Footballers entering the knock-out phase of a competition practise penalties in case of a draw after extra time, but working on coin-tossing would probably not have helped David Darkin much when he finished with the same number of votes as another council election candidate in Carmarthenshire.
The dreaded heads or tails call occurred last Friday when Mr Darkin and Philip Warlow couldn't be separated after recounts. Both Labour candidates were vying for the third seat in Llanelli's Bigwyn ward. Some consolation then, that Labour took the seat?
"It's fantastic," said gracious loser Mr Darkin. "We won two out of three seats, and I know Philip will do a fantastic job for the ward."
