New Year transfer dreams better be modest ones, lads

IF FOOTBALL seasons are marked as much by their glorious moments as by trophies won, then we should still be remembering last Saturday warmly come the summer.

The sight of the entire United team mobbing the lovely Paul Scholes after his utterly peerless volley was the heart of what the game should be about: instinct, dazzling flair, unaffected joy.

No ridiculous video-game re-enactments or solipsistic shirt-name-pointing here — just genuine ecstasy, and extra seasonal goodwill towards one of the most popular Reds of his generation.