In a lost and lonely part of town, Big Mal is dressed for tragedy. Resplendently kitted out for a big night out, following yet another dysfunctional display from his Manchester City side, his post-match interview betrays the hangdog demeanour of a funeral director in a gravedigger’s strike.

Wolves will tear Mal apart again, particularly Kenny Hibbitt in a virtuoso display. Meanwhile there is time to muse on whether it was Geoff Palmer who founded the Thin Lizzy fan club and we ask just who let John Barnwell loose with a megaphone.

Elsewhere, Spurs host Manchester United. Gary Bailey continues to eschew the goalkeeping gloves, despite the bitter cold, and produces a magnificent display, before we see Stanley Bowles bid farewell to Queens Park Rangers in a game at Cambridge United.

All this, and Romark goes for a Bovril too.

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