It was the host who started on the forepart foot, taking a survey of pretty much everyone inward the crowd'second favourite squad. A thoroughly boring thing (what is this? A pantomime?) together with likewise a sad indicator that patently people inwards the due south east of England now support Manchester City.
 |
| All these people got here ridiculously early besides. |
Once Harry Redknapp was introduced things took a plow for the improve. We were treated to a footballing history lesson, highlighted by a good storey about Neil Ruddock being fined 2 weeks reward at West Ham.
He refused to pay the £twenty,000 (inwards example you wondered how much a limited footballer was earning back xx years agone) and took the order to the FA to appeal. Got the aid of a superlative lawyer from South Africa to assist him avoid the fine and so had to pay £xl,000 in legal fees himself and then lost out anyway. I'one thousand certain that was worth every penny.
There was besides the wonderful spectacle of making low-cal out of 1 man'sec serious gambling addiction and a welcome cite of "ane of the top players in the earth", Paulo Futre (whatever you lot tell, Harry) to convey the get-go half to a close.
The half fourth dimension entertainment involved a series of auctions where some guy decided spending almost £chiliad on a signed in addition to framed Lionel Messi shirt was a proficient investment.
The moment half started slower together with built steadily towards the final decision (too the argue why at that place were style more women inwards the audience than yous'd have thought), stories from the jungle. But beginning nosotros were able to get the pleasing confirmation that yep, Benjani really was a bit crap.
With the promised mail-present Q&A session mysteriously forgotten well-nigh together with Harry presumably wanting to become dorsum dwelling to Sandra, the majority of the 1,000 about crowd went dwelling disappointed. We left at ix:45 too my dad dropped me off at domicile at nearly ten:fifteen. I got to bed fairly chop-chop, binge watching episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air on Netflix earlier going to slumber at 3:00am. Much later on than I would have liked simply, hang on, why would anyone ever necessitate to know this?
 |
| A opinion downwards towards the playing surface from the upper tier. |
The earth
The Hexagon is a decent venue for tiddler league theatre, only one that has seen amend days. It'sec fully covered because it'sec non Shakespeare's Globe as well as nobody wants to sit exterior for a bloody pantomime.
It was built back inward the 1970s when architects idea big, concrete buildings were a nifty thought as well as definitely not going to wait terrible inward the future. The master copy blueprint featured a proscenium just no fly tower together with I take literally no idea what any of that way.
There is an all-seater capacity of i,200. The seating itself is fine, variety of similar the ones you lot used to take inward the Showcase Cinema earlier they replaced them with the recliners and then people could sleep through the crap movies.
The venue hasn't actually changed that much since my final see dorsum in the nineties where I saw Jet from Gladiators struggle off Captain Hook with a pugil stick, inwards what was a rattling free interpretation of Peter Pan.
It's withal well worth a see though. There'sec a large bar within, serving all your favourite make alcoholic beverages merely at prices that'll make y'all experience like you should accept merely gone to the West End. But there's a decent High German pub right outside as well as an inexplicably popular sushi eating place if you'd rather pre-drinkable too eat somewhere else.
* It was a thoroughly amusing as well as entertaining demo too I recommend it to any football fan. Harry Redknapp is perfect for this type of gig.
Useless information about The Hexagon
Address: Queen Walk, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 7UA
Capacity: 1,686
Pitch Type: What are stages made of?
Ticket Price: £32 (Balcony)
Programme: There was ane, but buying it seemed unnecessary