News Round Up

by Patrick O'Connor

HERE'S a novel idea – give pigeons a contraceptive pill!

The Daily Star reports that Jake Shropshire, a councillor in Ware, Hertfordshire, came up with the idea because of a worry that the growing number of birds is driving away shoppers and tourists from the town.

Football Diary
By Patrick O’Connor

I live about 20 minutes walk away from Meadow Lane, the home of League One side Notts County, who also happen to be the world’s oldest football club.

They are a modest operation, their last home game attracted a crowd of just under 5,000.

THE British have a reputation for being efficient and well-organised but don’t be fooled – we can cock it up as well as the rest of the world.

Take the idiots who run our football, for the past few years they’ve been doing their best to devalue the FA Cup, once the most prestigious knock-out tournament in the world.

Football Diary
by Patrick O’Connor

THE FA Cup is a competition that never fails to grab the public’s imagination.

It stands out as the most exciting club cup event in the world because it pits the big boys against the minnows and never fails to serve up major upsets.