Jack Steven roved the centre bounce and was involved seconds later in belting the ball inside 50m, where it clean bowled several players and bounced up into the arms of Leigh Montagna, who banged it into the third tier.
Given that the UK is unlikely to join the single currency in the foreseeable future, it will be in the third tier of the emerging three-tier Europe (the first made of eurozone members, the second of would-be ins and the third made of eurozone "outs", ie those who would not join the eurozone even if they could).
The ball, in my memory at least, was still soaring majestically when it hit the seats in the third tier in Yankee Stadium.
Now, instead of making a quick return to the Premier League, Blackburn is in danger of being demoted to the third tier, where it last played in 1980.
The Glovers, who are 21st in the third tier, left it late to secure victory against their League Two opponents.
If Clough's immediate goal when he walked through the door at Bramall Lane was simply to keep the club in the third tier then it's safe to say he has achieved his objective.
Campari, whose sales of around $400m last year place it in the second tier of the global booze industry, is trying to narrow the gap that separates it from giants such as Diageo and Allied Domecq.Six years ago, Campari embarked on an acquisition spree to break free from reliance on a mere handful of products.
The third tier includes consultants like James Carville and Paul Begala.
All winners and runners-up from below the second tier have been from the third tier.
But Tom Bernard, the co-president of Sony Pictures Classics, places it in the second tier of festivals, on a par with those in Chicago Seattle Santa Barbarara, Calif.; and Miami.
