IT could be described as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!

I’m referring of course to the Champions League semi-final first leg between those two Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona.

THE mouth-watering attraction of the Real Madrid versus Barcelona Champions League semi-final first leg will ensure that the normal parochial English football fans will be glued to their television screens this week.

For some, it will be an even greater attraction than Manchester United’s game at Schalke.

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.

ABOUT 10 days ago whilst waiting for the beginning of my team’s game against Cardiff City, I watched the last half-hour of the West Ham v Manchester United Premier League game on the concourse TV.

United, two down to the London side, fought back to win 4-2, displaying all the resilience, aggression and drive you’d expect of champions-elect.

REFEREES come in for a lot of stick and sometimes it’s justified but would you want to do their job?

A special report by BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast paints a depressing picture.

IN what appears to be a very brave piece of marketing spiel, a Championship club is offering supporters a ‘money back guarantee’ on their season tickets if they are not happy with the summer transfer activity.

Derby County are owned by a Stateside company and their American chief executive Tom Glick told the club’s website that they are committed to investing in the first team squad in the close season to mount a challenge for a top six place next season.