The Premiership

OK, so it's a bloated, all-consuming, entirely mercenary and uncaring money laundering business for some of the most unsavoury glory hunters of the world, peopled by some of the most overpaid, self-regarding, fuck-wits ever to pull on a shirt...

I still would have liked to have been at The Cottage yesterday - that was a great game of football:- The little ground heaving in the sun; the game flowing from end to end; over 30 shots on goal; penalty appeals turned down; a Paul Scholes' masterclass; desperate late own goal; missed penalty; and last-gasp redemption.

Also, certainly, the first time Fulham can be said to have had better centre-backs than Man Utd.

I watched the game again later on Match of the Day 2, and to say that they failed to give any idea as to quite what a terrific game it was, is a massive understatement. I'm with Andy Gray's "I watched every game of the World Cup, and not one came close to this one".

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