In the search for the antidote to the untrammelled greed of the six billionaire owners who were ready to lay waste to English football a fortnight ago, it might be hard to improve on a symbol of the intelligent, diligent stewardship of one of our leading clubs that sits at one end of their first team training pitch. And no, it's not the Dulux dog.
Behind one of the goals at Norwich City's impressive new training centre, protected from errant shots by strategically-placed netting, David, the club's gardener, kneels in the earth tending to rows of broad beans, kale, leek and chard.