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GOLDEN ERA OF TV SPORT WAS 30 YEARS AGO

JOHN LYONS looks back nostalgically to when wrestling was fixed but the rest of Saturday afternoon was real magic

WHEN you enter your 40s, you suddenly realise you are getting old. For starters, you’re older than all the footballers, lots of managers and, even worse, some referees. Everyone starts to look young and fresh-faced.
The years have flown by in the blink of an eye. But two things you have acquired along the way are experience and memories. Just think of all those footballers and managers you’ve seen come and go over the years. I remember the late 70s/early 80s as ...

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