Yes, the fact that they are now a front for the most loathsome form of sportswashing should not detract from the fact that whichever way you slice it they have great fans who deserve a day in the sun. It's been fun to poke fun at their interminable heartbreaks down the years but for me it's always a wind-up rather than a genuine animosity. I'll smile to see their five-bellied fans jiggling about in celebration. Such days are what makes football the people's game.