Squeaky-bum time down at Villa Park which enforces the absence of the Villa boys and Cutie-Cutie is in a post Cup Final slump so it's just the four Muffins this week. The popular pairing of Fat-Boy and Stan is resumed, leaving Nance and Mr. Grumpy to squabble their way round.

Not a lot of controversy in what proves to be a relatively comfortable victory for the latter pairing and an expensive day for Fat-Boy who collects the camels, a duck, loses £4 on the match and stumps up for a hefty backlog of past fines. Individually there's not much in it and Mr. Grumpy shades Nance by a point with Stan and Fat-Boy a further point adrift.

Elsewhere it's noteworthy that Edward Munch's portrait "The Scream" fetches a staggering £74 million at auction. Anyone playing golf with Tate can get the same sort of effect going for them for free about 20 times a round.

Also it's rumoured that the web meister is undertaking a total revamp of the web site so excitement is mounting for the imminent re-launch. Apparently last minute adjustments are required to make it "idiot-proof". Your correspondent is unsure what this means.