Not content with feeling the wrath of Terry Wogan, SSE Fellow Dave Pitchford and Intelligent Giving are now busy riling Mourinho and Abramovich. See Chelsea play hard off the pitch as well.

That also reminded me, in a "footballers can be nice as well as nasty" way, that Noreena Hertz is running a campaign to get Premiership footballers to donate one day’s wages for nurses around the UK called Mayday for Nurses. The money raised will go into a hardship fund and, although it’s not going to change the situation in the long-term, it’s useful awareness and fund-raising work. Thierry Henry, David James, Ryan Giggs, Jermaine Defoe and the whole of the Fulham squad are already on board, amongst a total of 44 players.

Impressed that someone renowned as a writer and academic can also be such an effective campaigner and social entrepreneur.