Flustered journalists will have fruitlessly been trying to make themselves heard over a landline telephone when Stan Collymore was wheeling away after his famous winner against Newcastle United.
Liverpool's 4-3 victory over the Magpies at Anfield on this day 25 years ago is widely recognised as one of the Premier League's greatest games.
A historic encounter to witness, a horrible one to report on deadline.
"I covered Liverpool for 10 years," Richard Tanner, then of the Daily Mirror, tells Liverpoolfc.com. "I can't think of a better game in that time."
Only, Tanner and the rest of his colleagues didn't really watch much of it.