What with it being the hottest day of the year so far and everything, Pies thought we’d capitalise on the furore by chucking a 15-strong compendium of sun-baked footballers your way.
Don’t say we never treat you…
Tottenham ‘keeper Ted Ditchburn pootles round the Maddieson’s Holiday Camp with his family in the summer of 1952
Pele strums away lazily in the sunshine at Brazil’s team hotel in Mexico during the 1970 World Cup Finals
George Best dresses the part for a day out bronzing at the beach in Majorca, 1971
Kevin Keegan and his good lady wife Jean take in the sights of gay Paris while wearing his ‘n’ hers matching coats, 1976
John Toshack does his best to fit in with the locals while lounging around poolside in Barcelona, 1976
German striker Uli Hoeness and his wife Susi relax by the pool at their hotel in St. Lucia, 1976
Berti Vogts shows exactly the kind of poolside prowess that first wooed wife Monika, 1977
Liverpool manager Bob Paisley (right) enjoys a jolly old pedalo ride with one of the club’s directors while on holiday in Spain, 1980
Sampdoria boys Graeme Souness and Trevor Francis buddy up on a boat ride round the harbour in Portofino, Italy, 1984
John Barnes goes swimming in the waves off Copacabana beach in Rio during England’s summer tour of South America, 1984
Ever the skipper: Bryan Robson, Glenn Hoddle, Barnes and a couple of the other England boys charter a yacht in Los Angeles, 1985
Bobby Robson struggles to keep his new camel friend in check during a trip to the Great Pyramids, 1986
Gary Lineker takes in the sun on the diving board of the swimming pool at his house in Barcelona, 1987
Roger Milla catches a few rays while relaxing by a swimming pool during the World Cup in Italy, 1990
Paul Gascoigne takes in a bit of culture at the Colosseum on his first visit to Rome after signing for Lazio, 1991
Right, that’s your lot. Time to cool off with a nice ice lolly and a dip in the canal.