This weekend was all about the gags on FanZone, and sometimes they were even quite good.
This weekend's FanZone football was more like game for a laugh
Football is not often a laughing matter; just ask Spurs fans at the minute. But this weekend was all about the gags on FanZone, and sometimes they were even quite good.
It takes two
West Ham v Bolton doesn't strike most football watchers as a must-see match most of the time. But for FanZone connoisseurs it can only mean one thing - Michael Farley and Phil Heys.
Since they debuted together last season they've gained a comedic reputation that's up there with Morecambe and Wise, Fry and Laurie and even Hale and Pace. So we couldn't deny the FanZone purists a second bite of that Red Bull fuelled genius.
These two are never likely to let a football match get in the way of a joke. So Bolton's two first-half goals which came gift wrapped with love from Rob Green barely registered for much of the half.
If they weren't laughing at Gavin 'Badger Head' McCann then it was comedy at the expense of the poor souls of Spurs that normally found its way back into conversation.
Carlton Cole's goal threatened to lead to an outbreak of seriousness with the points back up for grabs, but once the attention turned back to the bizarrely named players that Bolton often pick up along with the tireless efforts of Julian Faubert to provide his own comedy, the result didn't seem to matter.
Matt Taylor smashed in a free-kick to make it three late on, Heys gave a kiss to his Colonel (it's not what you think!) and the points headed north. But whilst Spurs were losing and the Red Bull stayed in the system, it didn't seem to matter too much.
Toon torture
The only thing in football to match Tottenham's woes is the soap opera at St James' Park which became only post-watershed friendly thanks to temporary boss Joe Kinnear this week.
So as the Toon kicked off against Everton in the second match of the day, all FanZoners Michael Conroy and Micky Houghton wanted to see were the post-match interviews.
'It'll only be available on triple X-rated pay per view later on," joked Toffees fan Micky, before Geordie Michael added, "I thought he was talking in Morse code when I saw his interview the other day."
But the smile drained from Michael's face as Arteta and Fellaini put Everton two up heading into half time - and as Kinnear headed off from his spot in the stand, Micky wondered if was going to jump into his car and get straight on the M62.
Have you seen our manager?
But whilst Joe started the car, Steven Taylor headed Newcastle back into the game on the stroke of the interval. And when Damien Duff made it two each two minutes into the second half, Micky wanted to make a fast exit of his own.
Cut to a shot of the empty seat that once contained the Newcastle manager.
"He's missed both goals," screamed Michael as Kinnear tottered down the stairs looking breathless. "It's the new style of management, just get up and leave."
So when with twelve minutes left, the interim man at the helm disappeared again, Micky feared the worse. Luckily Joe appeared in the tunnel only to be told by an unfriendly policeman that he wasn't wanted there.
"Poor Joe, he just wants to feel loved," exclaimed Michael before rightly admitting that Joe did have a funny way of showing it.
For once, he wasn't joking!
