Showing posts with label Football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Football. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

When is double not double....?

When it's used by football commentators talking about two leg ties, such as tonight's Champion's League quarter finals!

This has irritated me for a long time - I've lost track of the number of times a commentator has used the phrase "away goals count double" when it's incorrect, mis-leading and downright lazy to do so.

For example, Chelsea are playing Liverpool tonight holding a 3-1 lead from the first leg at Anfield. If Liverpool were to win at 5-4 at Stamford Bridge they would go out 7-6 on aggregate. If away goals actually did count double they would go through 11-10.

I wish they'd get it right.