The Rangels host a charity night, and Laudrup on Tiendalli

Angel & Nikki Rangel set to host charity night in aid of Severn Hospice, Maggies Cancer Caring Centres & Kids Cancer Charity

Does what it says on the tin really. The Rangels found themselves in the spotlight of the national media at the tail end of last year, when, after grabbing some food at a local sandwich bar, the owner remarked he would be throwing out a lot of leftover food, and what a shame that was. Rangel proceeded to tweet;

Angel Rangel spots some food going spare

 ""Anyone knows the location of homeless people in Swansea? I got food going spare! #randomtweet"

They then spent over an hour driving around Swansea, which was in the middle of a snow-laden cold snap, looking for homeless people with whom to share the food, until they received a response to their tweets from a homeless charity. They said they now plan to repeat their goodwill mission on a regular basis. Rangel shied away from the credit, saying it was actually his wife's idea to donate the food to the local homeless population;

"My wife, Nikki, who is a very caring and charitable person, asked if we could have them for the homeless rather than see them thrown in the bin.They agreed and we drove around Swansea for over an hour, but couldn't find any homeless people as it was so cold out on the streets with all the snow." Angel Rangel

This is why the news that Nikki & Angel Rangel are putting on a charity night at the Liberty Stadium won't come as a surprise to many, given their previous, and it's clearly something that's close to their hearts. The night itself is on April the 10th, and Rangel has been heavily promoting the event himself on Twitter, with one of the prizes on offer being his personal box (for 8 people) for the Manchester City game. I haven't heard of many footballers doing that kind of thing, but maybe it goes unnoticed unless you're a fan of the club in question. Tickets for the event are £40, and for more information contact Nikki on 07506 169633.

Ipswich player gives tickets to "skint" fan after responding to tweet

Tyrone Mings

Continuing with the goodwill theme, did anyone hear about young Ipswich Town player Tyrone Mings? This really is a story to warm the heart of any football fan. Before the home game against Bolton, Mings tweeted the usual pre game "big game today yayaya" but what happened afterwards was remarkable. One fan tweeted wishing him luck, saying he couldn't make the game as he was skint and Mings immediately responded by offering the fan two tickets, as long as he could get to Portman Road to pick them up. The fan, Tris Monk (people have good names in Ipswich!) subsequently enjoyed watching his team beat Bolton 1-0. Great story.

Laudrup coy on Tiendalli future

Tiendalli battles with Man Utd's Patrice Evra

In a press conference recently, Laudrup was pressed on the future of the Surinam-born Dutchman, but refused to be drawn on talks of contracts and the like. Laudrup instead simply stated that he'd been pleased by Tiendalli's involvement with the squad, describing him as important:

“Dwight’s been important for us. Maybe he’s had his best games at right back not at left because being a right footed left back is very different, but I have been pleased with his work. We brought him in to help Ben because my intention was not to put all the pressure on a young player knowing you have one player in one position. Ben has coped fantastically with it.” Michael Laudrup

I've been impressed with Tiendalli. He's very much in the Rangel mould, and short of any vastly better acquisition, I don't think we should release him. Taylor's reintroduction into the squad still isn't complete, and it remains to be seen whether Jazz will make the step up to regular first team football for the Swans, so Tiendalli and Rangel are the only real natural options for the Swans at the moment - and both have performed well this season.

Even when Taylor returns to the fold I'd like to see Dwight retained for at least another year, as he seems a positive addition to the squad. His work rate in attack and defence can't be questioned, and he has had games where I found myself wanting to describe him as "marauding" - albeit if on a few of those occasions the end product wasn't quite there. Still, for free, and with a pedigree which includes spells at Ajax and Feyenoord, he's been a quality bit of business. As I've said, unless they've got someone lined up for the right-back spot to challenge Rangel, or Laudrup is expecting Jazz to challenge next season, it seems prudent to tie down Dwight for at least another year. With the season coming to an end you'd expect an announcement soon, so it seems just a case of waiting for an announcement now. Fingers crossed!