After England Captain, Wayne Rooney is photographed apparently the worse for wear in the aftermath of England’s 3-0 victory over Scotland. Lee Davy looks at the argument’s for and against the consumption of alcohol in the higher echelons of sporting excellence.

I was 18, barely a man when selected as part of a project team that would have raised my profile within the company. I celebrated by getting rat-assed later that night. The following day, the project manager called me into his office and dropped me. There was no explanation other than I had proven to him that I wasn’t ready.

A few weeks later, I asked him a second time for an explanation. He told me that I had been seen, getting drunk, wearing the company uniform. He said I needed to learn about respect and priorities – I needed to grow up.

I was angry.