Regular readers will know that my blood boils when petty-minded, power-mad football club bosses resort to banning journalists from doing their jobs during disagreements. But beware the local paper scorned...
Nottingham Forest manager Billy Davies didn't like the Nottingham Evening Post so he made sure its reporters were denied access to players and himself.
But Mr Davies has now been sacked by Forest after a string of poor results, culminating in a 5-0 thrashing by local rivals Derby County.
The Evening Post could have taken the high ground and risen above the provocation - but I'm really pleased it didn't.
Its response to Mr Davies' sacking was a front page blurb featuring a picture of the jobless Mr Davies on the telephone alongside the carefully-chosen words: " "Looking for a job? Hundreds of vacancies up for grabs: see our jobs fair special inside."
Nice move. It not only delivers a spot of revenge but it is a creative way of promoting the job ads and selling more papers.
Just the job.
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