Try a winter break? Pah!

JUST forget about any ‘first-footing’ and let’s get on with the first footie of 2018!

If ever there were an argument for retaining the festive fixture list, this week’s televised games must be it – and that’s even without a Manchester City game in sight!

The potential for poignancy is massive – not least with the third round of the FA Cup at the weekend.

But, first, there is the prospect of true Blue Wayne Rooney – if fit and selected – taking on his old Red paymasters Man United at Goodison.

Will he celebrate, if he scores? Will Jose smile with carefree abandon if his side fail to win another match? I think we know the answers. Then new Swansea boss Carlos Carvalhal will be sent for the Kane the following night – and it could indeed turn into a right thrashing.

To be swiftly followed by an intense London derby at the Emirates in what used to be considered a battle for the title, but is now merely a squabble for the