May moving up order?

RECENT talk among the blazers at MCC has been of plans to fast-track cricket fan Theresa May to membership. Whether that is still the case after the Tories’ election fiasco is a moot point. An MCC spokesman said: ‘If she wanted to be a candidate, she would doubtless be considered if still Prime Minister as her predecessors in office have been.’

lTOTTENHAM striker Harry Kane is still to experience a pre-match England captain’s press conference — with Adam Lallana standing in for the skipper before the Scotland game. But word inside the England camp is that Kane is certain to be the permanent captain when manager Gareth Southgate decides to have one. Southgate, who took his squad to a Royal Marines boot camp on a team-bonding exercise, had plenty of experience of similar trips during his playing days. Crystal Palace, where Southgate spent his formative years, often went to a pre-season army camp — partly because it was a cheap option. THE way Southgate’s backroom staff, including administrators with their laptops, joined the players in applauding the away fans at Hampden seemed excessive. Especially considering the massive security arrangements put in place to keep them in order after the vile anthems and unruly misconduct on previous trips.