This years most open heartbreak.
If there's a silver lining to tonight - and there really isn't, I'm clutching at straws - I have always wanted to use that Funeral For a Friend song title as a blog title but nothing ever seemed to fit. The downside of having such a contented love life, I suppose. Make no mistake though, what happened in Kiev tonight really is this years most open heartbreak. Worldwide, millions of fans of this grand, old, wonderful, mythical and special football club are heartbroken. I would wager not many more so than me. And I have a need in my heart and soul to express and explore that, because left to its own devices, it might well drive me crazy. I sent a text into my WhatsApp group chat with my friends earlier: "There is nothing like sport lads. We sit on the precipice. By the end of this evening, we will either have had the night of our lives or be inconsolably devastated". So I knew what was coming, but I still wasn't prepared. I don't want to care this m...