When it comes to club football, loyalty, love and legend are all somewhat intertwined (and all begin with the letter L, incredibly). It’s natural to feel that club legends are loyal club-lovers, and likewise that displaying loyalty and a love of the club and can turn you into a legend.

Unfortunately, that’s a medium-sized load of bollocks. Of course all 3 traits – loyalty, love and legend – are sometimes related, but nowhere near as much as you might believe. This is due to some additional factors which play their part and can contrive to cram the whole arrangement into a food processor. The most important of these is success, but length of time at the club, leaving the club (and the manner of) and a few more also contribute.