Steve Bone

Yeah, I mean, not all footballers are big cricket fans, are they?

I always think the ashes sort of transcends further than just cricket fans.

It's a big international event, isn't it?

I think there will have been a bit of ribbing going on.

I imagine Hayden Matthews has probably had his say on it.

Sorry, Barney the dog has just woken up.

Talk of cricket, I think that's what it is.

So, yeah, I'm sure there's been a bit of that.

We famously had...

Do you remember the story of Rory Allen, a striker that signed for a million pound in 1999?

Oh, go on, tell it again.

Looked quite good for a while, scored a few goals, then got injured, kept getting injured, was still at the club about two or three seasons later.

And then suddenly somebody realised that, well, not somebody at the club, but fans then started to realise that they hadn't seen or heard of Rory Allen for a few weeks or even a few months.

And it transpired that he'd gone down under, I'm sure with the club's blessing, or maybe even after the club had said, right, you're not wanted.

And he was spotted at an Ashes match down under.

Yes.

in the 2002-03 series.

You can imagine Harry's reaction, can't you?

Yes, Foreign Office.

That's a big change, isn't it?