good morning everyone –
Today is a rare Monday Night Football game. No, I’m not talking about the San Jose Sharks versus the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Tottenham Hotspur are back in action against Coventry City!
And if there’s one thing I like to do on Monday Night Football, it’s checking out fun facts about cities. So let’s not waste any time here and get straight to some Coventry fun facts.
- Fun Fact #1: If you like St George’s cross and/or dragons, well have I got news for you. Legend says this city was the birthplace of St George, the dragon slayer and patron saint of England. That’s pretty dang cool.
- Fun Fact #2: Do you like Anne Hathaway? Well, have I got news for you. According to the city, William Shakespeare ended a relationship with a Coventry woman on the eve of their wedding to marry Anne Hathaway. Yes, THAT Anne Hathaway.
- Fun Fact #3: Do you like bicycles? Well, have I got news for you. All modern bicycles come from a safety cycle fromJK Starley, invented in the great city of Coventry in 1885. That’s three years after Tottenham Hotspur formed as a football club.
- Fun Fact #4: Do you like literature? And do you like George Eliot? Well, have I got news for you. The novelist and poet lived and went to school in this town. Her novel Middlemarch was based on this famed city.
- Fun Fact #5: Do you like My Ding-A-Ling? Well, have I got news for you. Chuck Berry recorded this number-one hit at a Coventry ballroom in 1972, according to the Coventry city council. This was the 1972 Lancaster Arts Festival. lade, Pink Floyd and Billy Preston also performed at the Locarno that day, but it was Chuck Berry who immortalised it. Now he did Johnny B Goode and Reeling and Rockin, and Pink Floyd performed after him. Considering this is a family-friendly site, I probably can’t share the extended version that is free and available to listen to on YouTube. It’s wonderful.
So there you have it. Five fun facts about Coventry. Do you have any fun facts about Coventry you’d like to share? The hoddle needs more.
Fitzie’s track of the day:Johnny B. Goode, by Chuck Berry
And now for your links:
Alasdair Gold: “De Zerbi had just one rule at Tottenham’s Marbella training camp and gives James Maddison update”
BBC: “Hearts roll out red carpet … and Celtic walk all over it”
The Athletic ($$): “Former England striker Fraizer Campbell says he was addicted to snus: ‘I felt constantly fatigued’”
The Guardian: “European football: 10-man Lyon hold off Nice to move top of Ligue 1”