MAN OF THE DAY
Arsène “Wenger Out” Wenger: taking his crisis club to their fifth win in six, and annoying @piersmorgan in the process.
CROSSED WIRES OF THE DAY
News that Hereford’s suspension had been lifted reached the ears of 167 fans but not the match officials, who believed their game at Dunstable was off and did not turn up. The referee eventually arrived, and the game started half an hour late.
FANS OF THE DAY
The table may make grim reading for Borussia Dortmund fans – but 15,000 of them still travelled 200 miles to watch their match at Hertha Berlin. They lost 1-0.
IDIOM OF THE DAY
Sky’s Alan McInally rolling out an old favourite: shrugging off Burnley v Southampton as a textbook “damp squid”.
FAMILY AFFAIR OF THE DAY
Oldham manager Lee Johnson might have fancied his play-off chasers beating dad Gary’s struggling Yeovil. Sunday lunch might be interesting now: Johnson senior came away from Boundary Park with a 4-0 win.
VAN OF THE DAY
Craig Levein had a reputation for parking buses with Scotland but, now at Cowdenbeath, went one better by tweeting a picture of a club van in the goalmouth of their Central Park ground. It was a means of defrosting the pitch rather than a new tactic, but their match against Hearts was still postponed.
Heat from van engine attempt to defrost goalmouth at Central Park this am. Every effort made :-))) pic.twitter.com/z63eLFZMSo
— Craig Levein (@CraigWLevein) December 13, 2014
GOOD DAY FOR …
Conference North strugglers Hyde: making it two wins on the bounce with a 4-2 FA Trophy mauling of Spennymoor Town. @hydefclive: “Easy, this winning-lark.”
