After all the angry controversy at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, the almost innocent chaos at the Madejski Stadium on Wednesday was a welcome break. Instead of talking about anything untoward, we were talking about pure entertainment.

THE return of Stock Aitken and Waterman at a Hyde Park festival this July will, for some, confirm that we are living in an Eighties timewarp, reliving all the worst aspects of the decade: namely the recession.