I caught up with one of Josh Coulson’s old centre-half mentors, Wayne Hatswell, and the current Newport County coach’s gaffer, Justin Edinburgh, this week.

When Josh Coulson dons his tin helmet for the 200th time in a Cambridge United shirt this lunchtime against Sheffield United, he will think back to his first big FA Cup game and wonder whether he’s ever woken up in the last six years.

The other 64,000 dollar question I get asked is ‘Who’s got the biggest playing budget?’

Football commentator and Kingstonian first-team coach Martin Tyler takes a critical look at the diminishing opportunities for young English players at the highest level and suggests that their development could be enhanced by official tie-ups with Non-League clubs where they could play ‘man’s football’.