Brian Clough told them that they’d won their medals by cheating. But Jimmy helped them realise that they had won some things not because of Don Revie, but in spite of Don Revie
With The Beatles having split, the England team in disgrace and Manchester United recently exiled to the Second Division, this was arguably the most famous collective of individuals in Britain
They were the best team in the country, they were the most talked about team in the country and they were the most fashionable team in the country. When you covered them, you felt like the whole world was looking in
The script ran for about an hour. But with all the cheers and the clapping, it went on for 90 minutes, like a match. It took a long time to calm it all down. The curtain calls seemed to go on forever
The funniest bit was Terry Yorath’s singing. He had to sing ‘Climb up on my knee, sonny boy’ to Billy. We quickly realised we’d found the only Welshman who couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket
Duncan McKenzie was known for two party tricks in those days. He could throw a golf ball the full length of a football pitch and if he had a run-up he could jump over a Mini. On the first night, he came on with a fag held between his nose and his top lip
There were a few jokes about a pantomime off the pitch and a pantomime on it, but they really got down to it
I’d gone with a sinking feeling, but the first thing you thought was ‘this isn’t completely amateurish’. The second was ‘this is actually pretty slick’. It was extremely well done and obviously the players were thoroughly enjoying it
I had to say ‘whoever’s foot this slipper fits will be my Queen’. I might have got it wrong in rehearsal. But on the night your professionalism came out. Nobody wanted to make the first mistake. We were word perfect, almost. It was the excitement
And it looks to me as if it’s broken out again! It’s broken out again, and this time, a complete free-for-all
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