Gary Johnson is 67 and well into the fourth decade of a managerial career that began at Newmarket in 1986 – but the Torquay United boss has no intention of packing away the cones and hanging up the tracksuit yet.
Hamworthy United’s on-off salvaging of Step 4 status went right to the wire with the green light finally shown at yesterday’s Southern League AGM – after a temporary groundshare with Weymouth was given the green light.
Manchester City’s 1-1 draw with Real Madrid at the Bernabeu was intriguing, but never exciting. First legs rarely are. Like the opening round of a boxing match, there are jabs and feints and the odd stiff right to raise a cheer.