Whitey Grandad

Indeed. If Winnie is not smart enough to appreciate that he shouldn't have got involved then he's not smart enough to take part in decisions of such importance.

Or maybe they didn't think it was serious.

It most certainly is not irrelevant. He would, at one time, have felt some affinity with Middlesbrough.

What? Don't you understand? It's enough that he at one time was employed by Middlesbrough. Any connection, no matter how tenuous, is enough that he should have turned down the appointment.

Eh? What are you smoking? They are completely different situations. Virtually in a separate universe. A closer parallel would be where a loan player cannot play against his own club.

It affected the punishment, which are large part of the football community consider to have been very harsh.

The 35 years is irrelevant. Equally as irrelevant as whether or not we gained a sporting advantage. The "one game" argument is equally pathetic. Even if he had played no games he had been paid by Middlesbrough FC over a substantial period. He should have recused himself from the start.

At what stage was the composition of the panel revealed?

That's a very bold unsubstantiated statement. There may well have been bias even if it was subconscious.

At least it should be a cure for insomnia.

Is Norman Wisdom still a big thing there?

Some of them kick off at 03:00 our time FFS

I saw him play just before he signed for Liverpool. I had been roped in by a lab technician who covered Cambridge United's home games for the local hospital radio. I was asked to give the half time summary but (spoiler alert) I was useless. I do remember though the Scunthorpe number ten (?) Who ran around a lot making a nuisance of himself. Then I saw his name again when he signed for Bill Shankly. The other time that I saw him apart from when he was playing was when I was taking a Danish customer of mine into Romsey for lunch. Keegan drove out of Cupernham Lane from the right. I think he lived somewhere up there. He was driving a gold Rolls Royce. All the best Kevin.

I think I read something in the EFL rules about observing training 'directly or indirectly'

No need. Your hotel had a live stream from your suite. 🫡