A single English Premiership campaign is an interesting bunch of competitions. We’ve been treated to old-style fights for the title in April, even if they were over by February; modern-day scraps for play-off places; hot races for European qualification; and last (so to speak) but by no means least, annual battles to dodge relegation.
Suddenly, we are in a very different place, where the keys no longer fit the doors. It is now harder to stay out of Europe than it is to find a way in – the opposite of Brexit, you might say – and even Alice might struggle to disappear down the rabbit hole in...