Amid the exciting news (for Liverpool Football Club fans at least) that the disastrous ownership by Americans Gillett and Hicks is nearing a close, comes some news that made me laugh out loud.
From a BBC journalist's blog comes this hilarious quote, which may whizz over the heads of any non-English public school pupil or Harry Potter enthusiast:
"In the end it was Lord Grabiner QC, one of the most eminent barristers on the commercial circuit, who stole the show with his mispronounciation of Gillett's name (Jillett) - a mistake he dismissively corrected later on - and his withering reference to Tom Hicks Jr as "Hicks minor".
Priceless.
Of course, the "Thanks But No Yanks" banner may be saved for another day, seeing as the forced sale by Gillett and Hicks paves the way for another American owner for Liverpool Football Club, namely New England Sports Ventures (NESV), owners of the Boston Red Sox.
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