Football dynasties come and go but one opponent remains undefeated. Mark SanderSon assesses the task facing the Fa’s respect programme in conquering our inner beast

We decided to lock the referee inside his changing room; getting hit in the face had done nothing for his balance. The punch was thrown from a crowd of players who followed him off the pitch, shortly after he’d abandoned the cup-tie between my Sunday league side and our opponents; who, having had four men sent off, were no closer to seeing reason than when this game kicked off 30-odd minutes earlier.
The perpetr...