The playwright James Graham has paid tribute to the outgoing England football manager Gareth Southgate, calling him a figure who was able to unite the country during a political era where “division and toxicity” have ruled public life.
Graham who is re-writing Dear England, his play about Southgate and the England football team after their Euro 2024 final defeat, said the departing manager had given him a “tragic” and “English ending” which is painful rather than triumphant.
