Sky Plusses, Sky Minuses

I'm partly ashamed to say that last week I joined the masses that are partly responsible for drowning football with money: I signed up for Sky.

In my defence, I have no choice. The increased interference of television in football and not having a season ticket at Man City FC next season means that my only chance - outside of the CTFC matches and handful of Man City FC matches I do choose to attend - of watching live football is going to be courtesy of the Astra satellite circling the earth, the communal dish on top my block of flats, a Sky+ box and £36 a month.

However, as I have discovered over the past week or so, having Sky is not all about the Premiership.

The play-off semi-final matches were all screened last week and if, like me, you were a neutral, you were treated to some absolutely barnstorming, drama-laden matches; I can't wait for the finals over the bank holiday weekend! However, I still feel that Sky dropped a massive clanger by not covering the FA Vase Final in favour of the Premiership relegation battle; seeing as how it covered the FA Trophy, it could have walked that extra yard and made an effort to cover the remaining corner of non-league football.

Admittedly there's also a lot of stuff you'd never watch in your life. About ten shopping channels serving as launching pads for the next generation of TV presenter and taking fifteen minutes to describe a kettle; around ten gambling channels; around fifteen channels full of Bollywood films and music; Al-Jazeera UK...and just don't start me on those religious channels - they're just plain scary....and that's a blog post in its own right.

So, I've "sold out" to the baddies. I've seen a bloke on The GOD Channel can heal me and cleanse me of my sins....