The Hoddle of Coffee: Tottenham Hotspur News and Links for Monday, October 19
good morning everyone – Today is a rare Monday Night Football game. No, I’m not talking about the San Jose Sharks versus the Toronto Maple Leafs. Tottenham Hotspur are back in action against Coventry City! And if there’s one thing I like to do on Monday Night Football, it’s checking out fun facts about cities. […]
Good morning, everyone – another Monday Night Football game is upon us. Today, Tottenham Hotspur take on Coventry City at Stamford Bridge. Speaking of Coventry, here are some interesting facts about the city:
1. Coventry is said to be the birthplace of St George, the patron saint of England, and the city's emblem features St George's cross.
2. Shakespeare reportedly ended a relationship with a Coventry woman on the day before their wedding to marry Anne Hathaway, the famous Elizabethan actress.
3. The modern bicycle was invented in Coventry in 1885 by John Kemp Starley, three years after Tottenham Hotspur was formed as a football club.
4. Novelist and poet George Eliot lived and went to school in Coventry. Her novel Middlemarch was inspired by the city.
5. In 1972, Chuck Berry recorded his hit My Ding-A-Ling at a Coventry ballroom during the Lancaster Arts Festival, along with Pink Floyd and Billy Preston.
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