But anyway, I read this and it made me smile. It's about manager John Coleman's ice-breaker for new players.
When players sign, Coleman offers them a race to the halfway line, with £50 at stake. “The new lads will look at the gaffer and think: ‘He must be 50-odd, I fancy myself here,’” McConville says, laughing. “He will put his money down and say: ‘The only stipulation is you have got to drink a cup of water halfway through.’ The new lads will think: ‘Well, yeah, I can drink a cup of water and still beat him.’ Then the assistant comes out with the water that has just been boiled from the kettle. It’s on the marks, get set, go and the new lads get to the water and they just can’t physically do it. He’s then just running past them as they are trying to drink boiling hot water. It’s just a little thing but he makes it a fun environment to come into.”