Now I know we offer an Incider T-Shirt every month for the best contribution. But this month is different. For a start, the winner is Potbelly. And the Incider fashion sub-committee ruled no-one whose name indicates that they sport a paunch could be allowed to lower the iconic esteem of the precious Incider T-shirt by wearing one in public.

However, Peter’s letter reliving his horrific ordeal at the hands of heartless Gasheads who stole his signed ball and rubbed off the City autographs left us emotionally drained and clearly deserved to earn him the prestige of being hailed this month’s winner. So we are coming to his rescue (sort of) by replacing his lost signed football. Clearly we couldn’t replace a ball signed by the entire team from decades ago. For a start, we’re much too tight to buy a full sized ball. And for another thing, we couldn’t be arsed to track down all the players.

So we are replacing his lost piece of precious memorabilia with another. The Incider is giving Potbelly a mini football (which is much cheaper) signed by Brian Tinnion (who is much easier to find). A heart-warming story of City fans helping each other, I’m sure you’ll agree. We’ll be presenting him with the ball at the Cardiff game.

The good news is that unlike Potbelly, you CAN win an Incider T-shirt. We are giving one away for the best reader contribution to Issue 11, which is due to go online on Monday May 5, after the final league game against Port Vale. Hopefully City can nick second spot and make it a Promotion Special. If not, hopefully we’ll reach the play-offs and there will be a chance for an Issue Twelve to celebrate a famous victory over Cardiff at the Millennium Stadium.

In the meantime, please show your support for The Incider by sending us your contributions. Send your letters to letters@theincider.com and your articles, funny caption contest entries, jokes and picture gags to editor@theincider.com. And remember, the sender of the best contribution can join LDV Vans Trophy hero Liam Rosenior as the proud owner of an Incider T-Shirt. Se get writing!