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Sat 11 Nov 2002Helping Sven to keep his gripMichael Walker talks to Tord Grip about the recent crisis at FA headquarters and England's progress under the Swedish management teamJust as he does every day when he wakes up in London and not some other European city, Tord Grip went on his morning constitutional in Hyde Park yesterday. He had spent Tuesday night in Basle after watching Liverpool and Wednesday night in Rotterdam after watching Newcastle United, and the 64-year-old England coach was keen to get his bad back loosened and his heart pumping again after so much time spent travelling and sitting.