On Tuesday I came out of the gym and found him standing in front of it with his phone out, taking a photograph. He saw me and put the phone behind his back.
"It is for my mum," he said.
I said I knew.
"She does not believe me. I told her on Friday. She said show me." He took the phone out again and looked at the picture. "She is going to print it at work."
Ron had his Wednesday on the clipboard when I came through the barrier.
Connor Blake had made his debut for Middlesbrough at West Brom on the Saturday. 20 minutes off the bench, and Middlesbrough won 3-2. He had touched the ball 6 times, Ron said, and he had told Ron the number himself.
"I asked him if that was a lot," Ron said. "He said no. He said it was 6 more than last week."
Mitchell had played the whole match for Portsmouth against Doncaster at Fratton Park, 1-1, and been booked for the first time in his life.
