Did the Banana Boat go through Foxford?

In the days before last year’s football final, an extraordinary thing happened that would change the Examiner forever — the great Knowledgable Noel got it wrong.

The venerable pundit had seen something in their eyes. “That heady mixture of weakness and power, certainty and indecision, courage and fear.” And he thought they were in that elusive place that he has seen many underdogs reach, on their day.

“Believing fully you can win — but not really expecting to — is the perfect state of mind.”