STEVE SIDWELL was a do-anything midfielder for Fulham and Brighton.
But even he must have been surprised when he nearly added Mary Poppins to his repertoire.
The Amazon Prime pundit was at Craven Cottage to see Fulham blow away the Seagulls 3-1, mainly thanks to an Alex Iwobi double.
But Storm Darragh nearly did the same to the ex-Aston Villa ace.
And when a huge gust flung his umbrella up – with Sidwell struggling to hold on and not go the same way – viewers reckon he almost emulated the super-power of the movie world’s most famous flying nanny.
One fan posted: “Stevie Sidwell loses his brolly – nearly did a Mary Poppins down the river Thames!”
Mary Poppins was the title and of course the main character of a book series that became a 1964 film mixing live action with animation.
“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” was her best-known pronouncement.
In contrast, Sidwell’s verdict on his rainswept-away moment was more blunt and more to the point.
After failing to stop his brolly turning inside out above him, the 41-year-old claimed: “I knew that was going to happen as soon as we went live.”
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The former England Under-21 star then went one-on-one – tussling with the umbrella as he strived to put it on the ground behind him.
Ever the professional, he provided a running – or raining – commentary on the matter.
“Let’s just put this one down shall we,” he said, while grimacing and grappling.
And just in case viewers hadn’t remembered, he repeated: “I knew this was going to happen.”
Even Amazon decided to have a troll over the broll – by sharing a clip of the incident.
The broadcaster also added the sort of no-nonsense comment that Mary Poppins at her best would have been proud of: “The magic of live coverage. Steve Sidwell 0-1 Umbrella.”
But he did find sympathy from a few viewers.
One pondered: “Don’t know why they don’t have studios anymore. December in England.”
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