2006 - May

[El Gordo]

Thanks for the sentiments Mick, though I may need to call on a favour or two after I'm gone, so will probably pass on the physical violence suggestion.

I'm actually feeling pretty positive about things. I have one or two irons in the fire.

Talking of irons, come on West Ham! We've not had a cup final upset for a while.

Agree about the QPR season ticket. I'm not going to renew for the first time in a good few years. Will pick and choose my games. Am currently reading Stan The Man, the ghosted autobiography of Stan Bowles. He may have been a bit before your time, but one of my all-time heroes. Still hangs out in the Sheherds Bush bookies, and occasionally seen propping up the bar of one of the local hostelries. You can't imagine too many current Prem stars in that future category. Yeah, 2036. Wheezey old black guy shaking his head in the corner of the Holloway Road bookies. "Excuse me, aren't you Thierry Henry...? Wow, let me buy you a pint next door..."