'Shrine to a chicken'

Friday was the busiest day we've had on the website, but not for the reasons you might think.

Although the Sally Anne verdict had a lot of hits, it was overshadowed by the reaction to Palace manager Neil Warnock's column, in which he had a mild dig at Liverpool.

Within hours of going live the article had generated a furious response from people living in Liverpool, along with the city's well-known suburbs of, erm, Brighton and Oxon. It went on to become our most-read story and you can read the fall-out: here

I made an inappropriate Boris Johnson-esque comment about Scousers in a previous job, and I'm not making that mistake again.

However, this Liverpool Echo story remains my favourite example of the city's ability to spot tragedy in the most unlikely of scenarios: http://tinyurl.com/dlaps

Another story that generated a huge amount of interest - again, even more so than Sally Anne - was the yobs going on the rampage at Vue cinema.

It's clear from the comments on this story - and many others like it - that people are sick to the back teeth of Croydon's chav culture.