Wines to Impress

Time to Impress

“Impress your guests this Christmas with a winning range of bubbles and reds from Tesco this Festive season”

Tesco Finest The Trilogy Malbec

Dark violet in colour,ripe plum and chocolate aromas, followed by supple, dark fruit flavours with vanilla and black pepper finish.

£12.00

Tesco Finest Valle De Colchagua Merlot

Deep in colour, with aromas of plums, cherries and vanilla, followed by a luscious and concentrated palate with a smooth and juicy finish. Ruby red colour, on the nose blackberry, strawberry and black cherry aromas with a touch of cedar, vanilla and spicy notes. The palate is full bodied with smooth tannins and rich fruit characters

£8.00 Tesco Finest Premier Cru Brut Champagne

Extra maturation of this wine makes for elegant flavours of citrus, green apple and brioche with a fine mousse. Perfect to serve with canapes. care.

£21.00 Tesco Finest Margaux

Made using exceptional grapes it is a bold but well balanced red that is rich, ripe and vibrant with complex flavours of black fruit, cherries, spices and oak. Enjoy with bold foods such as grilled steak that match the wine’s extraordinary flavour.

£22.00

Tesco Finest Prosecco

An elegant wine with a lingering finish, full of citrus and pear flavours with peach blossom aromas. Serve chilled as an aperitif or with a salmon starter.

£8.00

Fry’sFootieCorner

We are fast approaching my favourite time of the year, and no it is not the transfer window, but the busy Christmas period where there is football pretty much every day. I love it. It is why I am not looking forward to next year’s World Cup in Qatar as both the Premier League and the EFL are set to break to allow these games to take place.

Having worked in football for over 60 years, games in December and the early part of January are brilliant, for those that are involved and for the supporters who travel up and down the country to support their team.

The games come thick and fast, there are plenty of points to play for and you really get to see how the leagues are shaping up. Of course, some clubs don’t want to wait until the festive period to decide which direction they are heading and on the day of writing this column, three clubs parted company with their manager.

Tottenham Hotspur sacked Nuno Espirito Santo after just four months in the job, Barnsley parted company with their boss Markus Schopp after a similar amount of time and League Two strugglers Scunthorpe sacked their gaffer Neil Cox.

It says a lot that I wasn’t surprised to hear of those managerial changes. I think most people recognised that Nuno wasn’t the first choice for Spurs in the summer and the off the field problems around Harry Kane wouldn’t have helped their start to the campaign. A heavy defeat at home to Manchester United who themselves were struggling was the final nail in the coffin. I would love to see an up-and-coming English manager get the job, but I expect them to go foreign with Conte.

Following Christmas, the transfer window does open and we are already having recruitment meetings at Peterborough United about the direction that we want to go in come January. It is a difficult balancing act, you of course want to improve your squad, but that comes at a cost, so some may need to leave before you can get others through the door.

We, like so many other clubs in this division, have been inconsistent and if we can get the right formula, I have no doubt we can have a successful season. Our manager Darren Ferguson surpassed my record earlier in the month for games managed and he reached the milestone of 500 games in charge on Tuesday 2nd November against Huddersfield Town.

It is a tremendous achievement to manage 500 games for one club. In fact, I don’t think it will be done again. Yes, Darren has had three spells, but everybody knows what a wonderful fit he is for the club and credit to the chairman Darragh MacAnthony for appointing him all those years ago. Here’s to 500 more!

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