That return to Cov up the M1/M45 in 1987 was fantastic. Only one bridge (in the Watford area) was empty of people celebrating. The closer to Cov we got, the bridges were simply heaving with sky blue ! London Road roundabout on the A45 was just something else. Fans celebrating all over the road...
Actual prize money for winning the Championship is around £11 million plus a few other bits and bobs.
Got to take tv appearance money into account on top of that.
As best as I can remember, he used to be a regular reader of the Guardian and thus gained a (wrongful) reputation of being intelligent in the dressing room compared to others.
Saw Rob Grant at Norwich Playhouse about 10 years ago when I was stewarding his stand up comedy gig. It was a genuinely awful event. Somebody must have told him that he could do stand up when he most clearly couldn't.... The poor bloke just about had a nervous breakdown on stage and, at the...
I loosely follow Dunfermlines results only because I attended a preseason friendly at East End Park between the Parrs and West Ham. Geoff Hurst scored an excellent hat trick! I was careful to keep extremely schtum when the anti English songs started up. The Dunfermline fans I was holidaying with...
I've been reading your amusing posts on SBT and GMK for many years Otis and I can safely say you're many things but 'thick' you most certainly are not 😊
Sometime around the mid 70s and early season 1-0 win at HR against Liverpool. Ferocious volley from the edge of the area. Unbelievable Tommy Hutchison strike from a Colin Stein headed backwards assist.