3D glasses - hot or not?

Twenty years ago they said computers made you look silly and that the technology wouldn't catch on.

Now critics are repeating the same phrases for 3D glasses after two Litherland pubs were among the first in Merseyside to pioneer next generation 3D football this week.

Both The Priory and The Netherton pulled pints for up to a hundred people wearing the required glasses on Saturday to watch Manchester United's defeat to Chelsea.

One local resident at The Netherton summed it up when he said: “I've only had 2 bevies but with these glasses on I feel like I've had twelve not to mention the fact I look like Roy Orbison!”

Pubs that screen the exclusive Sky 3D football matches have to fork out a cost of around £2,500 for the initial system set-up.

The huge cost helps fund the separate special camera that is required for 3D viewing in the stadium and currently the only one set-up is stationed at Old Trafford.

But the landlords of both pubs believe the technology to be popular amongst customers despite the lack of Merseyside 3D coverage.

Ray Pennington landlord of The Priory said: “It is definitely something unique and different but I think it will catch on.

”People were saying there is not much difference at first but the closer the camera is to the pitch the more impact it has. Like when the camera zooms in for throw-ins and replays it really is impressive.

“I think to feel the full impact of it though we would need to see more Merseyside games being covered.”

Gary Butcher landlord of The Netherton added: “We wouldn't have been that busy without it. People liked it and it was a big hit with the customers. I feel it has rekindled a lot of interest in going the pub to watch football as it brings a new experience.”

The top of the table clash was broadcast live by Sky in 3D to more than 1,000 pubs.

Sky will be showing another five Premiership games before the end of the season starting with Manchester United against Blackburn this weekend before the Manchester derby.

The company will find out the true popularity of the 'Roy Orbison glasses' when Sky 3D is rolled out to UK home TVs later this year.

In the meantime I think i'll sit back and wait until they invent 3D contact lenses or 3D laser eye treatment.

Colegate scandal leaves bitter taste

Would someone please tell Ashley Cole to publicly apologise to Cheryl because this Colegate scandal is leaving a bitter taste in some people’s mouths.

Not just because there are millions of blokes up and down the country muttering to themselves ‘How can you cheat on a girl like that?’

Or because paranoid WAGS are now trawling through hundreds of messages on their Premiership partners’ iPhones wondering if they are playing away whilst playing away.

The real reason is that Cheryl ‘Cole’ is now on the front page of every news paper and news website - you just can’t escape it.

Even when you sign into MSN you get a news pop up with Cheryl’s face minus her immaculately crafted dimples.

So why is that a bad thing?

Cheryl Cole helped wean her ex-boyfriend off heroin and is known for being a down to earth genuine-type girl-next-door.

She also happens to be one of the most sought after attractive pop stars since Britney Spears first donned that school girl uniform in 1999.

Without sounding chauvinistic - or like an obsessive stalker, the fact is, Cheryl makes nearly all other good-looking girls that you pass on the street look ordinary.

And she breaks that stereotype that all WAGS are full of themselves, look down on people with less ‘wonga’ yet sponge off their husbands.

I suppose it means that even if you ‘fight, fight, fight for this love’ sometimes it just isn’t meant to be.

Here’s hoping Ashley joins the publicly disgraced sporting love rats club featuring Tiger Woods and John Terry with a public apology to match - it’s the least she deserves.