TWO pleas for very different reasons this week.

I've made this one before but I do so again in the hope that someone will actually listen.

Evso, the Adver's legendary photographer, loves nothing more than a good goal celebration.

I know you all like to see happy, smiling faces when Town hit the back of the net.

But the Town players are doing little or nothing to help.

Lads, please start running towards the Arkell's Stand when you score. Dave is usually about 20 yards from the home dug-out.

Please take note, Danny, Eric, Graz and Co!

Secondly (and this is not aimed at Town players apart from the odd exception) will footballers please cheer up.

I was watching the Premiership highlights the other night and talk about sour faces.

Thierry Henry and Harry Kewell looked as though they'd lost a pound and found a penny. You won fellas, surely that's got to be worth smiling about.

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is another one who needs a rap on the knuckles. How many times have you seen him score a goal and look as though he's just found a parking ticket on his car?

n I heard a heart-warming tale from a source at the County Ground the other day.

A Town fan, obviously a born optimist, phoned the club extremely concerned about the FA Cup causing a league fixture to be rearranged.

Ah, the game at Oldham next month I hear you cry.

Wrong! The gentleman in question was concerned because he already had a ticket for the league game with Reading on February 16 - FA Cup fifth round day!

If that fixture was postponed and the cup tie was away, he was scuppered.

Talk about crossing a bridge before you've reached it.

Still, I hope this gentleman does have to face such a dilemma on February 16. A place in the fifth round would do very nicely.