"Despite his extraordinary talent, Marsh won only nine England caps. He claimed that manager Alf Ramsey told him: ‘I’ll be watching you for the first 45 minutes and if you don’t work harder I’ll pull you off at half time.’ Sharp as a tack, Marsh replied: ‘Crikey, Alf, at QPR all we get is an orange and a cup of tea.’ He was never picked again."

The game used to be awash with characters like Marsh, are there any at all now ?