Locally based Independent columnist Brian Viner has compared the Rooney story with others this week and suggests matter at Northampton last Saturday made more of a story.
Like all football enthusiasts, I have been fascinated by the latest burst of Rooney Tunes, the cartoonish capers of Manchester United's unpredictable striker. And yet I can't help wondering what story would warrant as much coverage at the front of our national newspapers as all this has in the back pages. The assassination of a president? Man landing on Mars?
Whatever, it seems important to remember that our beloved game is not just about Manchester United, or indeed the Premier League, and with that in mind let me alert you to the story that dominates the back pages of this week's Hereford Times, where there is not so much as a syllable about a 24-year-old Scouser, but plenty about the thrilling comeback mounted last Saturday by the Football League's bottom club, Hereford United. Managerless following the departure of Simon Davey, and currently in the charge of the club physio, Jamie Pitman, Hereford were 3-0 down at half-time at Northampton Town, yet stormed back to win 4-3. Out here in the Welsh Marches, that's the story of the week.
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Next Game: Home Against Southport In The League On Saturday January 18th At 3.00pm ( assuming the floodlights are working )