[soccer] Sunderland sack manager Peter Reid. Cheer up Monkey Heed, you're no longer manager of a shit football team.

This is ominous though: 'Chairman Bob Murray meanwhile revealed he hopes to have Reid's successor in place before their next game at home to fellow strugglers West Ham on 19 October.'

Great. So for this crunch six-pointer (which, if the Hammers lose, it's almost certainly bye bye Premiership) the Black Cats will be playing at home for the first time under a new boss (likely to be George Graham or David O'Leary) desperate to impress, while our boys will inevitably still be managed by a guy who couldn't motivate an alcoholic to stay for one more beer.

Pah. Football.