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Radio highlight of the year? Coverage from the football radio stations Rasio 5 Live and Talk Sport on Rochdale versus York City. Utterly bonkers stuff. No wonder that the football journalists sounded like they were going to pass out with excitement. Seeing Rochdale score after 5 minutes of extra time, to go into the football league automatically, and then see York City score after 13 minutes of extra time, giving them the automatic promotion instead, was deranged stuff.

Every person there, seeing two big explosions in short order, became modern versions of Tsutomu Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on business on 6th August 1945, suffered burns when he saw the first nuclear bomb, but went off to Nagasaki, just in time for 9th August's second nuclear bomb. He lived until passing from stomach cancer in 2010, aged 93. Now that, THAT, was a man.

York City will probably mainly want Rochdale to get up anyway so they can share their experiences but, if not, a small part of them will think: "See? See? Don't eff with us!". I suffer long-term illness but, hearing this on the radio, made me grab my phone and text to explain to people what just happen and to make sure they look out for the coverage. Amazing stuff.