Next tour: No dates yet, but as soon as the fixture list is out…

Meet: Malmaison Hotel, 3 Piccadilly, the Imperial Hotel, where the PFA was founded a hundred years ago.

Football is a thirsty business, which is probably why some of the greatest players to grace the game liked to drink…to excess. But whereas your typical sleek Italian striker appreciates a sophisticated glass of chianti imbibed imperiously and elegantly, yer typical balding bog-standard half-back will just want to down the odd pint or fifteen of best bitter.

On the football pub walk we crawl the city centre streets in search of the best football stories that can accompany both the chilled chianti and the best bitter brigade. Oh, and talking of Best, he liked a drink…