When he formally announced his departure from the England job, Sven Goran Eriksson warned his successor that the biggest downside was the circus that surrounds the position. Eriksson had a gripe that ultimately his demise was caused by one scandalous newspaper headline too far. Yet who really turned his reign into a circus?

Who was the serial philanderer? Who kept on flirting with other jobs like those at Manchester United, Chelsea and Aston Villa? Who more than flirted with a string of fillies, including Ulrika Jonsson and Fariah Alam, to ensure embarrassing tales of the boudoir for the tabloids?