The week began with Lorraine's bus.
Or rather, the week began with the fact that Lorraine's bus had become, against my wishes and entirely beyond my control, the most talked-about vehicle in English football. The photograph from Anerley had been shared a hundred and twelve thousand times by Monday morning.
The BBC had run a feature. Sky Sports had discussed it in the studio, Neville calling it "the kind of thing that separates Walsh from every other manager in the league," Carragher adding that "the lad's either genuinely decent or the best PR operator in football history."
ITV's Good Morning Britain had called Jessica's office four times requesting an interview. Jessica had declined four times because she understood that the moment's power came from its spontaneity and that any attempt to capitalise on it would destroy the thing that made it worth sharing.
