Johnny Nicholson, who recently announced he was calling an end to his time at F365 after 26 years of weekly columns. which amounts to over 3,000 pieces. His last column called for the abolition of the Premier League and a complete reset for English football which I’m sure many of us would agree has merit. John’s first foray into football was to watch Middlesbrough take on Hull so it’s off to Ayresome Park we go in 1972, on what I assume was a foggy Saturday afternoon in September.