“I was taught as a kid,” Flintoff later explained, “always respect the opposition first and celebrate after. Miami were 11-30 in the first half of the season, then 30-11 in the second half of the season. time at the Premier League, Bunce pioneered a system in which young footballers are organised according to their physical maturity rather than age. In a league where the most troubling chants are often speciously defended as not being homophobic, this slipperiness was unconvincing.