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Article: Soccer player's own goal as Gerrard email wings round the City.
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2006
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Byline: CONNIE ALFREY
WHEN Mike Rolt was asked to change the position he plays in his football team, the manager probably expected a simple reply.
But the 26-year-old former public schoolboy decided to offer him the sort of analysis of his own playing skills worthy of BBC pundit Alan Hansen.
Today Mr Rolt was in hiding as his frank assessment of his abilities in midfield was the talk of the City after the email was forwarded to thousands.
Mr Rolt, who works in the film industry, was asked by manager James Townley, who runs the team for old boys of Radley College, to think about playing on the right.
His reply was more Grandstand than Sunday morning pub ...