Mike Harrison, friend of the column and jolly tall bloke, is after some support in the football fanzine "Oscars".

The City Gent, one of the longest-running of this increasingly rare breed, is hoping to be named the best fanzine for 2007/08.

You can register your vote at www.footballfanzine awards.com by next Friday.

I hear Mike, one of the few people I genuinely have to look up to, is penning his acceptance speech as we speak. But please no Gwyneth Paltrow-style blubfest.