Just after 10 o'clock on Saturday evening, the 2006-07 football season came to a close when Holland beat Serbia 4-1 in the final of the European Under-21 Championship in Groningen.

Six hours earlier, however, at Windsor Park, Belfast, Cliftonville drew 1-1 with Dinaburg of Latvia in the first leg of their first round tie in the InterToto Cup. This was the first official competitive game of the 2007-08 European calendar.

Thus, the new football season kicked off 360 minutes before the old one had concluded.