The game between Hull City and Birmingham City on Sunday afternoon in the Championship was delayed after the goals at the MKM Stadium were too big.
In a farcical start to proceedings, the posts were then sawed down by two inches, in order for the match to begin.
Kick-off was postponed by 20 minutes after measurements were taken, and hawk-eye needed to be recalibrated before the fixture could get underway.
Last week's clash between Wigan and Cardiff at the DW Stadium also saw an issue with goal-sizes, but the referee allowed play to continue, only for the Bluebirds' third goal to go in off a crossbar that was established to be two inches too high.
The match eventually began at 3.23pm - a full 23 minutes later than scheduled.
Post-size issues aside, Hull have endured a far from comfortable start to the season, having already sacked one manager in Shota Arveladze, and a break down in talks preventing another joining in ex-Olympiacos manager Pedro Martins.
And they currently sit just above the relegation zone in 21st, after four wins, two draws and seven losses to kick-off the campaign.
The MKM Stadium played host to the second game of the afternoon to suffer significant delays, with the other coming just down the M62.
Arsenal's Premier League clash with Leeds was also unable to get going after an issue at Elland Road.
However, rather than a hardware issue it was a power cut less than three minutes into proceedings which interrupted the top-flight clash.
Both sets of players were escorted off the pitch after a lengthy stoppage on pitch, with the referee unable to communicate with the VAR.
Players were taken out to warm up again at 2.40pm, before play eventually resumed not long after.
