Yes, I read all the excuses. However, last year on the 27th I managed to:
Travel up to Kempton for the racing
Lose my ticket for the match at some point
Travel back down to Brighton having not had a winner
Go to the pub in Brighton
Buy another ticket for the game off a Bee who decided to stay in the pub
Go to the match
Attempt an 8 mile walk home afterwards
Give up half way through and get on a bus
The wrong bus as it turned out - it took me the opposite way and I ended up back in Brighton City centre
Have a nightcap in Spoons waiting for another bus
Get the other bus which didn't even take me all the way home
Walk the final 20 mins
Then go to work the next day
While the TAP mafia stayed at home and watched it on the box
