I was in Ripon Cathedral doing a craft fair, with a radio plugged into my lughole. The people next to me had one too, and a woman about 3 stalls away had a little 3" screen TV - and this was only in one corner of the building. Every time anything was scored the Dean climbed into the pulpit and made an announcement. When things got somewhat nerveracking, it got a bit "loud" in our corner, to say the least. An hour or two later, the Dean wandered past, took one look at my England shirt, raised an eyebrow and said, "I take it it was you doing all the shouting, then?" They don't half echo, these old buildings!

To my shame I still haven't seen any of the game, as I was out during the evening. My daughter's fiance says not to, if I care for my nerves, as he still gets all wound up even after two or three viewings - a friend of his, an undertaker, got called out just around the 80 minute mark to pick up a heart attack victim due to the match, and again through the replay later that night!

Andrea