Opening Credits

In the opening credits of ITV’s 2008/2009 FA Cup coverage, a bunch of Britons ended up in a field, where they ended up building a giant replica of the FA Cup Trophy – you know, because they were from all sections of life and they came together to build up this symbol of great tradition, and, in the end, it was a really massive trophy. I doubt they had planning permission and I expect that Sepp Blatter accused the builders of outrageousness in the face of an economic downturn.

In full investigative mode, I managed to track down one of the people involved in the construction of the massive replica, and here’s what he, David Pimpleson, had to say:

“We weren’t paid, we weren’t given safety harnesses, me and the boys like to say that we built a massive cup for the Football Association and got sweet FA for it.”

I mean that’s an awful joke – but, I’ve heard rumours that Andy Townsend and Robbie Earle were running the construction site, so it is pretty believable.

So, in the aftermath of the opening credits offered by ITV over the past year, we at YNWAWK would like to assure you that we will never chase you up with a request to build a replica of the Jules Rumet Trophy out of forty metre tall girders and chewing gum – we will not do this to you, but we will try to bring you some interesting opinions/comments/parody/illustrations from our footballing minds.

We are now a going concern.

The Editor