FC United show true heart of Manchester

HOW did we do last night, then? Not that it matters very much, I suppose: thanks to the rather fortunate win in Catalonia, this group appears to have gone into a coma, which prompted Messrs Fergie and Carrick pre-match to sound off about how “great” the Champions League still is in terms of excitement in its group stages.

Mmm. I bet you could hardly sleep on Monday night, such were your levels of anticipation.

So the biggest Manchester football match this week clearly wasn’t last night, nor will it be the visit of Wolves on Saturday. In fact, it will take place on Friday night in that most unlikely of environs – Rochdale, who take on FC United in the first round proper of the FA Cup. You can easily get hold of a ticket for MUFC v Wolves, but it’s already at the sell-your-sister’s-virginity stage for this Titanic encounter.