Remember when we were top – of Premier League!

Such is the miracle of modern technology, even during last Saturday's game against Bristol City, Facebook, Twitter and texts were alive with images of the 'As it stands' Championship league table with Leicester City sitting at the top.

It was a short-lived spell at the summit, with Cardiff's late rally seeing off Ipswich to put the, errr... 'Reds' in pole position by the evening, but you must forgive us our excitement.

It is the first time we have topped the 'second division' since April 2003 when Micky Adams' side briefly knocked Portsmouth off top spot for a couple of weeks.

That season we ended up in the runners-up position to the south coast club.

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We would all settle for second place again this time round, I'm sure, but then a friend of mine texted another photo that he keeps in a frame at home.

It was City on top of the Premier League in October 2000, eight games into the season.

That one might take a little longer.

City being top of the second tier is a lot rarer than you might think.

Mark McGhee's side managed eight consecutive games at the top after a good start to the 1995-96 season, but never returned.

Surprisingly, Brian Little's City, who were never far from the top in three play-off final seasons, only managed two appearances in the No.1 place – in October 1993 and January 1994.

Gordon Milne's promotion-winning side of 1982-83 were never higher than third place; while Jock Wallace's Second Division Championship winners only spent eight games out of 42 in first place, though crucially, one of those was the last one at Orient.

You have to go back to Frank O'Farrell's Championship-winning machine to see a truly dominant City.

Twenty two games at the top, and they didn't lose a game after January 16th... sadly just a little bit before my time!

This week saw the dawn of what will hopefully be a new Golden Age for English football, and right on our doorstep.

Just a few miles from the Leicestershire boundary, at Burton-on-Trent, the much-delayed St George's Park National Football Centre was opened by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Prince William, president of the Football Association, remarked: "Coming here and seeing these wonderful facilities gives me the same feeling as when I first went to the Olympic Park."

The 2012 Olympics showed us that if you spend enough time and money on a sport you can get fantastic results.

One of the most important components of this grand vision for our football is a centre of excellence for the 'coaching of coaches'.

This is vital if we are to throw off the last vestiges of traditional English poor ball control, over-reliance on physicality, and tendency to 'lump it' when cornered.

It is the only way we can hope to catch up with Spain, who have almost re-invented the game in recent years.

Hopefully, we have just taken the first steps towards a greater representation of English players at Premier League clubs, and our second World Cup win...