Just a quick one to start the weekend - some of us have been up since the wee small hours conjuring up your sports news, don't you know.

It's been a pleasure, too. This morning, for the very first time, I got my messy paws on that bastion of sports journalism, that legend of internet time-wasting when you're bored and need something to read for five minutes, that doyenne of daily debriefings - the football gossip column.

It's among the highest rated pages on the entire BBC website, getting more traffic than just about anything else. Even Doctor Who can't compete. And today (and tomorrow), dear reader, it is mine. All mine.

Don't forget to play spot-the-gratuitous-Manchester-City-gossip either. I've even thrown in some haircut-related gossip after yesterday's events.