Roger Alton Roger Alton

Why did you do it, Roy?

He hinted at a life of leisure, yet he’s still going back to the god-awful breach that is Premier League management

issue 16 September 2017

Poor old Roy Hodgson, why did he take on Crystal Palace? He was having lunch at a Côte in a salubrious suburb of south-west London the other day, indistinguishable in his blazer and slacks from all the other old boys there enjoying a leisurely retirement and looking forward to a postprandial nap.

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