Late Tackle
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.
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