Every footballer will tell you he knows the exact moment when Old Father Time told him to retire. His call to me came at the end of a 2007-08 season during which red-hot strikers like Jon Main had been getting too quick for me.
My driver for the day announces we are off to Wealdstone in the Ryman Premier League on the basis that he recently discovered a ‘drop-dead-gorgeous’ matchday poster on the website and has already printed one off for me. Good friend!