My colleagues on the MNS programme got a fright at the end of this week's show when I said, we'll see you next Tuesday at 8 o'clock. Tuesday being a day off for most of the MNS crew.
I'm not sure where that came from but I can confirm here, that Monday Night Soccer will not be broadcast next Tuesday.
Tuesday Night Soccer doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
I can't make excuses for my faux pas, but I will anyway! The lads were slagging Dave Barry for his longwinded answer to my question about who he tipped for the Rovers v Bohs match and in the moment I was thinking about Bohs' match in Derry on Tuesday, and out it came.
'No biggie' as editor Brummie Steve might say. Mind you, that didn't stop him from slagging me in our debrief meeting after the show.
I genuinely can't remember looking forward to a League of Ireland match with as much excited anticipation for years.
It couldn't be set up any more perfectly, than the top two teams in the league, a point or two between them, a sell-out crowd, a rivalry that's unmatched in the league. (I know that's a controversial one! Dundalk and Drogheda fans might disagree.) Shamrock Rovers versus Bohemians promises so much and my big hope is that the game lives up to that promise.
TG4 are fortunate to have it as their live match on Friday night, and I would guess that they'll get their biggest ever audience for a league match next Friday.
Indeed, a number of supporters who'd like to attend the game have no choice but to settle for the match on the box, as tickets are impossible to come by at this stage.
In the same week that Dan Murray described the situation of Cork City's unpaid bus bill as making the club the 'laughing stock of the league' we have the contrast of the hype surrounding the Rovers-Bohs game.
The fact that it was a sell-out over a week before the game takes place, must be some sort of a record in the league. If I'm wrong, feel free to correct me at mns@rte.ie
Dan Murray is right. He's a proud man who has played with great distinction for City down through the years and to have to suffer the ignominy of going on local radio to see if a knight in City colours, with €2,000 to spare could come to the rescue of the club, is just the latest horror story confronting the club in a season of many horror stories.
One wonders whether 'Busgate' may be the final straw as far as many committed Cork City supporters are concerned. Certainly the e-mails coming in to the MNS inbox would suggest that the camel's back is well and truly broken at this stage, and any faith they may have had in Tom Coughlan and his leadership of the club is well and truly gone.
He continues to ask for patience, but that plea is starting to ring very hollow.
The photographs in the newspapers of the City players waiting around for the bus company's bill to be paid were almost comical if it wasn't so serious. Any public relations expert asked to analyse the reaction that ordinary readers to those pictures will tell you that the image it portrays of the league, is not good.
In fact what it says, is that this is a tinpot league, with tinpot clubs, run by tinpot administrators.
I don't believe that to be the case, but if somebody is looking from the outside, then I would forgive them for having that opinion.
When stalwarts like Dan Murray and Danny Murphy are embarrassed instead of proud to be associated with Cork City, then surely it's time for somebody to shout stop, and for change to occur, and Dave Barry was very forthright in his opinions expressed on the programme this week.
It was interesting to get so many e-mails in support of Dave's comments after the programme. A FORAS protest is planned for Tuesday night's game against Sligo Rovers at Turner's Cross, with the supporters entering the ground ten minutes late, and flashing red cards to show their disgust at the recent turn of events.
On a happier note, it was good to see such a good turnout at the RSC for the EA Sports Cup final, and I think the decision to stage the match in Waterford was vindicated by the attendance.
It's a shame that the contest was really over by half-time, but the Blues can still be very happy with the way the season is going, with the EA Sports Cup final, still in the FAI Ford Cup at the semi-final stage, and still challenging for promotion from the First Division.
Let's hope that those who came out in such numbers for Waterford will continue to do so for the rest of the campaign. In fairness, it was good to see such a large travelling support for Bohemians too. Both sets of supporters created a good atmosphere, and for the Gypsies, there's another trophy to squeeze into the cabinet at Dalymount Park.
I was talking to Roddy Collins on Monday before the programme, and we were both singing Paddy McCourt's praises after his wonder goal for Celtic at the weekend. If Roy of the Rovers had scored such a goal, you might have said it couldn't be done.
It's great to see Paddy doing so well, and it must be said that Roddy's faith in the Derryman over the years looks well placed.
Roll on next Friday for the big game at Tallaght, and roll on next MONDAY for the next MNS. 8 o'clock, RTÉ Two. We look forward to your company then.
