match day

On match day, at exactly noon, we would each receive a white envelope with a single piece of paper listing the hospital and program where we would spend the next several years.

For a player to perform, his body machinery must be continually fuelled, oiled and checked long before the first whistle. Match day strategies involving the consumption of large amounts of food deemed to have a beneficial content with regard to performance should therefore not be used as a substitute for a poor diet across the preceding days or weeks.