Rafael, Jose, Jacques – the Premiership will be awash with new coaches from all round the world next season. But, according to our new star columnist Rob Shepherd, the value bet is laying the bosses from abroad…
I have to confess some of the best inside information I’ve ever had came when, er, I was inside earlier this year. I know now how to boil water with a jug of water, two razor blades, a plastic knife and electric lead, make toast with an iron and win at three-card brag.
I won’t bore you with all the details of how I came to be a guest of Her Majesty, apart from acknowledging it was my own fault to become far too tired and emotional late at night in a bar and then allow my bite to become louder than my bark after becoming embroiled in an argument. I paid a heavy price.
A George Bernard Shaw quote proved one source of inspiration: ‘We are made wise not by the recollections from our past but by taking responsibility for our future.’
Another came from one of the many letters of support I received from prominent figures in the world of football and the media. Gerard Houllier penned an eloquent communiqu
