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England are into the semi-finals of the European Under-21 Championships – although some might say they have already won the real competition, by sneaking the oldest player in the tournament on to their team sheet. Max Aarons was born on 4 January 2000, while Football Daily was still trying to rid the Millennium Bug from its desktop computer and recovering from too many Tin–WKD cocktails on the big night.
The ‘Borussia’ faux pas (Friday’s Football Daily letters) reminds me of one by Gordon Lee when managing Everton in the late-1970s. On hearing that we had been drawn against Dukla Prague in the Uefa Cup, he reportedly said he was looking forward to the match as he had never been to Dukla” – Brian Barlow.
Back in the day, minnows Raith Rovers (from Kirkcaldy) beat Celtic. The geographically challenged Sam Leitch was then able to maintain the BBC’s reputation for accuracy, informing the nation that: ‘They’ll be dancing in the streets of Raith tonight.’ The comment is often ascribed to David Coleman but, alas, it was not he” – Doug Marr.
Allow me to assure Andrew Kluth that there is no way you could ‘just make up the letters you publish’ (Friday’s letters). If that were true then the rest of Football Daily would surely be filled with the same level of humorous and erudite reflections, which is certainly not in evidence” – Guy Robert.
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