I was a latecomer to the Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso, about a hapless-yet-loveable US football manager in the Premier League. Despite a career in football, first playing in Scotland and England over the course of twenty years, and now broadcasting, and also hearing many good things about the show’s first two campaigns, it was only recently I finally joined the expectant crowd for this third, and final, season. I hadn’t been avoiding it, but with so much football in my life I hadn’t got round to it.
And I’m glad I got there in the end. As I discovered from diving into the first episode of season three, Ted’s fictional team AFC Richmond have returned to the Premier League and now we have a backdrop of real top-level stadiums, including Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge and West Ham’s London Stadium – great access, guys.
