NIGHT OF THE HUNTER..

It`s been a few days since the `furore` about Reginald D. Hunter entertaining the massed intelligentsia of the Professional Footballers` Association.  In truth, my mind has been distracted by weightier matters such as the County Council elections and the Saints` search for the one point that should guarantee Premier League survival (which search is beginning to match that for the Higgs Boson for it`s elusiveness.)

But back to the PFA and their brush with Mr. Hunter who, it was reported, apparently offended the PFA Awards Ceremony by repeatedly using `racist` remarks as he told his jolly japes to his sensitive audience.   Indeed, the PFA chairman, Northampton Town midfielder Clarke Carlisle, has apologised unreservedly for the "gross error of judgment" in hiring Mr. Hunter for the event.

It is all a crashing irony, of course, as there are a number of PFA members who have themselves been in trouble for similar offences as the one for which Mr. Hunter has been criticised.   Not just the well documented high profile cases such as John Terry or Luis Suarez but also the countless examples, week in, week out, of PFA members using `foul and abusive language` to match officials and anyone else within earshot.

Ever being in search of balance in all things, I suggest that when the Stand Up Comedians` Association have their own Awards Ceremony, they might invite someone like Mr. Terry, Mr. Suarez or even Mr. Rooney to entertain them in their own inimitable style.   Should be a laugh a minute and settle any argument about which of the two organisations can make the biggest "gross error of judgment."