How many commentators end up being doused in champagne at the end of their first game?

It was a privilege to be yapping away to what was no doubt an incredibly small but passionate audience back home as Maidenhead United wrapped up promotion to the Conference South, beating Team Bath 1-0 at Twerton Park, in Bath, in the Southern League's play-off final.

For the first time I'd had the chance to discover how hard it is talking for two periods of 45 minutes - with the fantastic help of Steve, one of the Maidenhead directors (and press officer for the club), who provided valuable insight all along, such as who the hell scored Maidenhead's goal (Errol Telemaque, but damned if I knew at the time).

But what a result to start with. The first half was fairly dismal with barely any shots on goal registered, but with forty seconds of the second half gone, Maidenhead scored. The tempo immediately leapt and we had a game on - so much for having to find 45 minutes of chat, the rest of the game flashed by as promotion crept closer.

After the final whistle there was a pitch invasion and, with the Maidenhead players gathered in celebration, I went down with my microphone to interview their manager, a very happy Drax Hippolyte.

As I was doing the interview the players were given bottles of champagne. Within seconds the pair of us were being showered in alcohol, which you can hear dripping fuzzily into the microphone as the interview continues:

I'm fairly sure there's a quality photo of the interview somewhere - I recall seeing a photographer in front of us as the champagne dripped. What a job, eh? You can't buy that sort of moment. Who wants to be a Premiership reporter? Try getting onto the pitch for their celebrations. A brilliant day.