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.
Steve Sidwell failed to defend adequately when Storm Darragh struck
Sidwell accepted his fate and even moaned he had predicted it
The Amazon Prime pundit was at Craven Cottage to see Fulham blow away Brighton 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.”
Sidwell poured out his thoughts just before the outpour of rain
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The former England Under-21 star then struggled to put the umbrella on the ground behind him.
That’s despite providing a running – or raining – commentary on the matter.
“Let’s just put this one down shall we,” he said – while grimacing and grappling with the brolly.
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 cutting comment that Mary Poppins at her brusque 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.”
Alex Iwobi and Co were on the up like Sidwell’s umbrella after he scored twiceGetty
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