I was sitting on a plane to Scotland this morning when one of the crew suddenly rushed over to me and exclaimed: 'Piers, have you heard? He's out…HE'S OUT!!'
I didn't need to be told who 'he' was.
The expression of orgasmic excitement on the man's face told its own story: this was clearly a fellow Arsenal fan and the 'he' was clearly Arsène Wenger.
Our club's longest serving manager was finally leaving after 22 years.
If someone had told me a decade ago that I, or any Arsenal fan, would be remotely joyful at this news, I'd have thought they were bonkers.