MARTIN JOHNSON

There are one or two more important issues to prioritise, such as global warming, or whether British Airways should consider upgrading their IT system from a second hand Amstrad, but when the boffins get a spare minute, it would be nice to find out why footballers are prone to falling over for no apparent reason.
This happens even on non windy days, and is most prevalent when players enter that part of the pitch known as the penalty area. Is it, you wonder, a case of people with a serious imbalance of the inner ear going on to become footballers? Or do you first become ...