Pitchside

At one point it looked as Attwell was going to be the main event, sending off Chelsea’s Hakim Ziyech for raising an arm to Emerson Royal, only to downgrade it a yellow a minute later after consulting the pitchside monitor.

But when referee Don Robertson checked the pitchside monitor, he ruled the goal out for a foul on the Hoops defender, albeit it looked soft.

Fans of the North-east club were incensed when Walsh ruled that Stefan Gartenmann had fouled Connor Goldson inside his own area after being urged to check his pitchside monitor by his Clydesdale House colleague Andrew Dallas.

It's the doe-eyed look when young girls meet their idol pitchside for autographs.

Keane was then escorted down to the pitchside area where he continued broadcasting.

The home fans had meanwhile given Moore a rapturous reception upon his emergence to pitchside before the game, with the Owls faithful sounding their appreciation for the manager who led them to promotion back from League One via the play-offs last season.

Immediately the referee checked to see if the 'equaliser' should stand via a pitchside monitor and, as expected, the 'goal' was disallowed.

Perhaps the more formal setting of a press conference – with cameras and microphones all pointed in one direction – prompted more formal answers from Cooper than might be delivered in a huddle pitchside at Shrewsbury.

Superstar Jude was also voted 's player of the season and capped off the campaign in style after a touching pitchside reunion with his family.

Teko Modise, who is now a Sundowns ambassador and a regular feature on the club’s popular Pitchside podcast, reckons the Tshwane giants are the only PSL team that can cope with the demands of playing across different competitions.

The Gqeberha-born Bafana captain gave an eye-opening interview to Mamelodi Sundowns’ pitchside podcast about his upbringing.

The mood soon darkened again, though, as Onana clattered Amdouni as he tried to deal with a cross, with the substitute scoring from the spot after referee John Brooks reviewed the pitchside monitor.

The on-field official was called to the pitchside monitor for a VAR review of the decision and Beaton opted to award a spot kick after deciding Alistair Johnston had made contact with the Portuguese forward.

The stage was set for Aston Villa to make history as Hollywood superstar and celebrity fan Tom Hanks was paraded pitchside in the unfamiliar role of Champions League cheerleader before the meeting with Liverpool.

Dier jumped over the pitchside barriers into the stand at the end of the game.

However, Neal Maupay’s handball was penalised by referee Chris Kavanagh after he consulted a pitchside monitor, having already blown for full-time, and Fernandes converted from the spot in the 100th minute.

Ooh, the referee is going to check on the pitchside screen.

SKY SPORTS had to make an embarrassing apology after swearing was picked up on the pitchside monitors during Southampton's win at Norwich.

The VAR advised referee Graham Scott to take a look at the incident on the pitchside monitor, with a straight red for violent conduct the verdict.

Speaking to Sport360, HSBC Ambassador Habana said: “To be able to be pitchside after that World Cup victory and to be able to have that embrace with Siya, knowing his journey and knowing the road he has come to get to that point was pretty special.