Soccer AM

Ferguson? Mourinho? Wenger? They could learn all learn a thing or two from our very own tactical genius, Trev.

Mr Giess was our inspirational coach as he led the Soccer AM team to a glorious 10-3 victory over Bury Forever at Gigg Lane in our charity match on Sunday afternoon.

What was his secret? Well, instead of assembling the team together fro a pre-match warm-up, tactical run-down and motivational team-talk, Trev slipped off for a pint in the bar and let everybody else get on with it.

But it seemed to work as the crew stuck 10 goals past a team of Bury all-stars with a little bit of help from our ringers - David Thompson (class), Lee (still very) Sharpe, Peter (the legend) Beagrie and Darren Campbell who is a pretty tidy player.

Lisa was given the task of making sure everybody got to the game on time and we made the journey up from London in a minibus that couldn't drive more than 62mph and had a door which didn't lock properly.

Fortunately, we got to the ground about an hour before kick-off and, in scenes reminiscent of the glory days of Take That, we were mobbed by fans demanding handshakes and autographs.

Sadly Graham was struck down by illness and couldn't make the game, much to the disappointment of one Bury fan who wanted to know "where the guy that looks like Michael Caine" was.

You can see the highlights of the game on Soccer AM this weekend, but look out for a screamer from Steve Yemoh and Andy's fine effort from the penalty spot which drew more than a few comparisons to Dimitar Berbatov's Carling Cup Final penalty.

Rocket played a blinder at the back - the 60-year-old man he was marking barely had a kick all game - and Baby Elvis did well in goal, despite his obvious frustration when Peter Beagrie refused to swap with him in the second half.

But the star of the day was probably Peter Beagrie's son, who spent the afternoon performing a series of elaborate back-flip celebrations. His father must be so proud!

After the game, we all headed out to celebrate the victory at a Bury nightclub called Soul Viva, which impressed us all with their very generous three-for-one drinks offers.

We were even more impressed with the fact they had a Darren Purse-style boxing machine in the club and we spent most of the night trying to rack up the top score, including Jimi who failed miserably with his unorthodox approach of headbutting the punch-bag.

We slept all the way back to London on Monday to start preparing for next week's show, but we were shocked to discover that we'd been a victim of crime over the weekend.

Andy's beloved Manchester United cushion was stolen off the orange sofa after Saturday's show and we haven't got a clue who could have taken it.

Rest assured, we'll be launching a thorough investigation into its whereabouts in the forthcoming weeks.

In the meantime, don't have nightmares. See you next week!