Robbie Fowler. If someone in the office, a friend, a brother, whoever had acted like he had you’d reassess your job, social life, genes. Joe Boyle
John Gregory. For the early part of the season his homespun philosophy seemed to mark him out as the footballing equivalent of Peter Sellers’s gardener-cum-sage in Being There. However, once Villa started losing, his true colours came to the fore. Being a poor football manager is something he can be forgiven, but his treatment of Collymore and Merson cannot.His personal attacks on them through the tabloids showed crass insensitivity and an atrocious lack of judgment. Ian Cusack
Carlisle to join the Scottish League (shame it had as much credibility as a UFO sighting). Stephanie Pride
Kevin Keegan’s ascension to part-time then full-time England boss. The papers cried out for Kevin, so he had to appear, whether he was anyone’s first choice or not. Equally, when he decided to go full time, there seemed to just be this acceptance that this is what everyone wanted. Anthony Hobbs
Watching the Evesham United goalkeeper against Stafford Rangers. Whenever the ball came towards goal, he’d just stand there, cemented to the line, and watch it go. Sometimes it went into the net, and sometimes it didn’t. His strip was cleaner at full-time than it was at the start. I suspect he was probably the manager’s son-in-law or something. David Wangerin