My God! Wasn't expecting any interest in this thread yesterday evening, so didn't even bother going on NSC. Only checked it now to see if any of our Antipodean friends had posted overnight.
I was originally going to post all the reults so far, but thought it might be a bit over the top! However...
Nothing dull about it, although I lost interest in my late teens. I didn't need to check my collection to realise this howler:
The last shilling for circulation was dated 1967
on this page Guide to British coin pre decimal denominations.
I had already started collecting in 1966 and remember...
Imagine this. You are bottom of the final qualifying group with just four points out of 21 and one game left. Australia and Japan have already qualified automatically with 20 and 15 points respectively, yet you still have a realistic chance of making it to South Africa! This is the position...
OK, a serious one.
I once asked a new girlfriend if she wanted to go to a Mansfield Town home match one evening. She looked slightly puzzled, and asked "What time does it start?" "7.30", I replied. "But it'll be dark by then, won't it?" she pointed out.
No word of a lie!