Tom Bassam (earlier) and John Brewin (now)

⚽ Today’s games | Latest tables | Scottish Cup final goes to ET ⚽ Premier League top scorers | Get in touch with John by email OK, so it was all building to this, then. The slow‑burn plotlines. The room‑temperature action sequences. The winter afternoons on the sofa watching men wrestle unhappily, staring out of the window as the frigid wind tousles the clouds, wondering about the death of all things, and also why referees not only have to speak now but speak in the same awkward Yorkshire bingo‑caller voice.