SERIOUS BUSINESS BEGINS UNDER GLARE OF THE LIGHTS

Nige TASSELL
FOOTBALL AUTHOR

There was a better offer on the table. I could have stayed exactly where I was, horizontal on the sofa, cat warming my lap. A light ale was within arm’s reach and the TV remote would easily be persuaded to fire up the opening Champions League skirmish featuring the cream of European football – Barcelona against Juventus. I simply didn’t need to try. I didn’t need to move a muscle.
Instead I’m here, exposed to all the elements on the sidelines of a Step 5 match, unprotected against...