When Harry Met Sir Ally

14 Dec 08, 7.56am
There were no fireworks and if Shakespeare had been writing the headline in The Sun it might have read Match Ado About Nothing-Nothing. But as a guest at last night's 0-0 draw between Spurs and Manchester United I loved every minute. Seeing top stars like Cristiano Ronaldo & the £30 million Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov is every true football fan's dream. But it was United's J S Park (who cost just £4 million) who caught my eye. He was absolutely tiresless, buzzing like a hornet on the left, then on the right, then back in defence. No wonder Sir Alex Ferguson played him the full 90 minutes. By contrast Spurs' inspirational boss Harry Redknapp, is making the best of limited resources. He's revived the morale of a team who had lost all self-belief. I wonder if, given Sir Alex's spending power, he could have achieved the same success. At the age 0f 62, we'll probably never know. Well that's my Sunday football sermon over for the day. I shall soon be off to watch our very own human dynamo Tom Clark run himself into the ground. This morning's Santa Run at Wardown Park, Luton, is in aid of the Pasque Charity and we're pleased to be part of it.