There is a well-known saying that “Football is a gentleman’s game played by hooligans but rugby is a hooligan’s game played by gentlemen”. Some might be tempted to add that “Cricket is a gentleman’s ...

FOOTBALL is a gentlemen’s game played by hooligans, so goes the saying. If it is true, then doesn’t Wayne Rooney fit in well? Some call it “industrial language”. Most of us call it swearing’ and ...