Yeah, that was beautiful, a small bit that had a giant impact, a magnificent piece of writing.
I didn’t catch that the game was supposed to have happened in Ted’s past, I thought it was Ted’s future, he returned to the game of soccer for the love of the game. But now I’ll have to rewatch that.
I only have trouble agreeing with you, because she has very strong competition. Brett Goldstein (the actor/writer who plays Roy Kent) is right up there as is Coach Beard, although the latter is more of a “glue character”.