No rush for fresh legs as footballers grow old gracefully

STRANGE as it may sound but some footballers are criticised for ‘only being able to score’.

No rush for fresh legs as footballers grow old gracefully
Thu, 03 Jun, 2010 - 01:00
Paddy Heaney

My favourite example of this took place in Friel’s Bar in Swatragh, Co Derry.

A club unaccustomed to success at senior level, Swatragh’s finest had just drawn with Dungiven in the quarter-final of the county championship.

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