“How did the rugby team do on Saturday, Simpson?”, my headmaster asked gruffly one soggy Monday morning in the Midlands in the mid-1970s.

Dry stats and lack of footage mean we underrate the best of all time, by Paul Simpson.

Paul Simpson weaves a tapestry to the man behind the Beautiful Game’s great revival.

The undeniable greatness of the boy from Brazil. A life measured in achievement, not in years alone.