Andrew Cole might not agree with Travis either, but then his pop career was short lived so what does he know? One thing he does know about is scoring goals, and he has manged this at every club that he has played for thus far. The problem is, this is the first time that has has been 36 and as a fellow thirty-something, I know how hard scoring goals is for me now and I play with the under 5’s.

In simple terms, his head is singing from one hymn sheet, his body from another. A bit like Aled Jones after his balls dropped.  One minute you are ‘walking in the air’ and the next you sound like Darth Vadar -  not good.

Mr Cole has to realise this and if he does, he might just think that a place on the bench is not so bad after all.

I love the smell of freshly cut grass in the morning – especially that cut from my own garden as it has a very distinctive smell.  It makes me feel like I am home again, like a returning hero after a bloody conflict in a distant land.

I am sure this is exactly the same smell that Kevin Keegan and many others in recent history have caught of whiff of. This smell, along with huge financial reward, has persuaded them to go back to the land from whence they came or at least in ‘King Kevs’ case, made their name, in order to become conquering heroes one last time before disappearing into the sunset….or something like that.

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