A* footballers who can pass exams as well as they pass the ball are key to England's success

[ASFN Admin]

Football fans used to tell a joke about David Beckham going to the barber. Asked to remove his headphones so the barber could cut his hair, he dropped dead. When the shocked barber picked up the headphones and put them to his ear, he heard the words, "breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out". It is a somewhat harsh judgement on Beckham’s intellect, but it neatly sums up the age-old cliché of footballers having little between the ears. No one who has watched England’s impressive young li

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