Thanks guys, i did the exam to day and, i feel very positive about it, something i haven't about an exam for a long time. I'll tell you when i get the results.
Walter Tull...played with dignity at Tottenham and elsewhere despite racial abuse. First black officer to serve in the British army I believe. Recommended for the Military Cross and killed in action in France 1918.
Bert Trautmann. Obviously not for some early associations with dubious organisations. But for what he overcame and went on to be. http://goalkeepinggreats.webs.com/berttrautmann.htm
Lloyd - just as an aside, when did schools start telling pupils in advance what the exam questions would be? They never did that in my day - mind you, even if they had, I would still have failed.
We now have Controlled Assessments, which have replaced coursework, and are a certain amount of our English Literature or Langue GCSE. the exam i just did was 12.5% of the GCSE for English Language. we had a few last year, and have had 2 this year so far. They tell you the question a week before, but you practice similar questions beforehand. You get to take notes into the exam with you, but not in full sentences, and under 200 words.
I wonder if Brian Clough should be in the list? But a good joke for your imaginary speech would be "When Clough was attacked by an irate supporter it was the first recorded incident of the fan hitting the ****". Maybe not for a school exam....