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WORK AND PLAY

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The Late Tackle Magazine Team
11 August 2025

WORK AND

DAVE PROUDLOVE LOOKS AT HOW THE ORIGINS OF FOOTBALL LAY IN THE FACTORIES, MINES AND SHIPYARDS OF INDUSTRIAL ENGLAND

Looking the part: Sheffield FC in the 1870s and, inset, their current badge

WORKING man’s ballet was a phrase that I often heard my Dad utter as he talked about football when I was a young boy, or should I say when he talked about Stoke City.
And that’s because it’s how Tony Waddington – that legendary manager of the Potters – used to describe the beautiful game, and Dad hung on the Wad’s every word.

Wisdom: Tony Waddingto...

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