Samba legends heading for Northern Counties league

AN ambitious non-league football club yesterday launched an audacious bid to sign legendary Brazil strikers Zico and Careca.

Samba legends heading for Northern Counties league
Thu, 28 Oct, 2004 - 01:00
James Whelan

Garforth Town announced this week that Socrates, who captained Brazil in the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, was joining the West Yorkshire club as a player-coach on a short-term deal.

And the 50-year-old midfielder could be joined at the Leeds club next year by the veteran Samba superstars in the Northern Counties East League Division One.

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