Drum Magazine Issue 4 | Page 42

Drum: SPORTIVE

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LB: Ashley Cole
40 appearances; 0 goals
Phase One: Promising young Arsenal defender
cuts his teeth on loan at Crystal Palace and returns
to push Brazilian international Silvinho out of the
side.
Phase Two: Goes on to establish himself as a mainstay for club and country, felt by many to be the finest
left back in the world.

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Phase Three: Comes to represent everything that is
vaguely distasteful about the modern game, acquiring
a pop-star girlfriend, getting ‘tapped up’, and constantly
being pictured falling out of celebrity night-spots with
obligatory blonde ‘stunnas’ in tow and a hand thrust
aggressively at the camera lens.

CB: Sol Campbell
64 appearances; 1 goal
Rock at the heart of the current England defence
alongside Rio Ferdinand and just edges out the
turtle-faced Man United player for sheer dependability.
Strong in the challenge, dangerous at set-pieces, and
exuding a quiet confidence in everything he does,
Sol faced a challenge in winning over the Arsenal
crowd after his high-profile defection from Spurs.
But he’s gone on to become absolutely indispensable,
a point proven by the Gunners’ defensive collapse in
a season where he has been continually sidelined
through injury. Faced down persistent rumours about
his sexuality by…well, by not being gay. Has had a
series of high-profile relationships, including former
Wimbledon champion Martina Hingis, and bland,
seal-voiced pop-tomaton Dido.