In the days before Christmas 1963, West Bromwich Albion's first-team players revolted. It was bitterly cold, but their manager would not let them train in their full tracksuits. Temperatures were hovering around zero, the ground was rock hard, and other top teams had escaped to practise on the continent. When the players asked to warm up in trousers, Williams recalled Hagan said: "No, do you play in a tracksuit?" "He says: 'Well, you train and you play in the same, to keep used to it.'"

Source: The Times December 24, 2025 16:03 UTC