off-pitch

Hughton, who was named permanent Newcastle manager in 2009, called Ranger's mum into the club for a further meeting as her son's off-pitch problems spiralled.

Internally Southgate has ensured that a team, so often fractured by cliques and club loyalties, has been unbroken through on and off-pitch upheaval.

Balotelli's cult-hero status during a three-year spell at City was largely built on his off-pitch antics, with the myth gathering a momentum even the man himself struggled to understand.

One Premiership team has hired a creative director to expand its apparel offering, while Adidas in September launched an "exclusively off-pitch" apparel collection for some of the big-name teams it sponsors.

That said, TikTok provides, and TikTok takes away, as seen in Zimmerman’s first true public fumble — a viral video of him singing woefully off-pitch at a recent concert.