Last Saturday, perhaps the defining moment of this season’s Premier League title race unfolded.
Reiss Nelson, an almost forgotten reserve, climbed from the bench to score the winner for table toppers Arsenal in the dying seconds of their game against Bournemouth. If the Gunners do go on to win a first title in 19 years, their fans will forever remember that strike.
It was a fairytale moment, but most Arsenal fans based in the UK could not watch it live (not legally, anyway). That is because of the ‘3pm blackout’ – a rule that no Premier League or English Football League games can be broadcasted live on television between 2:45pm and 5:15pm on Saturday afternoons.
