Hello and welcome

If you're new to Black & White & Read All Over, then thanks for dropping by 'n' all - but, at the risk of sounding ungrateful, it's a bit gutting that our visitor numbers have increased dramatically in the wake of Roeder's resignation. Forgive my customarily depressive outlook, but it's rather like rubberneckers slowing to gawp at a car crash - though, in truth, our club is something of a car crash more or less all the time...

Anyway, now you're here, may I take the opportunity to point you in the direction of the latest installment of The A-Z Of Football up now on Cheer Up Alan Shearer, which has now reached H and to which both Paul and I have contributed.

Also well worth a read is A-Z Of Football contributor Skif's report on the second leg of the Conference South play-off semi-final featuring his beloved Havant & Waterlooville. As tense and dramatic as Chelsea v Liverpool in the Champions League, and no doubt it was a better game too.