At Mass on Sunday back in my parish in Hull, loads of people came up to me to say: "I saw you on TV on Wednesday." In fact, I got this all weekend from various people I knew.
My five seconds of fame came live on Sky Sports when the camera homed in on my looking rather wet and gloomy at Upton Park where Hull City were playing West Ham. I was sat on the front row. In the 40th minute, we were one nil down. I happened to look up at the big screen at the opposite end of the ground and saw someone who looked like me on it. I did a little sway and, sure enough, the person on the screen did the same. A few minutes later I looked at my phone - about six text messages, two missed calls and a phone message. They all told me I'd been on TV and had different interpretations on what I was muttering!
As it was a midweek game and it was live on Sky, loads of people back in Hull were glued to their TV sets and many other non-City supporting football-loving friends were watching. Later, I heard stories about people shouting "It's Marsden" in the middle of a pub and getting looked at like they were a nutter. Even a friend, who was on a trip to France, made drinkers jump in a Paris bar when he shouted out upon spotting me.
At the weekend' s home game against West Brom, I had people looking at me and sniggering in the street and fans who I sit near in the stadium said they had seen me.
In the end, Wednesday's game finished 2-0 to West Ham but it was a good day out in London. Here's a few pictures of my view in the front row:
The players warm up
Kevin Kilbane takes a corner for the Tigers
Andy Dawson whips one into the box
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