2006 - May

[Nigel]

Pull yourself together, men. I need hardly remind you, surely ? 'There's only one team in Larn-den'.

Now perhaps you can finally understand my slow progress around Canary Wharf a couple of Sundays back - I had a little errand to arrange in the kitchens of the Marriott. It's a fair cop, guvna.

I still haven't got a Cup Final ticket. Despite the efforts of mates, mates' mates, and blokes down the pub, the nearest thing has been a £ 2 500 offer on the net. I'm not in favour of such toutery, but needs must sometimes. Not at that price, though.

The most worrying thing down the pub last night was the jovial attentions of all the Liverpool fans I know. 'May the best team win,' they all smiled. Erk.

I thought (or rather, hoped) that was the whole point of Cup football, that sometimes they don't.

Come on, you Irons !