Quinn wants tracksuit back now boardroom blues over

Shortly after the 2011 season kicked off Niall Quinn came to terms with Premier League boardrooms no longer being a place he wished to inhabit.

As Sunderland chairman, the former fans’ favourite had for over five years overseen the resurrection of a club lurching towards the third tier of football to become Premier League mainstays.

Still, Quinn had gradually been ground down, exposed to the darker side of the biggest league in the world, and the impact it had on him both professionally and privately.