Keep your head still

STEVE Davis was interviewed on the radio after his startling victory over John Higgins on Saturday. Asked for the secret of his return to form, Davis claimed that it was, in part, down to focusing on one shot at a time and “keeping my head still”. This would at least explain why Paul McCartney never made it as a snooker player.

Last on MOTD: The day my teeth fell out

LONG before Pamela Stephenson attempted to pull down his trousers on TV-AM, and long before he became Luton Town chairman, amiable local TV news anchorman Nick Owen tried his hand as a football commentator.

A few seconds of your time

A JOURNALIST called Paul Taylor once wrote a brilliant article in the Manchester Evening News about the time he was granted a 58-second interview with Beyonce.

Road trip

MOST Manchester City supporters will feel pretty sore after Saturday’s derby defeat. But few will feel as drained as Andreas Fahlgren.

Up the Dale

I RANG up Keith Hill last July when I was doing a bit of freelancing for the Rochdale Observer. The way he spoke at the time, you would never have guessed that Rochdale were about to end their 36-year stay in what is now League Two.

Last on MOTD: There speaks a defender

DURING his days presenting Room 101, hoarse-voiced Stoke City-supporting comedian Nick Hancock found himself discussing the musical merits of Chris De Burgh.

Boing boing

THE obvious line on West Brom’s promotion to the Premier League is that the Boing Boing Baggies have bounced back to the top. But how do you explain this to someone who hasn’t got a clue about that chant?

Last on MOTD: Manager!

SUNDERLAND manager Steve Bruce, as any fule kno with access to his Wikipedia page, has published three novels – Sweeper! Defender! and Striker!

Being Richard Keys

IT’S not often I find myself thinking: “I feel sympathy for Richard Keys.” But I do right now, following his little incident at the Nou Camp during Arsenal’s Champions League exit.

Football. Bloody hell.

SIR Alex Ferguson once summed up a Manchester United-Bayern Munich clash in three words. Those words would have applied just as well last night.