“I’d given up on my Olympic dream. I was at rock bottom and was going to quit.” Scripts that would flatter the silver screen continue to write themselves in Great Britain’s pursuit of a first men’s hockey medal since the Boys of 1988 struck gold in South Korea.
Lee Morton, a 29-year-old half-back rescued from the international scrap heap and given a new lease of life under the revitalising reign of the head coach Paul Revington, struck two goals in four minutes late on as GB rescued a draw against the Netherlands in a summit meeting between the world’s two best teams in Pool A.
