Deryk Barker wrote:

>Billy Kitson ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>
>>Do YouS know about Sir Thomas and an F.A.  Cup Final @ Wembley?? "Which
>>team do you think will win?" - "Well I'm in 2 minds actually - I own 'em
>>BOTH"!!
>
>I think you must be confusing him with someone else.  I've never seen this
>quote before and, given that Beecham famously spent all his family's money
>on opera companies and orchestras, it seem unlikely.

The nearest I can think of is the story TB tells in the legendary
"Beecham in Rehearsal" LP:

   "I went to the Cup Final.  In the days before I indiscreetly let
   it be known that my sympathies were with Manchester United, and, of
   course, Bolton Wanderers won.  On the day of the match I received a
   letter from Bolton Wanderers reminding me that I was the Chairman,
   not only of the musical society but of the football club.  How do
   you get out of that?"

As with all TB stories......

Tony Duggan
Staffordshire,
United Kingdom.