Nice story in Friday's Guardian - the son of Labour MP Steve Pound found himself sitting beside Mohamed Al Fayed in the Fulham directors' box at last week's game against QPR and asked him what football position he played as a boy. "Captain, always captain," replied Fayed.
Always the skipper
Nice story in Friday's Guardian - the son of Labour MP Steve Pound found himself sitting beside Mohamed Al Fayed in the Fulham…
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