This weekend the professional football season gets underway once more, and the millions of pounds having been spent in transfers and wages will possibly determine the outcome of the various matches in the various leagues. Sometimes other factors play a part in the results, and like the many knock-about games played by youngsters, are more easily recognised than the feats of the modern day professional footballer. Frank Reynolds (1876-1953) cartoon typifies a moment in the glorious game.
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CLUB NOTES
"Crescent United were unfortunate in losing to Paradise Alley
owing to the unavoidable absence of their custodian at a critical moment in the game."
Can't stop chuckling now. Reminds me of sitting in dentists waiting rooms, thumbing through old volumes of Giles to try and drown out the sound of the slow drill in the next room.
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