"My diet was sausages then, in no particular order, sausages, chips, sausages, toast, sausages, beans, sausages, cheese, sausages, eggs, and the occasional sausage."

- Former England batsman Marcus Trescothick explaining how he got the nickname Banger. We thought of Marcus at the weekend when we were tearfully emptying our fridge of sausages and putting them in the bin.