Big Brian Cole sacked

Pitchside announcer Big Brian Cole has been sacked by Charlton after remarks he made before last night's game against Palace. Cole pronounced the name of the distinguished South London club as 'Palarse' and also referred to 'Charlton Athletic versus that lot'. The club was placed in a difficult position after Palace directors (who would seem to be in need of a humour transplant) complained. There might also have been a complaint to the Premiership who have had enough on their hands with accusations of flying pizza and thrown soup at Old Trafford. Brian has accepted the club's decision and apologised to the directors of both clubs. Nevertheless, I shall be sad to see him go. It could be another step in the direction of a blander, more corporate Charlton. Later It has emerged that TalkSport is now running a 'Bring Back Brian' campaign and is claiming that they will talk to the horizontally challenged sacked announcer tomorrow, although he has no knowledge of this.