Liverpool legend John Barnes has urged people to use the example of football's new Video Assistant Referee technology to look again at the Brexit 'disaster' in a powerful speech calling for a second referendum.
The former LFC star was speaking at a People's Vote North event in Leeds alongside Everton hero Peter Reid - with both strongly calling for a change of approach and another vote on Brexit.
And the 55-year-old chose an anology using the new Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology that is being used more and more in modern football to explain why he firmly believes a new vote is needed.
The 55-year-old said: "Brexit is a disaster. Quite a few of my friends who did vote leave will not admit to changing their minds - but I know they have changed their minds. They are embarrassed.
"But when we actually talk about the details that we have seen over the past 18 months - one of my friends is a farmer and when you look at how they will be affected.
"Now that we have the detail of what is going to happen - I use the analogy of VAR.
"A lot of people don't like VAR but what it does is give you the detail of the incident and then you go and have a look at it and you can change your mind - you may not change your mind, but at least you have the detail."
He added: "Now what you can't do with VAR and what we can't do here is say 'we have VAR but we're going to give the goal and after they've kicked off we say oh s*** it's wrong but we can't go back' - so you better use VAR before you can't go back."
The panel discussion - hosted by former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell - then heard from Peter Reid, who told a story about how he convinced his leave-voting mother to change her mind.
He said: "Believe it or not I go in public houses on the odd occasion. And after a few we get into heated debates.
"And I don't mean this in an ignorant way, but people didn't know what they were voting for.
"I include myself in that - and I voted remain - I didn't know about tariffs, the Irish border was never mentioned, medicals - and Chris Grayling has given me a great lesson in ferry crossings."
He said after his mother said she had voted leave, he mentioned "Boris Johnson, (Michael) Gove, (David) Davies and (Jacob) Rees-Mogg" before adding: "And my mum changed her mind, believe it or not."
