It used to be the FA Cup final build-up that started in the Saturday morning sunshine but here, at 11.30am on third round day, was a Gillingham fan with extravagant hair on Football Focus, explaining about his town's ice rink, its famous son David Frost and why its stadium is called 'Home of the Running Man'.
With all due respect to Newcastle United's Sean Longstaff, over on ITV, providing one of those polished pre-match interviews we hear ad nauseam every week, this was the better ticket. You gave silent thanks for the Priestfield Stadium and its tight little brick back corridor which might give Sheffield United cause to shudder.