Late Tackle

Like father like son

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
1 September 2011

A football team doesn’t have to be successful to forge an unbreakable family bond, something Millwall fan MERV PAYNE knows all too well.

Father-son relationships are tricky things. Without the benefit of that maternal instinct, extra effort is often required.
These days it’s called ‘bonding’. Modern men can read all the magazine articles and watch all the daytime telly they like to make sure the relationship with their son and heir blossoms. But what do you do when you’re one of the old school – working 12 hours a day back in the ’70s and find...

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