Table of Fury

Pop quiz hotshot: what do Premier League stars do with their 23 hours of free-time a day? Learn to read? Libelous but probably true. Test-drive sports cars? Unfortunately yes. Go whoring? Oh, most definitely. Play table tennis?? YES!

That's right, the game affectionately known as ‘ping-pong' is the recreational activity of choice for many current and former professional footballers, and last night at London's illustrious Albert Hall, Glenn Hoddle, John Barnes and Reading midfielder James Harper joined part-time triple-jumper, full-time evangelist Jonathan Edwards in a celebrity charity challenge.