Certainly not a wally with a brolly, our Roy. I did notice Ray behind him at one point wearing a hooded garment, clearly keen to stay as dry as poss.

It is a worry though and I recall Prince Philip standing on a barge on the Thames in the pouring rain for, I think, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He caught Pnuemonia and was never the same after that.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

I must step in with pedantry to defend Midlands. The golfers are wearing golf caps, not baseball caps. And in any case, they are wearing them as part of a sporting outfit, just as baseball players would wear...err...baseball caps, but one wouldn't call them chavs for doing so.

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

Ray was still in shorts though

I have seen Roy stand in the rain a few times now. He always ends up looking like he has been soaked through. Not good for a man of any age. I always end up thinking why doesn't he wear a waterproof coat?

I have an older version of the Palace coat that he wears and it takes on water like a sponge. Surely, there must be a waterproof coat in the range? Or, perhaps someone should tip off Mrs H what she could buy him for Christmas.

He loves it. Backs to the wall defending, us against Man U at Old Trafford we’ll take them on and the weather whatever it throws at us. The players must see that too. It’s great I wouldn’t have anyone else in charge atm.