Sutton’s superb FA Cup run has turned reserve goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach Wayne Shaw into something of a minor celebrity, with the big-boned stopper even receiving an offer to pose naked for a magazine.
During Sutton’s fifth round clash with Arsenal on Monday night, the 20 stone 45-year-old decided to celebrate the glamorous evening by tucking into a pie on the subs bench, only once all three changes had already been made mind.
Sutton’s reserve goalie Wayne Shaw enjoys himself during the FA Cup match against @arsenal 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/DVHJoz5XaS
— Footy Wankers (@Footy_Wankers) February 20, 2017
However, there may well have been more to Shaw’s pie-demolishing antics than meets the eye, with suspicions aroused over a Sun Bets offer earlier that day…
Name a more iconic duo, we’ll wait…
Wayne Shaw To Eat A Pie Live On Air = 8/1https://t.co/RbjPZpZ6NK #FACup #SUTARS pic.twitter.com/0YbfWbsHJh
— Sun Bets (@SunBets) February 20, 2017
COST US A BELLY FULL: We’ve paid out a five-figure sum after @WayneShaw70 finishes his pie with glory! #YouBetcha #FACup pic.twitter.com/XrBCL3psOZ
— Sun Bets (@SunBets) February 20, 2017
Hmmm.
Well, if it all was pre-arranged then it’s a clever piece of marketing, albeit by a rather risible rag.
And we can’t see Arsene Wenger and his army of sports nutritionists introducing a mid-game pie back at the Emirates any time soon.