CCFC 0 v 4 HULL

In North Korea there is an abandoned building known as the Ryugyong Hotel. Work started on the 105 storey building only a few years before a massive famine plagued the country. Although the structure now looks complete on the outside, a lot of the interior is still abandoned and incomplete and it has never entertained a single paying guest.

Queuing up at the turnstiles today the area to our left is cordoned off as the substructure for the new stadium extension stands in anticipatory splendour, a statement of intent from our Supreme Leader.

Fast forward to the year 2020 and the Cardiff City Stadium is a crumbling sporting arena known locally 'Tan's Folly' - a 33,000 capacity stadium, the home of the local Tumbleweed Western League team FC Leckwith Liquidation, owned by local discount store chain Tat-U-Like who bought the club for a nominal pound following Vincent Tan's conviction for crimes against fashion in the European Court of Sartorial Rights.

I've reserved our seats for next season in the front row of the new stand from where I look forward to witnessing and sharing with you the spectacular demise of a football club that ate itself.

SPOLER ALERT. In the recent film 'All Is Lost' Robert Redford is happily asleep in calm waters when he's suddenly awoken by a loud crash as his boat suffers a fateful collision with a stray container. His valiant attempts to repair the damage prove futile. The title reflects the moment when Redford finally lets go of the rope and sinks to oblivion. For 'container' read 'Tan's ego'. Yesterday the rope slipped from our grasp. It was a defining moment. All Is Lost.

There's no need for a post mortem. The coroner can enjoy his Sunday rest, we won't be calling him today. We've all witnessed the slow but inevitable demise over the past months and we must now accept our fate. One flawed hubristic man and his entourage of obsequious flunkies have done for us. Our hope now is that they'll do the honourable thing and walk away.

The Robert Redford film has an ambiguous ending as a hand reaches in to grab Redford's before he slips away. Just saying...