Fantasy Football

The funny thing about following a football team is that their relative success or failure does not alone dictate whether you've had a 'good' season. For me, as a semi-estranged Spurs supporter, our season has effectively peaked with the win against Chelsea in the League Cup final. Not only is it a nice trophy, but it guarantees a place in next season's UEFA cup. With the team placed midway in the table, the League itself is now purely academic - we don't need a top five finish for European football and relegation is highly unlikely. Plus, we're still in the UEFA cup. However, the season could still get better, regardless of how Spurs do in the UEFA cup or League. For a start, Arsenal could win nothing - they could go out of the Champions league and be pipped to the Premiership title by United.

Sweet though that would be, the season could get even better if Newcastle were to be relegated (very possible on current form), and Kevin Keegan resigned or, even better, got sacked. Happy though that would make me - Toon fans have been asking for a fall for a long time with their over-inflated opinion of their team - the icing on the cake would be if Liverpool failed to qualify for the Champions league and Rafa Benitez was subsequently sacked. I really am sick of those bloody whingeing scousers going on about how they "wuz robbed" every time they lose (so we've heard it a lot this season), and their manager forever making lame excuses. It would be especially gratifying if Everton (described as "not a big club" by Benitez) finished in fourth place and snatched the last Champions league slot.

So there you have it - fantasy football, for sure, but it would be wonderful if it panned out like that. Maybe I should put a 50p bet on it - the odds might be good enough to give me a big, big payout if it did come off. Still, even if it doesn't - we've still got the League cup and a place in Europe next season!