CHRIS HEWETT
GUEST COLUMNIST

Anyone out there remember Sean Kerly? It’s just about possible, but only if your joints are seizing up and you feel older than Tiresias. Ian Taylor? Unlikely, however ancient you may be. Imran Sherwani? You see where this is going, so let’s quit while we’re behind.
Hockey was the future once: a future that began in 1988, when Olympic gold for the British men led to feverish talk of wall-to-wall television and eyewatering sponsorship deals, and ended the same year when prediction collided with reality and finished a poor second.
Putting it another way, specula...