It's hard to believe that a satirical description of that most common of weekend pastimes - gatecrashing parties - or the other activity favored by young men - pissing on public monuments - could end up in jail time.
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Yet that is exactly what happened to Martin Sharp and his Oz magazine cohorts in 1964.
The three would soon be released on appeal and subsequently have extraordinary careers. Sharp's graphic work is now collected by museums, with his Bob Dylan homage "Blowin' In The Mind" among the most desirable.
Were Bob Murphy's career to be summed up in a single line, it could be Dylan's words "Wise man looking in a blade of grass ??? for Dignity."
Murphy is rightly called a champion for 300 games at the Dogs, yet in a somewhat Dylanesque way, its his dignified conduct during a difficult, but ultimately magical, year between games 295 and 296 that elevated him to the level whereby he is the most admired man in the football universe.
