Representing Parliament Aug. 13, 2006

A sudden call-up to the Parliamentary football team, to play alongside MPs from Westminster against UK counterparts, in Cardiff, before the Charity Shield (Chelsea and Liverpool), has me score the only goal of the game in beating hosts Wales. Kenny Dalglish’s Scotland lift the trophy. My victory celebration?... a rousing version of “Sweet Caroline” (that well-known diamond of a football song) back in the Hilton Hotel in the early hours, a self-satisfying act of self-congratulation!