Daughter is in Athens, on a school Classics field trip, where it was 23°C today. She’s all manners of smug at missing the cold snap.

This has been like the men’s game at Sunderland. They’ve done nothing, get given a really soft free kick, put it in the mixer and get a spanking finish. Infuriating.

Fair fucks to Scotland. Pleased as punch for KT.

Michael Oliver on Sunday, with Stuart Atwell on VAR. Watch out for Webb on his phone at the game, just to make sure.

Wallabies walloped.

Bought my Bruges tickets this morning. Can we beat them?

City are a bunch of cunts, always have been, always will be.

Another super-soft penalty, not given, but deemed a clear and obvious error by VAR. Meanwhile…

Super soft penalty given by Jared Gillett. He’s a dreadful referee. Nobody is getting a free kick for that anywhere else on the pitch and he’s given an 80% chance of a goal for a player inviting contact and going down way too easily there.

Just watched MotD. Craig Pawson is such a cunt. That Zubimendi booking is utterly ridiculous.

Two hour flight delay, due to fog at Heathrow, sat on the tarmac too. Fully expecting a statement City win today and everyone saying that our arseholes will go again.

Taxi to the airport, ugh.

This is the first time in almost fifty seasons as a season ticket holder and away regular that I’ve been told that I should watch more football. By someone who calls themselves *checks notes* Berkeley Gooner. Not the university, I take it.

A draw is probably a fair result, but if you want to win this league, you have to close those games out.

(Tom Hark): David Raya, Ballon d’Or, Jurrien Timber, Ballon d’Or, William Saliba, Ballon d’Or, Gabriel, Ballon d’Or, Calafiori, Ballon d’Or, Zubimendi, Ballon d’Or, Declan Rice, Ballon d’Or, Ebere Eze, Ballon d’Or, Bukayo Saka, Ballon d’Or, Viktor, Gyökeres, Ballon d’Or, Leandro Trossard etc

Love is: Having a missus who will drop work and drive you to Stansted when all the trains are cancelled on a Monday afternoon and get up and drive you to Heathrow, at 04:30 on a Saturday morning, to stop you using the night tube. All for football.

Early start for Mackem City.

Burnley and Prague in the last week and an early flight to Newcastle in the morning, with another back on Sunday. Going to be knackered, but a cherry of three points on top of those 8 days would really make it taste real good.

Gotta download the Jan Breydel Away App to get your Bruges ticket. Very intrusive. Fucked if I’ll ever be downloading the Armitage Shanks away app, and having a picture of a little cock on my phone.

Out of jail free there.

Oh, Woj.

Down to the bare bones up front for Saturday, lads.

Easy. Next.

A Carabao Cup game on my 25th Wedding Anniversary. Who says romance is dead?

Things I have learned today: The Novotel, Wenceslas Square, is about half a mile walk from Wenceslas Square. Wasn’t quite Lens, but it’s just another waste of valuable drinking time on a match day.

Definitely picked a hotel with a decent view.

It’s November, but we BBQ’d souvlaki pork this afternoon. The only drawback was the need for the garden lights for the last two hours of smoking.

Two goals, clean sheet, three points. Lovely hate-listen on the wireless too. Off to Prague on Monday afternoon, would take the same again.

RIP Willie Young. He was definitely a mover and shaker in football, they changed the laws of the game because of him.

Travelled to an appointment by train. Loads of kids visiting the Armitige Shanks stadium at half term. They’ve gone and painted cocks on all their little faces. I know it’s Halloween, but it’s a bit strong for me.

I suggest that we will only know if The Arsenal are really good some time after Christmas. It’s only when the crowd at an Ashes test are singing “Boring, boring Arsenal…” that you know you’re right at it.

30th October 2012, thirteen years ago tonight. Reading 5-7 Arsenal. A lovely memory.

Mr Nonce.

Palace at home. Could’ve been worse.

Worked some rust off a few players. Kept a clean sheet. Progressed to the quarter final. Fabian Hürzeler is still a cunt. Onwards.

It’s stopped raining now, should stay dry for the game too.

Magnificent.

🎵Ohhhhh, we’re halfway there, Ohhhhh, Aliadiere…🎶

Tickets booked in the Shed Lower for 30th November.

Jurrien Timber is such a good player.

Ground out three points. It was absolutely vital to do this, what with results elsewhere going our way. Let’s hope for better performances ahead, the result was just dandy though.

“We are not a team – that I see a lot in football – that go to the floor pretending…” Sure, Arne, sure…

Will Carragher be making a special appearance to dance with the Brentford fans?

Ha ha. Salah should’ve seen red there too.

Looking for a ticket for tomorrow. It’s for me if anyone can help 🙏

Well, well, well…

Oh this Big Gabby singing his song!! ❤️🥹⚽️

Youngest has been predicted A*A*A and has submitted early, for the usual reason. She’s been offered BBB by Warwick and BBC by Royal Holloway, so things are going to get expensive again soon. Good for her though, she’s a bright one.

Been busy as fuck and only just seen this. Statue imo.

Glad Jesus is recovering, terrible luck with injuries. Decent wide option off the bench. I often think of how he got bodied out of the game away at Lens though, and I think our new CF wins that battle. Also he’s on ridiculous money for someone who hasn’t proved he can be the main man.