On Wednesday morning Ron put the barrier up and held it up while he talked.
"I ring the 5 of them at 3," he said. "Same as every Wednesday. Then I have the wireless on in there until it finishes, however long that is." He looked at the car behind me. "Semenyo will want to know who is taking the penalties. What do I tell him?"
I told him to tell Semenyo to listen.
"That is what I told him last week," Ron said, "when it was who plays left back."
We left Beckenham on the coach at 4. By the time we came off the North Circular the roads round the stadium were full of people in red and blue walking in the cold with their hands in their sleeves.
On the corner of Olympic Way a man had half and half scarves on a pole, City on 1 side, us on the other.
