A 2003 FT interview with the recently deceased ex Wolves owner Sir Jack Hayward:
"but I’m anti-French,” explains the former RAF pilot who says he “loved the war” and describes getting his “wings” as “the best day” of his life. “I’m also anti-German. Anti-all-Europeans actually."...
"Oh yes – if I had my way I’d form my own party far more right wing than Margaret Thatcher.” I laugh, thinking he is joking. But he isn’t. “I’d bring back National Service, the Scaffold, the Cat o’ Nine Tails, the Empire – places like Sierra Leone and Nigeria were so much better off under British rule than they are now.”...
"Now, suddenly, he finds himself with a team full of foreign signings – he struggles, comically, to pronounce their names, calling Okoronkwo from Nigeria “Orinoco”, and another player “Wappawappa”.
Was Jack Hayward the Wing Commander?
"but I’m anti-French,” explains the former RAF pilot who says he “loved the war” and describes getting his “wings” as “the best day” of his life. “I’m also anti-German. Anti-all-Europeans actually."...
"Oh yes – if I had my way I’d form my own party far more right wing than Margaret Thatcher.” I laugh, thinking he is joking. But he isn’t. “I’d bring back National Service, the Scaffold, the Cat o’ Nine Tails, the Empire – places like Sierra Leone and Nigeria were so much better off under British rule than they are now.”...
"Now, suddenly, he finds himself with a team full of foreign signings – he struggles, comically, to pronounce their names, calling Okoronkwo from Nigeria “Orinoco”, and another player “Wappawappa”.
Was Jack Hayward the Wing Commander?
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