Last on MOTD: Scunthorpe Viduka?

THE best moment of FA Cup second-round weekend so far? Not Forest Green. Not Eastwood Town. Not Blyth Spartans. No, the best moment came during ITV’s Saturday night highlights show (a show which, curiously, doesn’t appear to have a title).

Hughes of the Blues

MARK Hughes can’t have had much sleep last night. He was still in a German airport departure lounge past midnight, waiting to fly home from a UEFA Cup win over Schalke.

But he seemed pretty awake when he faced the press at the City of Manchester Stadium at 9.30am today ahead of, perhaps, his biggest test in management yet.

That’s not a red card, it’s a B&Q receipt

“I’LL never be a yes man. I’ll do it my way. I will not change. I am passionate about the game.”

Which sporting maverick uttered these words? Step forward Ossie Tosum, perhaps Britain’s most leftfield football referee.

A hairy moment at Forest

SEVENTEEN minutes to go; Nottingham Forest and Norwich were edging towards a 1-1 draw in the Saturday evening Championship match. And then came the moment that any journalist doing a live match report dreads.

Last on MOTD: The dangers of self-Googling

NEVER, ever, ever type your own name into Google. You’re thinking of doing it now, aren’t you? Well, don’t.

At least it wasn’t eleven

CONGRATULATIONS, it seems, are in order to Stewart Gray, the new goalkeeper for Highland League bottom club Fort William.

I am Doncaster Rovers’ lucky mascot

DONCASTER Rovers ended their 12-match winless streak last night against Ipswich. I can now reveal the key factor in their victory: me.

Last on MOTD: The current climate

I CAN’T remember whether I heard it on Fighting Talk or Clive Anderson’s Chat Room. Which means I can’t remember whether I heard it on Five Live or Radio 2. And I can’t remember who said it either. I think it was a man.

Away from Respect

IN a way, it’s quite funny that the FA have asked Joe Kinnear to explain why he called Martin Atkinson a “Mickey Mouse ref” after Newcastle’s 2-1 defeat at Fulham. What do they expect him to say?

Last on MOTD: Even Brucey’s not arguing

A COLLEAGUE of mine went to watch Wigan play Stoke at the JJB Stadium yesterday. Before he went, we had a conversation about why the match kicked off at 12.45pm when it wasn’t on TV.

The answer, with hindsight, was obvious – it was to get the game over with.