FORGET the 12 days of Christmas – the festive feeling can stretch right into February this year.

That’s right; Sir Alex Ferguson has helped launched his own brand of Christmas tree, which basically stays up until he says it is time to pack it away.

The tree comes in three varieties: The Anderson, which costs a bomb and expands rapidly, The Bebe, which looks okay on TV but disappears soon after you open the box, and the Taibi, which is incapable of holding on to a bauble for more than 30 seconds.

In 2012, Brendan Rodgers asked to be judged by Liverpool fans in “three years time” and in midweek his side needed penalties to get past Carlisle United.

"I hope to be a manager for another 20-odd years - and I accept that 20 years probably won't be at Liverpool,” said the Northern Irishman, making the most obvious statement since someone told Houston they had a “bit of a problem.”

ITV were concerned that crowd noise from Old Trafford during the Manchester United v Ipswich Town game would impact on the live Coronation Street episode in midweek.

But on the upside, at least they got to show some live football this season.

Talksport big-mouth Adrian Durham has happened upon a scientific discovery, claiming that swimmers wearing black and white wetsuits are effectively invisible to sharks, and less prone to being attacked.

His theory has scientific credence – and it’s also the reason why shark attacks are so rare in Newcastle.

Speaking of the Toon, Steve McClaren may be reaching for the brolly again if the abuse keeps raining down on him at St James’ Park.

McClaren has brought in Steve Black, the man who helped Johnny Wilkinson become an England rugby legend, to help his under-performing stars.

And he wonders why his team isn’t putting enough shots on target?

So Jordan Henderson has managed to get alongside Lionel Messi on the front cover of the new FIFA16 game? What next, David Cameron guesting on Peppa Pig?

Finally, it is impossible to lay your hands on a bottle of that new Cristiano Ronaldo aftershave.

Seriously, every time I tried to grab a bottle off the shelf at Boots it threw itself on the floor and smashed to pieces.