Electric Pigs fought a cliffhanger at the Fletcher Moss winning by just a single point against the History Men.  The History Men owe a debt of gratitude to the Prodigals' Anne-Marie.....At 8.20pm a couple of confused Historians rolled up at the Albert Club ready for battle.  It seems Ivor's instructions had been less than clear.  Anne-Marie undertook the mercy mission which saw them delivered safe and sound at the Fletcher Moss just in time for the off.

Prodigals fought a close match in the Albert Club derby but then let the Opsimaths gallop home to victory in the final 2 rounds.  In what must have been a really tough week for her we were honoured to have Cheryl acting (especially when it came to the Blackadder questions where she brought the house down with her Rowan Atkinson impersonations) as QM.  Cheryl showed that famous 'X' factor as she sailed through the evening.  Dave happened to have brought a copy of the Mirror ("to bone up on current affairs prior to the kick off" - What!!).  Its first 6 pages were stuffed with tales of betrayal by Cheryl's 'love rat' husband but she didn't bat an eyelid.  A real trouper!!  Just for the record here is Cheryl and her partner in happier times...

Andrew and the Pigs loved it:

"Great quiz - compliments to the setters."

Kieran was also pretty pleased:

"Excellent night (if you weren't in the Potteries as David was).  Very good quiz.  Lots of points on offer and some cheery opposition.  Pity about the pub though.  The real beer went off about the same time as Adebayor and the rather unhelpful line from the bar staff was 'it won't be back on until tomorrow since we didn't know how many people would want to drink it'.  In other words no one knew how to change a barrel."

....and Damian's feedback from the Stadium of Murk:

"Albert's questions went down very well with both teams.  If there was one quibble it would be with the pair about the outgoing/incoming captains of industry.  Who really cares who has taken over Spud-U-Like, or just departed from managing Toys 'R Us?"

At the Albert Club both teams did find the paper tough though Lord Rainford of Leorufus asked me to pass his congratulations to the Albert for "a very fair paper".  Anne-Marie, following her mercy dash at the start of the evening, was unlucky enough to get the Goodness Gracious Me parody question (Round 8 Question 2) and hereby nominates it as the most obscure question of the decade (actually her language was a lot worse that that involving great heaps of excrement but my kids read this site and I don't want them shocked).

Which South Manchester railway station is located on the Street With No Name?