An hour in the company of Roy Hodgson yesterday revealed a 75-year-old not ready for retirement but rather a 'footballaholic' desperate to save Crystal Palace from the doom of relegation.
Hodgson was in good form speaking for the first time since returning to the club he previously managed. About what his footballing friends are making of it all: 'I think if Sir Alex Ferguson were to text me he would be saying, "What are you doing, you fool?"'
About what he found in his old corner office: 'There's a load of books there but I think they came from Alan Pardew.