Football’s not what it was. Really?

Before a table quiz at our club got underway last year, quizmaster John Otterson kept everyone entertained with some archive footage.

A BBC cameraman for the past 50 years, John’s attic contained a video of a challenge game between Glen and Omagh which was played in the 1980s.

After the novelty of identifying various players wore off, another feature of the game quickly became apparent. It was totally and utterly awful. The standard was abysmal. It was like the teams were playing with blindfolds. Vast tracts of time would elapse before three passes were completed. That is not an exaggeration. It was really appalling.