Manchester City star James Milner is a good solid Englishman from Yorkshire who likes his tea strong and his Christmas cards plain, apparently.  

James Milner gets a lot of flack for being boring, most notably from the boring Milner Twitter account, and while you might think that some people would take that personally and be angry about it, Milner clearly has a sense of humour about the whole thing and is happy to take the piss out of himself a little bit. 

The midfielder demonstrated that by filming a skit for the Manchester City YouTube channel where he invites the viewers in to his home to share in his boring Christmas, and we have to say that there may well be a career in acting for Milner after he hangs up the boots. That, or he really does think that PG Tips are a bit too foreign-sounding...

Via Squawka.com