Having read the book, my guess is that he uses the secrecy to include

stories told him by other players. Soooo, if he wants to tell a story about sommat that happened in, say, an England match, he can use it and make the suggestion that it happened to him. That's also been an effective way of distancing himself from it.

Posted By: Sugbad The Bad, Sep 8, 12:35:47