CHASING THE ALPHABET

MICK BARNETT TELLS US ABOUT HIS UNUSUAL A-Z OF FOOTBALL A CHIEVEMENT...

SO, HOW did I find myself at the Samuel Montagu Youth Centre, Kidbrooke, south-east London in October of this year watching Grand Athletic v Xavelhas in the Metropolitan Sunday Football League Ron Pope Premier Division?I suppose it all began on January 15, 1969 when I was taken by my dad on a Lesney Products works trip to Wembley to watch England versus Rumania (that’s how it was spelt back then).Two months later we watched England versus France (Geoff Hurst’s other England hat-trick).Those were th...

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