Wrong Footed
I've been trying to impress our Sportsound team with my inside knowledge of Scottish football. Most of this information is provided by my wife and son who talk to me about the game the way you might imagine a NASA scientist would talk to infants. Our Sports team talk to me like that too.
Today, however, I was convinced I had the scoop on Inverness Caledonian Thistle because Mrs Zed and Zed-son actually met the Caley Thistle manager last night. They were part of a reception for new season-ticket holders and got to hear Terry Butcher talk about his first few weeks in charge of the club and quiz him about team tactics and so on.
"All the players must wear flip-flops in the changing room," he revealed, "and are fined fifty pounds if they are caught in their bare feet."
This is a hygiene measure to prevent the spread of infection because, apparently, "a player's feet are his life."
So, today in Glasgow, I was sharing this amazing fact with key members of our sports team but no one seemed too impressed. I then went on to reveal the big secret: apparently there's a wheelie bin outside the Caley dressing room which is filled with ice after the game. Some players like to immerse themselves in it to prevent the leakage of lactic acid from their muscles.
"Just think of that, "I told our sports guys, "a whole wheelie bin full of ice."
One of our most famous presenters made the observation that some of the Scotland squad also use that technique
"But," he continued "they like to add gin, tonic and slices of lemon."
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