Remember the moment a UEFA semi-final was delayed for EastEnders’ Phil Mitchell?

Oh, the memories (Picture: BBC)

There was a time when Britain had the kind of power that could make the rest of Europe pause. We didn’t use this power to solve global crises, of course.

We actually used it to force a stadium full of elite footballers to sit around waiting in the tunnel because we needed to see who shot a bald bloke in East London.

It sounds like a total fever dream but believe me, it actually happened.

In a tweet shared by The Away Fans, an account celebrating football, they recently reminisced about the time the BBC delayed a UEFA match by 15 minutes just so everyone could find out a Phil Mitchell (

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