RONNIE McDonald is shocked.

The former Hamilton Academical chairman was in charge of the club when the walking vat of testosterone, Luis Rubiales, played an unremarkable three-match stint for the team in South Lanarkshire back in 2009.

“He was a very educated and reasonable guy. His team ethic was good as well. He never caused me any bother at all,” Ronnie told The Times this week.

“He was a proper gentleman, polite to everyone. I could never have guessed he would be involved in something like this.”

Something like this, of course, is grabbing his crotch at the final whistle of the Women’s World Cup final – for which he has apologised, as he was in royal company – and then grabbing a kiss on the lips from striker Jenni Hermoso, who later said she didn’t like it and it was in no way consensual.

The more campaigners call for him to step down from his position as the head of the Spanish Football Federation, the more he shouts out: I will not resign.

More than 80 players have now said they will not play for the World Cup winners until he has gone. His position is clearly untenable but no doubt this guy thinks they will all calm down in the end.

There is a danger in thinking all MeToo problems in football could be fixed if just one man would finally read the room and depart the stage – but it would at least be a start. All power to those players who are taking action, and messages of solidarity are welcome from everywhere.

But couldn’t there be a little bit more energy in them, particularly from the men’s side? Or as the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s recent poster campaign against misogyny would have it: Why aren’t more blokes saying… Maaaate? I think it’s spelt with four As when you are telling a pal that what they just said wasn’t cool.

In England and elsewhere, a player can break a bone during a match and their whole team will wear T-shirts at the next warm-up with their name on the front.

When a goal is scored, a colleague may lift their strip over their heads to show a message along the lines of: Thinking of you, Jimmy!

It’s all very warm and spirited, but how about some of the teams in the Premier League and beyond start warming up in Hermoso T-shirts? Maybe that’s too much to hope for from players who didn’t want to risk getting booked at the World Cup in Qatar for wearing a rainbow armband, but allyship and unity can be a powerful thing.