AMIDST all the brouhaha following the separation (pending divorce?) between FC United and Manchester United in 2005, there is one band of intrepid souls who have, in time-honoured fashion, tried to “keep it together for the kids”: those who follow both teams, cherrypicking the fixtures of each and maintaining dual memberships.

WIT the much-mourned quasi-retirement of Terry Wogan, these islands’ Greatest Living Broadcaster is now undoubtedly ‘Lord’ Danny Baker, and he recently addressed one of his pet targets, the — underachieving Rafa Benitez.