IT WAS a little strange to see gruff football manager Davie Moyes wearing a t-shirt with a picture of Madeleine McCann when Everton played their last game of the season. It’s a horrible thing that this little girl has vanished, and no one should doubt the good intentions of Moyes or any of the other footballers to have appealed for her safe return. But what if Moyes had appealed on his t-shirt for an end to the poverty that kills thousands of children each day, or for something to be done about the relentless killing of civilians in Iraq? Football’s governing bodies are fanatical in their efforts to keep the sport apolitical (best not to scare away the sponsors, they reason). Sadly, while Moyes is free to express sympathy for the plight of the McCann family, there are millions of other tragedies he must ignore.