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BAZ BALL: Michael Grimes on the remarkable career of footballer-turned-physio Mick Rathbone

When through an old album from 1977-78, each sticker is not just a ‘want’, ‘got’, ‘double’ or ‘swap’, but also a window into a split second of a career long since ended and, in some unfortunate cases, a life gone too.

Michael Grimes on the remarkable career of footballer-turned-physio Mick Rathbone.

When going through an old album from 1977-78, each sticker is not just a ‘want’, ‘got’, ‘double’ or ‘swap’, but also a window into a split second of a career long since ended and, in some unfortunate cases, a life gone too.

Checking through the Birmingham City squad of that time, the portraits of Trevor Francis, Howard Kendall and Jimmy Calderwood give testament to the latter case.
However, on the bottom row is a player in the away yellow strip, track suit top on, smiling in the sun prior to kick-off. A nativ...

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