Bad Losers

As a supporter of Manchester United since the age of seven, I was in seventh heaven at their Champions League victory the other night. However, a word for Chelsea, John Terry and those dejected Blues fans who rioted after the game. Just before the penalty shoot-out began, ITV ran a trailer for the delayed News at Ten which was to follow the match's completion. Their lead story was about a seven-year-old girl who had allegedly been starved to death. As John Terry was preparing to take his ill-fated penalty, and I was preparing to cope with bitter disappointment, I kept thinking about how that news story put a mere football match into perspective.