When I wrote the headline for the article I published on Sunday – What should we do with the sulking failure? – I thought, ‘Hang on, I’m sure I’ve seen that somewhere before.’ But a quick Google didn’t answer my vague sense of déjà vu and with rumours already circulating about King Billy’s impending dethroning, I decided to risk accusations of plagiarism and published the piece post-haste.

Turns out I was plagiarising someone – myself. [...]