ON THE DAY THAT DAVID BECKHAM RETIRES...

... it has just occurred to me that it is in fact HIS fault that I ended up with more than a passing interest (get it?) in football. That England/Greece game was the first match I'd been to and although the game itself wasn't up to much in the first half, David Beckham did the job of 11 men on that pitch and I was completely won over - even before he scored THAT goal! So it's his fault that I can barely breathe when NUFC are playing and will undoubtedly suffer an early demise due to having the misfortune of living in an area whee there really is only one club to support. Must be nice to support a team that wins stuff - like my brother does!! He supports Man Utd and like all Man Utd fans, has never lived there and probably has never even been there. But there you go. Must be great not to feel sick when your team is playing. I do every time. It's worse when we're on telly for some reason. I would have thought it would be worse when we're at the ground, but it's not, unless we're 0-4 deon to Arsenal at half time... ... Oh God, talking of Arsenal, who are we playing on Sunday...?