Yesterday’s defeat at Chelsea was Mourinho’s heaviest Premier League loss.

Former team-mates and friends of the Munster legend have been sharing their memories.

Unsurprisingly, Martin O’Neill and Gordon Strachan feature in all the daily papers while there are interviews with Ray Houghton and advice from Charlie Nicholas.

If you already devoured part one of our sportswriting round-up, don’t worry — here’s a second helping for your enjoyment.

Forget about Christmas re-runs on TV — crack open the tin of Roses and enjoy the first part of our bumper sportswriting round-up.

Roll up, roll up and get your first weekly sports writing round-up of the new year. Let’s start this thing the way we mean to go on.

If you’ve already ploughed through yesterday’s sportswriting feast, here’s a second helping. We don’t do leftovers around here.

Rather than watching some rubbish Christmas re-runs, put your feet up and enjoy some vintage sportswriting from the past 12 months. You’ll thank us for it.

Put your feet up and enjoy seven of the best pieces of sports writing from the week that’s passed.

Get the kettle on, this might take a while.

Charge the laptop and turn the phone off – this might take a while.

Stick the coffee on, turn the telly off and put your feet up – this might take a while.