Like most newly born WordPress.com bloggers, I keenly played with all the features and tirelessly experimented with the rich variety of horrendous 1, 2 and 3 column themes. Then, I left home and bought a domain name from a geezer in the pub. The downward spiral continues into self-hosting and mixing with the wrong crowd. Inevitably, I stayed up late, dabbled in alcohol and drugs while installing every single plugin and widget ever created for WordPress. ...

The Guardian’s Rob Smyth has a fascinating article where he eats humble pie and ranks Manchester United’s nine Premiership titles. Curiously enough, I have also given this matter a lot of thought over the weekend. I place this title second after Alex Ferguson’s very first Premiership victory back in 1992-1993. Not because that team was better (it wasn’t) but because of all the history, the expectation, the broken dreams, the false dawns in preceding 26 years and the satisfaction of lifting the title and finally knocking Liverpool off their perch. ...

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Dear Paul You are 32 years old and a fantastic footballer. You are still producing moments of breathtaking brilliance (lobbed pass for Rooney versus AC Milan). You are one of my favourite players at Manchester United. However, let’s face it. You can not tackle to save your life. If you get booked and United beat AC Milan tonight, you will miss your second European Cup Final. This would be hard for me to take so God knows how you would feel. Remember how it felt to walk around the Nou Camp in 1999 with Roy Keane in those grey suits. ...

Apologies for the delayed transmission but the events of last Saturday left me traumatised and deeply shocked. You might find it hard to believe that a once great club has been relegated to Division 2. You might even shed a tear for the diminutive, chirpy, cheeky Cockney who manages this football club. You might hope and pray that this sleeping giant makes a rapid return to the heady heights of, err, the Championship. ...