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AFC Wimbledon v. Liverpool: Thoughts from the Greatest Game on Earth

2015-01-06 (said on 2015-01-05 — implied: date said in the video; uploaded 1 day later) · documentary visit · John, Sarah Urist Green, Rosianna Halse Rojas · 3:04 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Sports (also: Personal life) · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, recurring series, community lore, timely hook, guest or collab

John's diary of the FA Cup tie between Nerdfighteria-sponsored AFC Wimbledon and his beloved Liverpool: arrival in London, the club shop and pub, the match (Liverpool won with two Steven Gerrard goals) and the time of his life.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Arrival in London on Monday: best sleep in years on a plane, the Yeti, Saatchi Gallery

  • ★★ On Monday John has just arrived in London with the game a few hours away; he feels great and everyone is excited. — 00:00:01 · London
  • ★ John says that one of his best nights of sleep in years happened on an airplane shows how much his life has changed since he had children. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:06
  • ★ John makes a quick visit to the Saatchi Gallery, because you can't go to London and not look at art. — 00:00:22 · London

00:00:26 — Before the game: match day scarves, the club shop, pints, Seb Brown's gloves, the match day programme, 'a best day of my life'

  • ★ At the ground John gets his match day scarves and buys basically the entire AFC Wimbledon club shop. (playful) — 00:00:34 · AFC Wimbledon
  • ★★ John shows the actual gloves Seb Brown used to save two penalties against Luton Town, the saves that sent Wimbledon back into the league. — 00:00:54 · AFC Wimbledon
  • ★★ John notes they are in the official match day programme and exults that Nerdfighteria sponsors a team that is playing Liverpool. — 00:01:00 · Nerdfighteria, AFC Wimbledon
  • ★★ John won't call it the best day of his life, since his children's births and his wedding day were, but says it is 'a best day of my life'. — 00:01:10

00:01:24 — The match: 1-1, Steven Gerrard's free kick, Barry Fuller, a corner in front of the word Nerdfighter

  • ★★ About 45 feet from Steven Gerrard, John reports Liverpool scored, then Wimbledon equalised for 1-1; he has never been this excited. — 00:01:39 · AFC Wimbledon
  • ★★ With about five minutes left Liverpool lead thanks to a Steven Gerrard free kick, which John finds hard to root against. — 00:02:02
  • ★★ John points out a Liverpool player taking a corner in front of the word Nerdfighter. — 00:02:17 · Nerdfighteria

00:02:28 — Next morning: Wimbledon did themselves proud and technically lost; thanks; sign-off

  • ★★★ After an entertaining game in which he had to root against a Steven Gerrard goal, John says AFC Wimbledon did themselves proud and technically lost. — 00:02:28 · AFC Wimbledon
  • ★★★ The next morning John says it was strange to see his favourite player Steven Gerrard score two goals to beat Wimbledon, but it was the absolute time of his life. — 00:02:42 · AFC Wimbledon
  • ★★ John thanks everyone at Wimbledon for hosting them, and everyone who watched the game and sent pictures of the DFTBAs and Nerdfighterias all over the pitch. — 00:02:54 · AFC Wimbledon, DFTBA, Nerdfighteria

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Central: AFC Wimbledon · Liverpool FC

Also: People: Barry Fuller · Buckminster Fuller · Sarah Urist Green · Seb Brown · Steven Gerrard

Organizations: Luton Town F.C. · Saatchi Gallery

Terms: DFTBA

Places: London

Characters: AFC Wimbledon Wimbly Womblys

Taking part: Rosianna Halse Rojas

Only in the description or credits: FA Cup · Thoughts from Places

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