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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 the ...

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