A guy called Bruce Millington has a coulm in the Racing Post every week. The last few weeks he's been doing a bit about his top 10 sports. Today he gets to number one and its football, and he gives a hundred reasons why. They are generally good, and all the sorts of things we all smile about like "Pre-match pints", "Dixon, Adams, Bould, Winterburn", "Indirect free kicks inside the box", "The FA Cup 3rd round draw".

Hidden away in it all are some for us though.

"Ronnie Radford's goal"

"Alan Shearer. A shadow of his former self but a brilliant striker in his heyday and fine example to the kids as well".

"Scruffy players. All these silly rules about tucking in your shirt and pulling up your socks just don't wash with the likes of Ian Marshall and Tino Asprilla"

-- Anonymous, March 22, 2001