Albion's very own leather-clad answer to Pam Ayres, John Baine, famously once recited: "Archer, Archer, can't wait for your departure."

I couldn't have put it better myself.

All credit, once again, to Dick Knight for putting the deal together. But excuse me if I don't turn cartwheels at the prospect of Mr Archer riding off into the sunset with £700,000 from the coffers of genuine Albion fans.

The Albion chairman pointed out on SCR radio last Saturday that Archer is actually entitled to £1.4million, which is what he put in when the club was re-structured.

Pardon me for being picky, but prior to that, how much had he made out of the Albion?

'Blackburn Bill' now finds himself a member of Britain's prestigious 'Rich List' with an estimated personal fortune of £250 million.

I stand by what I said on the radio. I really think if Archer had a shred of decency and, after what he has put the Albion support through over the last seven years, he should hand his shares back for nothing and sail off up the Manchester Ship Canal into the sunset with his huge bank balance.

Some have dubbed me naive. Well the Goldstone deal and other related issues suggests and I am not the only one!

Whilst I could never be accused of being unpatriotic and an Olympic medal in whatever shape or form should always be celebrated, I am having trouble taking curling seriously.

What is it exactly? The action is very similar to hoovering. Is that why it is so popular with the ladies?

Hoovering in the Olympics? A potential large British medal haul if ever I saw one!

I think they call it the 'London bus syndrome'. The Sussex non-League football public have waited years to get a local side into the last eight of the FA Vase. Low and behold, when it happens, the county ends up with two quarter-finals on the same day less than ten miles apart.

Frustrating for all football-loving neutrals amongst us, but nonetheless a testament to the quality of two of the county's premier non-League clubs.

President Blair's government have promised a lot down the years but even they haven't perfected the art of being in two places at one time. So therefore I will be wearing my BBC SCR hat at the Dripping Pan come 3.00pm Saturday, although my good luck wishes go out to Gary Croydon's Burgess Hill at Leylands Park.

But for me, the most significant achievements of Lewes and Burgess Hill are that both are built on firm foundations.

Littlehampton got to the semi-final of this competition in 1991, having earlier that season reached the first round proper of the FA Cup. But any income generated during that memorable season was frittered away and a few years down the line the club almost went to the wall.

Whatever happens on Saturday, both clubs will use the success of this season to go forward. Gary Croydon and Danny Bloor are determined to have a crack at the Dr Martens League, whilst Jimmy Quinn's Lewes will use their windfall for major ground improvements.