Congratulations are due to the winners of the inaugral The Price is Right competition. I say ‘winners’, because I’m handing out plaudits to joint winners, and that’s because it’s my blog and I can do what I like. For those that didn’t guess correctly, the answer was of course dodgy 1970’s hairstyle victim Dennis Tueart:
Dennis Chewits
So, in joint first is Chris Gordon, whose fantasy league team “Leeds from the Front” sits proudly in second place in the GrumpyOldFootballers fantasy league game. He chimed in to say:
“I recognize that picture – I had his football card when I was a kid.
Without completely giving away the answer and spoiling everyone else’s fun, my earliest memory of this MC legend is of him playing left wing for his former team in the 1973 cup final when, with more jam than a Tiptree factory, upstart outsiders Sunderland beat a superior but desperately unlucky Leeds team 1-0.
If memory serves I swapped his card for a pack of chewing gum and a Top Trumps 1976 Fiat X1/9. The Fiat was quicker in a straight line but our Mancunian transfer target had a better turning circle.”
It’s quite clear Chris is a Leeds fan so I could never actually let him win the competition outright. Still, he obviously knew the answer and props go to him. And kudos too for the comedy answer.
But in actual first place (in that he actually provided the correct answer before anyone else) is Paul Lowry. His fantasy league team sits just behind Chris in third place (in the absence of any actual football this week – internationals don’t count as football – we’ll be having some form of fantasy league related posting this weekend). Paul will doubtless be thrilled to know that we’ve splashed out on a very special prize for our first ever winner – a time machine! Yes, you too can travel back in time in style with our 2009 registered, top-of-the-range time machine complete with alloy wheels, furry dice and iPod cradle. Unfortunately Paul can’t take delivery of his new time machine until I get the insurance sorted out, but in order to prove the time machine’s existence I travelled back in time to fix a mighty injustice inflicted on Paul’s home town of Chesterfield.
Take a look at this video of the 1997 FA Cup Semi-Final between Chesterfield and Middlesborough, taken after my short journey back to 1997:
Keep an eye out for a brand new episode of The Price is Right, coming soon!
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