Have a read of the Fiver#s take on it from last night. That'll chill you right down.
AND NOW, FROM NORWICH, IT'S THE QUIZ OF THE WEEK!
1. What happened at half-time during the Norwich City v Derby County match in the Championship on October 4 2008?
(a) A fistfight broke out on the pitch over the ?6 first prize for Canaries Lotto, between Roger Teddington from Diss, who had winning ticket No81, and Geoff Bagshaw-Haugh of Kings Lynn, who had ticket No18 but was convinced it said 81.
(b) A fistfight broke out on the pitch between Roger Teddington from Diss and Geoff Bagshaw-Haugh of Kings Lynn, as Geoff reckoned Roger had been sleeping with his wife.
(c) Delia Smith drank three bottles of cooking sherry, grabbed the PA mic, and then sang three verses of Show Me The Way To Go Home before getting fed up and segueing into Oh Danny Boy.
(d) There was an irregular flood of money taken by bookmakers from punters in the Far East on the match.
2. What eventuality were they betting on?
(a) That Miriam Bagshaw-Haugh would leave Geoff for Roger Teddington of Diss, filing for divorce before the 90 minutes were up.
(b) That Norwich City would win, which is what looked like happening when Derby County keeper Roy Carroll gave away a penalty and got sent off after five minutes of the second half for a head-kick on Leroy Lita.
(c) That Derby County would win, which is what did happen after Norwich keeper Andy Marshall went walkabout to allow Nathan Ellington to roll the winner into an empty net.
(d) Don't know, nobody knows, or at least nobody's saying for legal purposes.
3. What is the FA doing?
(a) Having a long lunch at that new restaurant which has opened up just down the road from Soho Square, the one next to the jazz-dancing bar.
(b) Having a quick lunch at that new restaurant which has opened up just down the road from Soho Square before going in for a "meeting" with a "client" in one of the "meeting rooms" at the jazz-dancing bar.
(c) Sending a delegation to Carrow Road to help the janitor try to talk Geoff Bagshaw-Haugh out of the bogs, where he has locked himself in since Saturday. He is crying a lot.
(d) Sending a delegation to Carrow Road to enforce bookmakers to assist in match-fixing inquiries.
4. Is the very sketchy nature of this story a result of the Fiver treading carefully like a proper journalist for once?
(a) Yes
5. But you're prepared to make cheap jokes about the FA trudging en masse to a "jazz dancing bar"?
(a) The Fiver is only human, a mass of contradictions made flesh.
Posted By: Arizona Bay on October 17th 2008 at 10:03:56
Message Thread
- If anyone is interested............ (NCFC) - megson, Oct 17, 09:33:06
- Don't understand your anger, tbh (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 17, 10:00:32
- I'll post this again, more visible here... (NCFC) - HairyBobbingManAss, Oct 17, 09:47:26
- Is the right answer. (n/m) (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Oct 17, 10:18:54
- I replied below. I'm an angry young man this morning. (NCFC) - megson, Oct 17, 09:53:19
- I don't think they were being disingenuious, but agree with you they have made this into (NCFC) - stringersrevenge, Oct 17, 09:43:27
- Depends on their motive (NCFC) - Flying Canary, Oct 17, 09:41:06
- Of course, but why run to the media (which is essentially what they've done) (NCFC) - megson, Oct 17, 09:47:32
- I for one am glad they did it (NCFC) - Flying Canary, Oct 17, 09:53:18
- Agreed. What could the club have done about it? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 17, 09:54:09
- Told him that the FA had yet to contact them, which speaks volumes. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Oct 17, 09:58:40
- about the FA's competence? (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, Oct 17, 10:02:40
- sigh. Yes true I suppose there is always that angle to it. (NCFC) - megson, Oct 17, 10:04:26
- about the FA's competence? (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, Oct 17, 10:02:40
- Told him that the FA had yet to contact them, which speaks volumes. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Oct 17, 09:58:40
- Agreed. What could the club have done about it? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 17, 09:54:09
- I for one am glad they did it (NCFC) - Flying Canary, Oct 17, 09:53:18
- Of course, but why run to the media (which is essentially what they've done) (NCFC) - megson, Oct 17, 09:47:32
- yes, those nasty MPs... (NCFC) - Lol Morgan, Oct 17, 09:38:01
- I thought it was best to blow up a rumour on something I know nothing about (NCFC) - Norman Panic MP, Oct 17, 09:55:33
- Bollocks, what fucking truth? That there is an investigation? (NCFC) - megson, Oct 17, 09:48:20
- I think all we "knew" is that the FA "said" there will be an investigation. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Oct 17, 09:58:08
- We knew *what*, anyway? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 17, 09:51:08
- That a match was being investigated, and it might be ours. (NCFC) - megson, Oct 17, 09:55:09
- I don't think there's such a strong argument for secrecy (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 17, 09:57:57
- That a match was being investigated, and it might be ours. (NCFC) - megson, Oct 17, 09:55:09
- Did we KNOW that? (NCFC) - Lol Morgan, Oct 17, 09:50:34
- I am a touch annoyed this morning, agreed. Which is good. (NCFC) - megson, Oct 17, 09:57:35
- I agree - doesn't bother me in the slightest (NCFC) - Holden Caulfield, Oct 17, 09:56:01
- I don't think we have either, It upsets me that people out there will think that though. (NCFC) - megson, Oct 17, 10:00:07
- Have a read of the Fiver#s take on it from last night. That'll chill you right down. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Oct 17, 10:03:56
- lol, that's good. Right off to tell some posh old guy why (NCFC) - megson, Oct 17, 10:09:45
- Have a read of the Fiver#s take on it from last night. That'll chill you right down. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Oct 17, 10:03:56
- I don't think we have either, It upsets me that people out there will think that though. (NCFC) - megson, Oct 17, 10:00:07
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