Fans transfixed by the silk smooth, sophisticated football of Spain in the Euros will be taken aback to learn those superstars’ sublime skills are down to one man – from Wolverhampton.
Yes, take a Bilbao, Fred Pentland, a soccer supremo who ruled before false 9s, holding midfielders and wing-backs. Back then, top player were too “sick as a parrot” to post about social injustice.
