their livetweeting of their friendly against Hartlepool FC has been racking up the interactions on Twitter because it came to a sharp halt mid-match.
Andy Hudson, the guy runs their Twitter account, coaches their goalkeepers and acts as vice chairman of the club, was forced to end his commentary early when he was brought into the game for the second half.
Sorry for no updates during the game after half-time. The lad handling the account had to go in goal.
— Jarrow Roofing FC (@TheRoofing) July 30, 2016
Unfortunately for Hudson, he was between the posts when Hartlepool got their equaliser and the game finished 1-1. However, if you ask the man himself, the goal shouldn’t have stood anyway.
Hartlepool equalised after a long ball, and a controversial no-flag for offside, left the forward one-on-one to finish past Andy Hudson.
— Jarrow Roofing FC (@TheRoofing) July 30, 2016
Thanks @BBCSport. Not quite the press box and having to go on in tracky bottoms 🙈 The goal was offside though! pic.twitter.com/D0pztkvEaS
— Andy Hudson (@HuddoHudson) July 31, 2016
If you’re getting a strong sense of deja vu, that’s because pretty much the exact same thing happened earlier this year with Sleaford Town FC.
What a time to be alive.