Maybe, maybe not. Ditto the Argus headlines. Judging by the high-fiving between Network Rail and GTR in their news release, I strongly suspect they saw the rare chance of generating some rare positive publicity. And I for one don't begrudge them it one little bit. On this occasion, they've...
To be fair to Network Rail, they can hardly plan their weekend engineering works around the vagaries of the FA Cup. If it wasn't for the freak combination of a wicked whipped-in Solly free kick and a flapping Millwall keeper that weekend's engineering works would be the mother of non-issues.