IT'S
half past one in the morning and, across the frosted rooftops, the Liver Birds are silhouetted against an enormous full moon.
We started speaking again around
half past one in the morning.
"Then we fly out
half past one on the Monday, which is not ideal really.
'I was asleep, then I heard someone walk up the stairs at about
half past one - it seemed creepy.
At
half past one, Lisa Holmes, young and smiling, turns up with the programmes.
Rewind to
half past one yesterday afternoon somewhere in one of Holyrood's diamond-encrusted committee rooms.
Earlier in the interview, Jay - now nine - said: "I was asleep, then I heard someone walk up the stairs at about
half past one - it seemed creepy.
IT WAS
half past one. Having spotted myself and an unnamed radio pundit placing a small wager on the first goalscorer, Bill Kenwright approached to cast his eye over our bets and suggested I make noises in the direction of Tomasz Radzinksi.
I haven't forgotten the tense hours I used to spend on motorways up and down the country, anxiously hoping Botham could stay in long enough for me to get home and watch a bit, instead of having to set an alarm clock to wake up for the highlights at
half past one in the morning.
At about
half past one, everyone stands on either side of a big space and stares at it for three-quarters of an hour, until the Queen arrives.
Here was another defining game defined by destruction, another landmark test spectacularly flunked before Wenger's clock struck
half past one.
He said: "Gary O'Connor damaged a shoulder and I only met Derek at
half past one.