2016’s last question: Does Dylan trump two Robbies?

From terrorism to Trump, the year just ending gave us many reasons to be fearful.

With the passing of a host of revered artists and entertainers, there was also much cause for sadness. Football was not untouched by the darkness, from the death of the great Johan Cruyff to the horror and tragedy of the Chapecoense air disaster.

Events such as these, we are often told, put “mere” sport into proper perspective. While understanding the logic of that, there’s an argument that actually the opposite is the case: That the worst of times serve only to reinforce the value of a human endeavour which at its best — and for all the cynicism of the age — retains a bountiful capacity to inspire, thrill, surprise and delight. (And that was just Leicester City).