Hmm ...Originally Posted by Dedworth
... if an extract from a press article by the Essex Chronicle's chief reporter is to be believed:
"Nobody here expected this. Bob Shepherd, the Lord Mayor, said he 'leapt 35,000 ft into the air', on hearing the news.
"That just about sums up the degree of surprise here, following the announcement.
"We were 18~1 outsiders with the bookies - lagging well behind Reading, which was odds-on favourite."
