I went to see Charlie's Angels on Saturday night with my bird. We loved it. Only thing is, I can remember it from the days of Farrah and Kate Jackson and my bird couldn't. I was asked at the end if that "Was that true to the original?" Have a laugh!

Cameron Diaz is inspired as the dippy tall blonde one who cavorts her ample shape in front of camera with the same profligacy as Chelsea parade the ball before goal. Lucy Liu is the clever and exotic one, sent to do the tasks that require tactics and strategy, getting caught just short of achieving her aim and just managing to pull something out of the bag albeit not what she had originally intended: the football equivalent of Claudio Ranieri. That brings me to Drew Barrymore, the slutty and capricious one who will get into bed with anyone if it will further her cause - I shall mention no names here, but they know who they are.

Anyway, I arrived, took my seat and tried to get excited. I tried a bit more, and then I had another last ditch attempt. Nope, nothing. The only thing that grabbed my attention at all was that City were wearing knee length, luminous yellow girls socks! What was that about? I reckon that Barbara Royle and Nana knitted them all from some old fabric they found round at Elsie's (God rest her soul) after the funeral.

As I looked over at the City fans, I wondered if those Oasis head cases would be there? If they were they would probably just have been caned and wearing dark glasses and looking the wrong way sticking two fingers up at Joe Royle thinking it was Gianluca Gullit or somebody else like that, kind of thing, sort of, maybe.

City had been given both lower tiers of the east stand. It is not often that happens, I think Manchester United, Arsenal, Everton and Liverpool are the only others that command such deference, but premiership new boys? I hate that phrase 'premiership new boys'. Manchester City are not Premiership new boys, they are old boys that got really crap and got relegated and then got even crapper and got even more relegated before they decided they were bored of playing teams that use jumpers for goalposts. Their support though has to be applauded; they really have been through it and have to be the only second division side, which had gates of 30,000. Selhurst Park has a capacity approaching 27,000 and even in the 9 years of Premiership football after their unceremonious eviction from Plough Lane, did the sadly missed Wimbledon manage to fill it but three times a year; visits by Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United.

I'm not saying anything about the game because if you were interested you would have seen it on Sky on Sunday afternoon. But just in case you did not, here is a very brief synopsis. Zola scored courtesy of a badly placed back pass gifted by City. Hasselbaink then doubled this, converting a superb cross from Melchiot. Chelsea went in 2-0 at Half time and there was nothing to worry about. City ran Chelsea ragged after half time and managed to pull one back 8 minutes from time after a period of intense pressure where the Chelsea goal was constantly besieged. I prepared for another gutless surrender but was spared the ignominy. That's how it finished.

I would like to end on a positive note though, so here it is: Middlesbrough lost again.

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