It’s never too late to dig out runners and stretch the legs

The stories that emerged from the European Senior Games in Poland this last week would put those of us camped on the couch of an evening to shame

Starter for 10: who was the oldest of all the competitors at the various major sporting tournaments held this summer? To be honest, we’d be surprised if Jimmy Magee himself knew the answer to this one.

Greek goalkeeper, Kostas Chalkias, was the most senior of the 368 footballers at the European Championship but, at just 37, he was a mere babe in the wood compared to some of the veterans who turned out in London a month or two later.