Quote Originally Posted by kettering_baggie View Post
I count myself as being extremely lucky to have been around in those great days and seen the likes of Tony Brown, Jeff Astle and Bobby Hope, to name but three. Sadly, the game has changed beyond all recognition. Of all the players in the Premier League today, I wouldn’t consider a single one of them fit to lace the boots of the three mentioned above. Football is no longer a game of the people, it’s now the preserve of the corporate sponsors and television companies.

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Too right. After seeing John Osborne drinking a pint during the match and keeping the glass by the goal post talking to the fans while the ball was in play at the other end I am quite sure we will never see the likes again. Great keeper. Remember him facing a penalty v Everton at home when it was 2-2 in the dying minutes and he saved it. Ground erupted.