Midnight in the Garden of Evel Knievel

Manchester United scooping the treble, Schumacher barging Hill off the track, Tyson chewing Holyfield, England being beaten on penalties by just about everyone, name a defining sporting moment of the last decade and like most people the author wasn't there, he was at home watching it on television; then he wrote about it. This is a collection of pieces about sport taken from the "Daily Telegraph" and the "Times" about England's woeful sporting prowess and various personalities, from Evil Knievel to Frank Bruno over the last ten years.