Whatever was on that note, it worked
It was heartbreak for League One Shrewsbury Town on Saturday afternoon, as they threw away a two-goal lead against Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers, conceding an injury-time equalizer to send the FA Cup fourth-round tie to a replay.
For a few minutes, however, they were on top of the world, with their second goal coming in bizarre circumstances.
Midfielder Oliver Norburn was seen reading a mysterious note, just as he took a corner midway through the second half. It was an unusual occurrence, but whatever was written on it, it worked: Norburn’s perfectly whipped in cross landed on the head of his teammate Luke Waterfall, who headed it into the back of the net.
When checking your notes just before taking a corner pays off… #facup pic.twitter.com/xnaG309mlP
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) January 27, 2019
After the game, Shrewsbury boss Sam Rickets was asked what was on the note – and the instructions were pretty simple:
It said put it in the box and then score a goal.
If only all football management was that simple.
Greg Docherty put the League One side 1-0 up just after the restart.
Wolves, however, pulled one back four minutes after Waterfall’s header, through Raul Jimenez’s low drive.
Matt Doherty then headed in from a corner in the 94th minutes to dash Shrewsbury’s hopes of giant-killing, and secure a replay at the Molyneux.
