I have just received a belated present. Saturday. 3 pm. The latest excellent publication by one Daniel Gray. I note with interest that his biography on his website boasts marking Gordon Strachan's son out of a game. What would my footballing pinnacle be? Evening Gazette ......when Evening still applied .....Schools Penalty Prize. I still wonder how that penalty missed the crossbar and hit Row 25 of the East Stand seats. 22,046 witnessed my embarrassment. I still sent the keeper the wrong way though! There is still some satisfaction in failure. "Big" John Hickton showed everyone how to do it in the "real" event immediately afterwards. In a world where football is now very much at the whims of the TV schedules or perhaps even personal decision of some uninvolved broadcasting executive, Daniel sets out a series
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