... and the first thing she wanted to talk about was the football! What IS going on? My mum HATES football!
She did say she was most impressed with (and here I was expecting her to name a player, but couldn't for the life of me figure which one of our mob might have impressed her in any way whatsoever)...
... Alan Shearer! And isn't he a nice young (! - it's all relative) man, and doesn't he talk a lot of sense!
Yes Mum, he does.
Wimbledon (which is Mum's absolute passion - she played tennis herself until well into her eighties) only reared it's head after the footie chat - quite surreal really.
Okay - it's 2.20, the pups are having a nap, I've got the telly on and am girding (another good word) myself for the showdown!
I reckon it's easier to watch England than NUFC - because, although the disappointment might be the same, at least the whole nation shares it and you don't have to suffer the taunts of other fans as much!

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