Duncan Barkes

I don't quite see the connection.

I think I do.

Stamp out red or something, it's called.

Yes, yeah, no red.

No red, that's it.

But the photograph that was used to illustrate them playing in their all-white was of them taking the knee.

Right, yeah, that happened for a few years, didn't it?

It was almost universal.

yeah and then it just quietly petered out yeah do they still do in the premier league or do they not now i don't know because my interest in the premier league is waning yeah as my as pompey refuel my interest in what we used to call division two

Yes, it was in America, wasn't it?

A sports star...

wanted to refuse to stand for the American National Anthem.

That's right.

And so his mark of whatever respect he had for another cause

Yes.

Was to kneel on one knee and it took off.

Yes, it did.

Speaking of this, do you miss the days when football transfers could take place at any time during the season?

It used to lift an otherwise ordinary Wednesday in...

October or February, say, to wake up, grab your paper and discover that there's been a huge transfer.