Back in September, I spoke to Baz Rathbone – a former player. He talked about his early career at Blues and the difficulties he had, which provided the content of his book “The Smell of Football.” I was approached by the publishing company offering a special deal for Joys and Sorrows readers. They said: We’re offering
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Thinking that transport would be a lot less arduous this weekend, engineering works on the railways between Woking and Clapham Junction put paid to that. Fortunately, the connections weren’t too lengthy and I got up to South Bermondsey with little hassle despite the journey taking a little longer than usual. This game was nothing if
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I managed for once to get away from work on time and this meant that I missed the rush hour traffic on the M25 and found myself at Baginton to meet up with Little Jack and Chris at just after 5 pm. Following Jack’s return from football training we set off for St Andrews and
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It was announced last weekend, that sadly Gary Ablett had passed away aged just 46. He had been battling cancer for some while. Gary was a scouser, and it’s fair to say was best known for his time donning the famous red shirt of Liverpool FC. Yet he went on to achieve more appearances for
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I’d told Mrs Bazza that there was another match to go to on Bank Holiday Monday and yes I knew it had only been 48 hours since the last one but the consolation was that Peterborough was not as far to go so I’d be back quicker. When I worked it out it was further
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