must have come as a huge blow to those intent on witnessing Tottenham's decline when the year ends in nine.
'Arry's the sort of bloke you'd love to have a few of beers with as he regaled you with tales of the good old days, the sort of bloke you'd pick as a Grandad for your kids and who most of us would like to see managing our club.
And there's the rub. If Spurs go down, then 'Appy 'Arry goes down with them and I for one would take no pleasure in seeing the old charmer's distinguished career go out with a whimper.
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Tottenham boss Juande Ramos was caught speeding the other day - rumour has it he will do anything for three points.
Just one of the Spurs jokes doing the rounds as the north London club
And there's more: "London Underground wish to apologise for the severe points failure in the Tottenham area"; "What have Spurs and a cocktail stick got in common? They've both got two points" - and so on and on and on.
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Never mind the Borats, there was only one story that really caught the eye last week - the news that
The sardonic genius/grumpy old git (delete where applicable) has been swanning around LA in a Lions top bearing the legend 'Mobster' - and the famous quiff could be putting in an appearance at the New Den this Saturday when Millwall take on those other shrinking violets, Leeds.
At first glance the lentil-munching, Thatcher-hating, pop star and the club whose anthem is "No-one likes us, we don't care" make for strange bedfellows. But then this is the fella who penned tracks called Sweet and Tender Hooligan and that popular ode to Dennis Wise, Bigmouth Strikes Again.
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Footballers are a funny lot. They walk the walk, talk the talk and generally ooze confidence, yet can instantly be reduced to quivering wrecks should they forget to touch the top of the tunnel on their way out or misplace their lucky undercrackers.
Fans are just as bad. If I find a penny on the street, it goes into my back pocket and stays there until my next trip to Loftus Road, where I am convinced it will be the difference between three points and none. If we lose, it is dismissed as a bad penny.
Of course it's all rubbish but then, according to a new book, so are the things we take for granted, like an in-form striker or your team being more likely to concede a goal just after you've scored one.
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When Joe Kinnear took up the reins at Newcastle, a messageboard wag declared: "I'd rather have in charge."
But even the much-missed comedy legend would have struggled to come up with such an astonishing, entertaining media conference as his namesake.
The former Wimbledon boss ( you slaaags') - prompting cult newsletter to entitle its latest offering 'Joe Kinnear: Genius'.
Now we all know swearing's not big, or indeed clever, but JK Scowling's old school approach seems to have awoken a few of the Newcastle players from their sorrowful slumber - and the spirit they showed to snatch a point from 2-0 down at Everton was reminiscent of the themselves.
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I am a journalist with 91Èȱ¬ Sport, dealing with the more offbeat stories doing the rounds. I am a QPR fan - and also quite fond of football. If our new-found wealth brings success I'll be happy to tell anyone exactly where I was when we were sh... rubbish - row J seat 139. .
