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Book review: Postcards from Santiago, by Spencer Vignes

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Postcards From Santiago – The George Robledo Story, by Spencer Vignes, published by Biteback Publishing, Price: £20
IN A world where football is often seen as only having started when the Premier League came into being, plenty of fascinating stories from the past are overlooked.
So hats off to Spencer Vignes for his excellent biography of George Robledo, who became the first overseas star of English football.
His mum Elsie hailed from Yorkshire and had travelled to work in Argentina and then Chile as the personal assistant to the wife of George Ellis, a chemical engineer empl...

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