‘He had no sense of humour, that man!’: Rodney Marsh on the Sir Alf Ramsey joke that ended it all, why Jordan Henderson should NOT be in England’s squad and his role in the US soccer boom

‘He had no sense of humour, that man!’: Rodney Marsh on the Sir Alf Ramsey joke that ended it all, why Jordan Henderson should NOT be in England’s squad and his role in the US soccer boom

Rodney Marsh says to meet on South MacDill Avenue, out in South Tampa. He says the restaurant is called Mad Dogs & Englishmen. He says to meet at midday. He does not mention the sun or Noel Coward, but it occurs to me fleetingly it might be one of Rodney’s wind-ups. It isn’t. Mad Dogs is real. All high ceilings, cobb salad and tuna carpaccio. And they will be showing the USA’s opening World Cup game against Paraguay on a big screen next Friday n…