With such constant off-field turmoil Hughton’s work has been remarkable and this may have been his last game in charge. West Bromwich Albion, searching for a replacement for Roy Hodgson, are firm admirers.

The magic of those minutes in the kala juggah, when she had sat with her little hand in his, came back to him. He made up his mind to see a lot more of Sheilagh when he got back.

their real sufferings outromanced the fictions of many errant adventures

I think that she was so concerned that she was afraid to even mention it in her own journals, Jennifer told him. “In fact, she doesn't bring it up again until it's pretty clear that the South's goose is cooked.”