To be fair to Leicester, they seem to have dispensed of that goal music. Their fans must be delighted.
In fact, thinking about it, goal music is dying away, isn't it. Do Palace still have it?
I'm looking forward to this year's Criterium in Quillan, the little town in the Pyrenees where I spend several months of each year. Sagan's last road race!
https://www.quillan.fr/criterium/
This song gets me. It's message - that we are all so insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but so important in our tiny circle of relevance - is lovely. Powerful.
When I drove Mrs. Mahone from our wedding to the reception in the summer of 1995, I had set this song up to play on the cassette played in the car.
To this day it still makes me weep. You should have seen the state of me when they played it at Latitude last Friday. 😭
It's being restored - it's miles away from having been restored.
I spoke to some of the people in charge there - they are waiting on planning permission for the restoration to be finalised. The application has been in for over 18 months, and they shrugged and laughed when I asked them how much...
I bought one with Albion 1901 on the top and wore it at Glastonbury. It got lots of admiration - @jackalbion spotted it from a distance.
It's a glorious hat.
Yes, I ignored Jofra, Jones and Mark Wood who are/were all, potentially, amongst our greatest fast bowlers - if only bowling very fast didn't mess you up.
I knew Buttler would be controversial, and considered Prior. But I love the way Buttler plays, so he got the nod.
Thorpe for Bell I could countenance (I forgot Thorpe was still playing in 2003), but Trott? No chance in my eyes. He never filled me with confidence and I never warmed to him.
Comparisons between the teams of 2005 and today got me thinking - who would be in the team if players across these eras were available?
My team:
Alastair Cook (c)
Marcus Trescothick
Ian Bell
Joe Root
Kevin Pietersen
Freddie Flintoff
Ben Stokes
Jos Buttler (wk)
Graeme Swann
Stuart Broad
Jimmy...
I went on Friday, a gloriously sunny evening. It was great fun, but as @Wrong-Direction said, the seating rows were incredibly close together.
We turned up early, wanting to enjoy beers from the bar in the park. Small cans of Meantime IPA were £5.50 with no draft options. We wished we had...