Three pieces of good news today. Warning - they're all football-realated.
First off, Newcastle got shot of Jean-Alain Boumsong for as much as could be hoped really (no, not ten pence). A handsome £3.3 million from disgraced Italian giants Juventus is winging its way to Newcastle's accounts as Boumsong heads in the opposite direction. Maybe the more sedate surroundings of Serie B will suit him more than the Premiership.
Liverpool make sure of at least 3 English representatives in the Champions League by wrapping up a nervy aggregate victory over Maccaibi Haifa, by drawing in neutral Kiev. How it might have turned out if the second-leg had been staged in Tel-Aviv (Haifa totally out of the question) is hard to tell with the Israeli team really piling on the pressure after their equaliser. All the same, Liverpool are through.
And some excellent news from the Carling Cup as some undesirable unmentionables add to their moniker of the 'worst team in history' by becoming the worst team in the country. losing not one, but (count 'em) two goals to Bury, who are propping up entire League football at the bottom of League Two. This follows on the back of four defeats out of four in the Championship. Some misguided people might have sympathy; I find it hilarious.