Tadhg Coakley: Getting the right result from Covid dreaming

Alan Sunderland of Arsenal scores the winning goal in the FA Cup Final. In Tadhg's dream, Manchester United's Gary Bailey caught the cross,  Allsport/ALLSPORT

I settle into the sofa — it’s very comfy. On three sides I’m surrounded by rows of locally brewed craft beers, perfectly chilled, attractively backlit inside tall refrigerated units. They give a calming, fluid glow. In front me is a large top-of-the-range TV screen, about the size of one of the goals in Wembley Stadium.