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They chose not to, you mean.

If I was the opposition captain and my team were hanging on at the end, I’d be saying to my team mates ‘Look around you boys, the fans have given up. They’re all leaving, they don’t think they can do it. Only five more minutes to go, we’ve got this”. I’d be saying the same to the home team-...

Do you genuinely think the players wouldn’t prefer a full stadium roaring them on for the last five minutes rather than getting up and leaving?

It matters because it potentially affects the players’ performance. It’s quite simple really. If 30,000 people all just got up and left with ten minutes to go then I can’t see how that inspires the players to fight to the bitter end in the pissing rain. Where as 30,000 roaring them on just might...

They do. I used to live in North London and the evening games were tough. But I just wouldn’t go if I had to leave early as I wouldn’t want to miss a potential last minute winner, and I can’t see the point in watching 88 minutes of a football match when the best moment is often the final whistle...

The only way it can be solved is with better transport. I cannot understand it, personally, never have done. I’ve left a couple of minutes early when 4-1 down to Everton with two young kids with me, but wouldn’t have dreamt of doing it at 1-1. It’s bizarre. But for some reason thousands of...