The world has booed its stage performers since the actors of ancient Greece and Roman gladiators fluffed their lines and dallied with whimpering lions. You pay your money, you’re unhappy with the entertainment, so you hiss and boo. You’ve got a right to express your disapproval haven’t you? Haven’t you? Unless his missus had Girls Aloud pumping out of the kitchen this morning, Ashley Cole will have woken up with the taunts of England’s more vociferous supporters still ringing in his ears. The Chelsea left back was in action at Wembley on Saturday. England may have scored five against lowly Kazakhstan, but it was Cole's blunder that led to the visitors’ only goal. The England fans had been under strict instructions to get behind their team by manager Fabio Capello, but after Cole’s error some decided to jeer his every move....
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