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Low life

After the initial shock of my cancer diagnosis, I’ve never been happier

I can stop worrying about the future for a kick-off

13 June 2015

9:00 AM

13 June 2015

9:00 AM

On Sunday morning, I was kicking a football in the back garden with my grandson. I had bought him his first pair of football boots, Optimum Tribals, junior size 11, blue and orange, each boot furnished with six very adult-looking steel studs: four on the sole, two at the back of the heel.

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