Harry’s Heroes review – an answer to the question: 'Who ate all the pies?'

What does it take to prepare a band of retired England footballers for a match? A lot of dieting, a spot of existential fishing – and a new pair of XXL shorts for Razor Ruddock

When the history of the decline of English masculinity is written, there will be a lengthy footnote about custard creams. Matt Le Tissier opened his secret drawer of shame (we’ve all got one, right?) and took out four biscuits. He assembled them in a fat stack, Jenga-style, and marched out of the kitchen. That was his lunch.

In his pomp, Le Tissier was Southampton’s answer to Pelé. Whippet-thin and ruthless in putting the ball in the proverbial onion bag, he was known at St Mary’s as Le God. Today, as he approaches 50, he is all too human.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2Od83sb