Speaking of northwest roots, I can't believe that a mere 12 years after I left the city, Girona are now in the European Cup (as I will call it till I die), and entertaining Liverpool at the Montilivi stadium (which was a third-division cabbage patch with 800-900 in the stands when I was there). I could have been there, freezing my bollocks off and watching Salah grab a late penalty 0-1 winner!

In other football-related news, my latest translation job is the case of a Spanish pro who was at Forest and suffered a career-ending injury in a match against Barnsley (the ignominy!), and is suing Forest and the Spanish social security. Should be interesting. In a very boring kind of way.