SAVAGE’S POLL TAX

Robbie Savage racked up a hefty 14 yellow cards in 2001- 02 – but that wasn’t his biggest ref bother of the year. Leicester’s chief antagonist claimed the runs from some dicky medicine, so “had the option of s** tting myself there and then or running for another toilet”. Option B took him inside Graham Poll’s room at Filbert Street, where the Welshman duly relieved himself. Unamused, Poll reported him and Savage was fined £ 10,000 for his troubles. “I just went for a poo,” he wailed.