I’ve never been a lad likely to want to watch a match that’s already finished without knowing the result, but I know there are many such out there. So I too will say THIS POST MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Chris is a Shropshire Lad,he grew up in Loppington so he has probably had to steer clear of Duff-leg Bryn in the past. I had a fairly anal moment recently while looking at the “Satisfying the bloodlust…” graphic. I’m a bit of a typographic and graphics nerd and while the poster’s great (and I wanted the t-shirt, but it’s not available in my size – you can guess why), it bothered me that the fonts weren’t quite right, and the graphics weren’t the *actual* road sign ones. So I’ve done a version that is, as near as dammit… (It’s only there cos I can’t upload it here). Hats off to Wrexham,” said Nigel, referring to their promotion. This was met with a load of booing. I wonder who the locals support instead? Ahead of the Magazine cover, he then said “This next song could be about us, next season. Getting shot by both sides.” I’m not exactly sure who he would have been referring to, when he said “both sides”. Wrexham and…? Crewe?Yes, let joy be unconfined because, after more than three long years, a new Half Man Half Biscuit album – 90 Bisodol (Crimond) – will hit the shops in 12 days time.

Does anyone else think the overall sound, especially the guitars, is far more reminiscent of Editor’s Recommendation (specifically Bob Wilson and Lilac Urine) than it is of the last two albums? An essentially pointless observation, but one which is of interest to those of us who are bothered about these things. Should probably not respond but not letting the accusation go. Who’d have guessed the homophobic card would get played? Not sure what my ‘phobia’ is supposed to be.Chris Ingram was the support act. Stand-up poetry works in certain settings but I struggled with it tonight. There was the constant hum of conversation from the crowd, and he was accompanied by a guy (by the name of Roger) on guitar for much of his set So the words were often lost on me. He needs to be heard at something a bit more poetry specific, rather than a music gig. But who am I to say? I particularly appreciated the premise of his poem All Day Breakfast In A Can. Enjoying pre-gig drinks in The Liberty Tavern, I saw Nigel and Denise strolling past on their way up to visit Plas Newydd, so took the opportunity to nip out and gift them a bottle of ‘In A Suffolk Ditch’ fruit beer – pretty unpleasant stuff actually, but it had to be done. I asked Nigel if there’d be any Welshness involved at the show, but he said that would be far too obvious, thus kiboshing most of my FBB predictions for the night – he might do a bit at Wolvo, just to be awkward.