It’s hard to know what to say when farewelling a legend of your business, but that’s what we’re doing today with the news that Paul Vautin has made his mind up to retire from television.

“I’m 65, and I’ve run out of petrol,” Vautin said. “When I think about my life I have to say it’s all been a surprise; the television career, my football career. I remember thinking as a 15- or 16-year-old redheaded, freckly kid that I didn’t know what I was gonna do with my life, and then when I look at what I’ve done, I’m still surprised.”

The man........

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