‘I’ve been relegated from the Premier League. My wages were cut in half and I couldn’t pay my bills’

Don’t worry, I’m not expecting sympathy. The real cost of relegation comes when you see a flood of staff members with their lives packed into cardboard boxes that they pack into banged up old cars

‘I’ve been relegated from the Premier League. My wages were cut in half and I couldn’t pay my bills’

Whatever you think of Premier League football, it is impossible to ignore its drama-giving qualities.

Manchester City may have run away with the league but they have done it with the most inventive and exciting style of football seen on English shores for at least 10 years.

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