THE DEBATE
Is football better now than it was in 1994?
NO
ED McCAMBRIDGE
STAFF WRITER
@edmccambridge
YES
MARK WHITE
ONLINE CONTENT EDITOR
@markwhlte
John Moncur tells a magnificent story about the time he and his Swindon team-mates – 15 games without a win and rock-bottom of the fledgling Premier League – curtailed a cross-country training run to sit in a pub all afternoon with manager John Gorman and drink double brandies instead.
Starstruck locals came over for a chat, the players got frustrations off their chests and, two days later, they beat QPR 1-0 at the County Ground. That the Robins were later relegated with a then-record 100 goals conceded is neither here nor there...