From the BBC:
A bid to find the remains of England's King Richard III is starting more than 500 years after his death in a post-match brawl in a Leicestershire pub car park.
A University of Leicester archaeological team is digging in the car park of the 'Grey Friar's Freehouse' where they think he may have been hastily buried.
King Richard III was killed after a drinking bout in a pub near Bosworth in 1485 and his body taken by the supporters of a rival team from the ale house 'The Franciscan Friary'.
Over time, the exact location of the grave has been lost. The project team said their work is "the first ever search for the lost grave of the last anointed King of England to be killed in a dispute over a late disallowed goal in an amateur league play-off".
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3 comments:
The trouble is, if they find evidence that the goal must stand, then league positions for the past 500 years will have to be recalculated.
Bosworth Villeins could end up in the Premier League.
This was discussed on Beebradio 4 today; one party said that Richards body was taken to Leicester by his remaining friends and supporters while the other said it was done by Henry Tudor to prove Richards death and thus confirm his own usurpation.
The interviewer failed to pick up on this discepancy which is a shame since it might have developed into a right old slanging match.
AKH, in football, the referee's decision stands, whatever evidence comes to light afterwards (barring outright corruption on the referee's part).
B, which they then no doubt would have settled in the BBC car park.
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