Newcastle’s popular executive director shows his sensitive side

The latest extract in our ongoing serialisation of Dennis Wise’s popular 1999 autobiography, The Autobiography sees the former Chelsea midfielder reflecting on the time he visited Eileen Drewery.

The meeting occurred when then Chelsea manager Glenn Hoddle pointed Wise in the direction of his faith-healing friend after he had suffered a thigh injury that ruled him out for six weeks at a point where he needed football to take his mind of an upcoming court case.

Arguably, Wise’s decision to go against the grain and defend the controversial Drewery should be commended but The Spoiler can’t help feeling that his mother wouldn’t have been too flattered by the comparison: