United's Ginger Ninja Bows Out
I recently read the following extract: “Anyone who approached his tasks with anything approaching dedication was viewed with suspicion. If you publicly avowed such dedication you were the object of ridicule. If you didn’t drink vast quantities you were almost certainly gay. It has never been the English way to publicly show dedication. Also you must be self-effacing about your efforts and especially any success you achieve thereby.” * For some unknown reasons, the names of two Manchester born sportsmen sprang to mind – the partially retired Ricky Hatton, and the just retired Paul Scholes. Questioning either’s success would be doing them a disservice. So what about how they approached their disciplines? For Hatton, there was no doubt he would be mentally prepared for his next bout, but his physicality could sway to an extraordinary proportion when he was out of the boxing ring. He was the typical Englishman who backed up his statements of leading a ‘normal’ life by drinking ple...