We'll all tell 2022 not to let the door hit its backside on the way out tonight but it’s been a year that will echo down the ages.
Russia invading Ukraine, The Queen and The King (Pele) dying, an unparalleled energy crisis, global warming dishing out frighteningly extreme temperatures, NASA -successfully crashing a spaceship into an asteroid, Lionel Messi finally winning a World Cup and taking his place among the footballing gods and the UK having three prime ministers, one who lasted as long as the shelf-life of a lettuce.
But it’s behind the headlines that the real stories lie. So let me take you on a magical mystery tour through the past 12 months and a recap of 2022’s heroes and zeroes…