Dean Ashton has revealed that the England suit he received recently was sent a year late.
Ashton, talking in his column for icons.com, revealed that the suit should have been sent last year when he was set to receive his first international cap - although a mix-up at the FA meant it took over a year to arrive."I had to laugh this week when I saw all the stories in the papers about me being on standby because of the suit I was sent," he said.
"That suit was from when I was in the squad before I got injured. They happened to put my measurements down to get my suit done before the ankle break, and it has taken a year to get to me!
"The coincidence is that it got sent through at the same time as Emile Heskey got injured, so people put two and two together and got five.
"I haven’t got a clue how the papers knew I'd got it - I just laughed! I know the truth behind it though, and that's that the people who made the suit just had the kindness to send it on."
Ashton is set to start against Newcastle at St James' Park on Sunday afternoon with United seeking a SIXTH succesive away win.
The Hammers are also the only club in the Premier League yet to concede a goal away from home this season - sequences which Ashton intends to help extend.
"We're in sixth place going into the weekend and the mood is a lot lighter around the place," he said. "When you are winning games things are very rosy and we have made a good start.
"But we want it to continue. We've got Newcastle on Sunday, up at St James' Park and now that I've had a taste of getting back into the goals, I want more."
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