Tackling an old soccer stereotype

He goes through the same routine as every other week.

He pulls on his green shirt, ties his boot laces before jogging onto the pitch. How good will his opposite number be? Can another win help the team climb the table? The game is foremost in his mind. All the usual thoughts experienced by a footballer, no matter what the standard. But then, like a derailed freight train heading for the centre circle, it hits him.

Some weeks, it’s there more often than not; that worry swirling around in the back of his mind — ‘What if I’m spotted?’