Tayto suffer late heartache and crash out of World Cup Of Crisps

It was a dark day for Tayto crisps as the famed spud failed to get out of their group.

British TV presenter Richard Osman is currently hosting the World Cup Of Crisps on Twitter to find out what the best packet of crisps is and Group 4 caught the attention of Irish people everywhere for one specific reason.

WORLD CUP OF CRISPS 2016

ROUND 1 - GROUP 4 of 12

Top 2 qualify for round 2. Voting starts now! #wcocr2016

— Richard Osman (@richardosman) March 26, 2016

Tayto Cheese and Onion crisps were drawn in a group consisting of Chipsticks, Walkers Smoky Bacon and Space Raiders Pickled Onion crisps, with the top two crisps going on to the next round.

With voting open to the public, Tayto didn’t get off to a good start.

Tayto is getting hammered by rubbish here. A travesty. https://t.co/iiMvF6US78

— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) March 26, 2016

But Ireland’s favourite crisps rallied thanks to a noble call from Mr Tayto himself.

The fighting Irish are back!
3rd place now but we need top 2!! It's Ireland V the world! Vote here:https://t.co/fJx6dHeb2h#VoteForTayto

— Mr.Tayto Ireland (@MrTaytoIreland) March 26, 2016

28 minutes left people. And #Tayto is within 1% of walkers. We can do this. Get voting! https://t.co/I5stwJLkti

— Colm O'Gorman (@Colmogorman) March 26, 2016

@MrTaytoIreland @BetonRyaner For God's sake people, vote early, vote often!

— Maïa Dunphy (@MaiaDunphy) March 26, 2016

@daraobriain let's do this #wcocr2016 pic.twitter.com/N8kDoyuLTQ

— Hairy Baby & Tee Siopa (@HairyBabyTees) March 26, 2016

Chipsticks claimed pole position, but had Tayto done enough to catch Walkers? As voting closed Tayto had gone from 19% of the vote to to 26%, pulling level with Walkers, and forcing a tie break.

In the last 10 seconds Tayto pulled level with Walkers in Group 4! A tie- break will follow. #whatscenes https://t.co/a5zlXZHNzg

— Richard Osman (@richardosman) March 26, 2016

And once again Twitter came alive in the hunt for qualification.

10 minute tie-breaker V Walkers!! Come on Ireland Tayto needs you votes! Vote here: https://t.co/lu4g44eXzu #wcocr2016

— Mr.Tayto Ireland (@MrTaytoIreland) March 26, 2016

VOTE TAYTO. NATIONAL PRIDE AT STAKE. https://t.co/ZmYxi1CRnr

— 🍺 Donald Clarke📽️ (@DonaldClarke63) March 26, 2016

But sadly it wasn’t to be as Tayto suffered shootout heartache at the death, missing out by two per cent of the vote.

Tie-break time for group 4. A 10 minute shootout between the tied crisps. Most votes will qualify for the next round

— Richard Osman (@richardosman) March 26, 2016

This feels worse than that time Thierry Henry punched the ball into our goal. https://t.co/kby25FEdn5

— Jarlath Regan (@Jarlath) March 26, 2016

A valiant effort, but a sad day for Tayto.