Abstract
Lynne Truss explains how, despite her professed ignorance and dislike of sport, she was recruited by the sports editor of The Times to cover the 1996 European football championships. In a delightfully humorous account, Lynne recalls her experiences – reporting from a Macclesfield training pitch, a Brighton pub and an airship – and her eventual willingness to give birth to Alan Shearer’s babies.
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