Retro

THE GOOD OLD DAYS…

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
7 November 2019

LOOKING BACK
NEIL SAMBROOK REFLECTS ON HOW FOOTBALL HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS…

Marksman: Tottenham’s Jimmy Greaves shoots against Aston Villa in the FA Cup in 1962

Sign here: Shrewsbury fans ask Newcastle’s Kevin Keegan for autographs as he runs out at Gay Meadow

Memories: Gay Meadow, the old home of Shrewsbury Town

IT IS from a precarious perch I tend to view football these days.
Branded a bitter old cynic by one son when I try to engage with the modern game, I am labelled a soppy sentimentalist by the other when regaling how great football once seemed.
My sons...

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