Talking of rivers, there's plenty of water on the Hampden pitch tonight. Players are off for 20 minutes whilst the groundstaff sort it out.
@Tom Hark Preston Park is on his way up there now with a mop and bucket.
Spoken with my Dad who's a long standing Bournemouth supporter (born there in 1935) and he's a little surprised, but not shocked.
With the takeover they've got money to spend and clearly O'Neill wasn't the one they wanted to make those purchases.
Bill Foley's worth around £1.2bn. Not massive...
Best song today? Nothing Matters by the wonderful The Last Dinner Party at the Isle of Wight Festival.
If there's any musical justice, they'll be big soon.
"Conceived during a wine-stained evening in Brixton, the name embodies a musical and aesthetic ethos of decadence, mystery, spectacle...
I'll willingly support any team with our Albion name on it. And Powerchair is a great watch.
So the very best of luck to all who are wearing the stripes tomorrow.
Win or lose, I'm glad that you're representing us.
Those 7 of us who climbed over the spiked wall via the club shop to get into the Goldstone for the last game are in a separate category.
I should quickly add that I didn't have any bottle tops with me then as that would've been far too dangerous.
Hugh Muir's pithy summary of both Johnson's departure and his (dis)honours list cuts through the bluster and obfuscation.
Here's an extract:
"If nothing became Boris Johnson more than the manner of his leaving No 10, nothing says more about the political rot he accelerated than the honours...
West Ham have become the first English team to win more games in a European competition than in the Premier League in a single season.
The club won 12 Europa Conference League games and 11 league matches this campaign.
(Opta Stat on BBC Sport)
Just as much as the UEFA and Cup Winners Cup were European trophies back in the day, so is this one.
Not every success has to be the Champions League to have huge value for supporters. We should know that more than most.
It's a trophy and a European one at that.
Well played to West Ham -...