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WORK AND PLAY

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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