Tune into those Qatar rumours

I WAS planning to give God some stick today, given that he is to blame for sending the weather that has cancelled two eagerly-awaited away days within a fortnight, but I daresay it’d be safer to pillory Chelsea instead (which, as we all know, is Satan’s chosen team).

The postponement decision taken by the sinister cabal of Chelsea officials, Chelsea-supporting police and Chelsea-elected councillors on Saturday stunk worse than Heathrow’s departure halls.

Red lads on Fulham Broadway at that very moment of decision were phoning into us, bemused, as they reported seeing the snow was melting fast and the forecast was decent. Sure enough, at 4pm on Sunday, the roads and pavements were completely clear — and, of course, both shopping and other sporting fixtures went ahead unmolested all weekend in west London.