Sex and the City

Sex and the City captured the imagination of millions of women across the globe with a giddy cocktail of fancy shoes, designer labels, fancier bars and flexible relationships and now they can feast their eyes on the movie.

What they didn't know is that it is remarkably like watching England at football.

Without giving away what happens, there's the introduction, a refamiliarisation with the teams and the star players as the opening credits role. Then the opening bout of punditry (in the film's case the ponderous thoughts of Miss Carrie Bradshaw) as the present situation is weighed up in advance of the real business.

Early decisions are made (tactics, formation and gameplan) and in the first half there are some fine moments in which Carrie goes 1-0 up and celebrates in some style.

But soon enough the main characters sit back, take their eye off the ball, and it all goes wrong.

Miranda scores a spectaular own goal from which she struggles to recover and soon the opposition have the upper hand resulting in a bout of in fighting and self doubt.

On a bigger scale it's comparable to England's Euro 2008 campaign. There's a lot of wallowing and recrimination, but it can only last so long.

The final 20 minutes is tense as form is re-established but the result isn't certain and for the final score you'll have to read elsewhere as we don't have the rights to reveal the remainder.

What can be guaranteed though are close-ups of the footwear, tears and plenty of fake tan.

Sloan signs for the Bristol Evening Post but misses the big cheese

Better news is the fact from the end of June I will be joining the joint sports-desk of the Bristol Evening Post and the Western Daily Press.

Which means:

1. Bristol City's 1-0 defeat to Hull in Saturday's play-off final was particularly upsetting; and

2. I get to report on local sporting events such as the cheddar-chasing antics of the men and women of Gloucester.



Last year's race provided a particularly impressive flip for the winner:



And this year, today, May 26, it rained heavily:

Bristol City go close, but no cigar

It was inevitable after penning a post lauding the South West's sporting achievements that Cardiff failed to lift the FA Cup and Bristol City fell foul of a Play-off -Final wonder strike from the boot of a 39-year-old with the best surname in the football league, Dean Windass.

But then the Championship this season has been a race full of unpredictable mayhem. Much like this video of the most challenging mountain bike race in France, "the Mega". Much was made of how everybody beat everybody in football's second tier this season. The same effect can be created in a mountain bike race, by sending them down an ice field.

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Go West

It's not been a bad year for Wales and the South West of England.

The Welsh rugby team ran away with the Six Nations, Cardiff City are in the FA Cup Final for the first time since 1927 and Bristol City have also made it to Wembley.

Only the play-off final against Watford or Hull now stands between them and a second successive promotion, this time to the Premiership.

We won't mention Wrexham.