STEVE SIDWELL was a do-anything midfielder for Fulham and Brighton.
But even he must have been surprised when he nearly added Mary Poppins to his repertoire.
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The Amazon Prime pundit was at Craven Cottage to see Fulham blow away the Seagulls 3-1, mainly thanks to an Alex Iwobi double.
But Storm Darragh nearly did the same to the ex-Aston Villa ace.
And when a huge gust flung his umbrella up – with Sidwell struggling to hold on and not go the same way – viewers reckon he almost emulated the super-power of the movie world’s most famous flying nanny.
One fan posted: “Stevie Sidwell loses his brolly – nearly did a Mary Poppins down the river Thames!”
Mary Poppins was the title and of course the main character of a book series that became a 1964 film mixing live action with animation.
“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” was her best-known pronouncement.
In contrast, Sidwell’s verdict on his rainswept-away moment was more blunt and more to the point.
After failing to stop his brolly turning inside out above him, the 41-year-old claimed: “I knew that was going to happen as soon as we went live.”
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The former England Under-21 star then went one-on-one – tussling with the umbrella as he strived to put it on the ground behind him.
Ever the professional, he provided a running – or raining – commentary on the matter.
“Let’s just put this one down shall we,” he said, while grimacing and grappling.
And just in case viewers hadn’t remembered, he repeated: “I knew this was going to happen.”
Even Amazon decided to have a troll over the broll – by sharing a clip of the incident.
The broadcaster also added the sort of no-nonsense comment that Mary Poppins at her best would have been proud of: “The magic of live coverage. Steve Sidwell 0-1 Umbrella.”
But he did find sympathy from a few viewers.
One pondered: “Don’t know why they don’t have studios anymore. December in England.”
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