Contender for best April Fools stories must go to The Saint, the Southampton radio station. They suggested that Peter Crouch, all 6ft 7in of him, was suffering from a disease called Proofilla which meant he was still growing. The club had only realised when they found his tracksuit bottoms were too short, and discovered he was 6ft 10in. Doctors said he need not worry as he would get over it in the next few years, but he could expect to end up 7ft 3in tall.