THOMAS HEATH SAYS THE NATIONS LEAGUE HAS BEEN AN UNEXPECTED TRIUMPH...

THERE was an audible groan let out by most of us when we first heard about the latest edition to football’s increasingly packed schedule.
Whether it was in the papers, on Twitter or through your mates, few of us regarded the Nations League as anything more than an insignificant piece of silverware only worth a few minutes of our time a month just to check if England had won.
It was predominately the complexity of the tournament’s format that led to my initial disregard for the competition. Endless internet searches ...