Source: Daily_Mail
PICTURE SPECIAL: Liverpool lose but still manage to 'sock' it to the Toffees
Mystery surrounds much more than just ITV's coverage of the FA Cup fourth round replay between Everton [LNB]and Liverpool[LNB].[LNB]Before the broadcaster's cock-up, referee Alan Wiley was seen kicking a pair of rolled up socks off the field during the Toffees' 1-0 extra-time win over their bitter rivals. But what were the socks all about?[LNB]Sportsmail is happy to reveal all.[LNB] Kicking off: Referee Alan Wiley kicks a pair of rolled up red socks off the pitch as Everton's Leighton Baines prepares to take a throw in[LNB] [LNB] Socking it to 'em: Cahill sprints away after being struck by a rolled up pair of socks[LNB] 'Sock robbers, sock robbers, sock robbers,'' the Liverpool fans sang at Goodison, bombarding the Bullens Road touchline with rolled-up balls of footwear. [LNB]This was to taunt Evertonians about their proposed move to a stadium in Kirkby, which is outside Liverpool city limits. [LNB]Scouse urban myth has it that, in the dark days of the 1960s and 1970s, not even odd socks were safe on a Kirkby washing line from local thieves. [LNB]The legend has been taken up with a vengeance by the red side of the city. [LNB]It is claimed that burglars from the Kirkby area would enter rear gardens, steal socks off washing lines and wear them over their hands while robbing the contents of the victims' home. An ingenious way of preventing finger prints being left at a crime scene.[LNB] Everton 1 Liverpool 0: Reds are goosed by the golden Gosling[LNB]VIDEO: ITV broadcast 117 mins of turgid, goalless football then show adverts instead of Everton's glorious winner against rivals Liverpool[LNB]ITV launch inquiry into Gosling-gate as boss Grade blasts 'inexcusable' blackout of Everton-Liverpool Cup clash[LNB]LIVERPOOL FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE WEB[LNB]EVERTON FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE WEB[LNB][LNB] Turf taunt: a pair of socks thrown from the Liverpool support at Anfield[LNB] Dirty laundry: another example of the strange practice[LNB] [LNB] [LNB]
