Published: 16 May, 2014

SPURS by Catherine Etoe

AND so the most exciting Premier League title run-in since the last exciting Premier League title run-in finally came to a fitting anti-climax and some team or other won.

Given that I’ve not seen any photos of Steven Gerrard snogging his own reflection in a big silver pot, I can only presume that Alan “Kid” Hansen got his predictions completely wrong and Man City won the thing.

Oh all right, I do know which skipper wiped his hands on his bum before picking up the trophy.

I’m just practising for next week when I can mince around north London pretending that Arsenal haven’t won the FA Cup and chuckling about Dave Giroud’s inclusion in the France World Cup team.

I know what you’re going to say: Arsenal haven’t played yet. Try telling that to the open-top bus route planners who’ve been pounding the streets of Islington this week.

I know what else you’re going to say: that there are no Spurs players in the England team.

Wrong!

Tottenham keeper Brad Friedel is a pundit for the BBC and the Auntie Beeb is as English as a toasted teacake so that takes care of that.

(Provided he’s still a Spurs player in June that is. Well, you know how it is, one minute you’re at Tottenham, the next you’re not.)

Anyway, whoever is a Spur next season isn’t a concern right now because all we can think about is the next big cup.

So stick a glacé cherry in your glass of Babycham, sit back, forget about last season, and enjoy the only cup competition that can make us fall in love with football all over again.

Here’s to Rio.