THE DIARY OF A BBC SPORTS REPORTER


M


y month started with a trip back to The Valley, the ground where it


all began for me on BBC Final Score two seasons ago. My last visit was a memorable one, after I parted with my hard-earned


cash (albeit very little) to have a small wager on the game (it’s difficult not to as there’s a bookie’s stand just inside the Millennium Suite). I found myself a few quid up after predicting the first goal would be scored between the 35th-45th minute. Up pops Southampton’s Adam Lallana and my first cocktail of the evening (I like Mojitos and Cosmopolitans in case


you wondered) is paid for. After being forced to stifle my celebrations as the press box was surrounded by irate home fans, I resolved this time round that all bets were off, plus I’d not got any cocktail supping evenings planned this time. But, this visit to the Valley was


to prove just as memorable. In all the games I’ve reported from,


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