A text at 5.50am from my wife in Manchester telling me she was OK. This rather confused me, since I had no idea why she wouldn't be OK. Then I checked the news.
A confusing business indeed, especially if, like me, one had never even heard of the woman* before.
*The one responsible for that unfortunate gathering, I mean. Not your wife.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."