Size Isn't Everything

Good news for all vertically challenged football managers. If you feel like someone who’s bought a new car but can’t reach the pedals and see the road at the same time, help is at hand. Just follow the lead of the Premiership Champions. In the close season they’ve had the builders in at Stamford Bridge and the result is English football’s first artificially enhanced home dugout, which has been raised up to give the Special One a Proper View, while leaving the away team’s dugout exactly where it was before – down in the dumps.

Of course the cynics have had a field day, but it must be emphasised that there is no truth whatsoever in the rumour that when Jose Mourinho met the Gunners manager for the first time, Arsene smiled and said courteously “Pleased to meet you. No need to get up.”