The brutality and foul play began from the first tackle, went downhill from there and ended up 11 v 11
I’ve always felt sorry for anyone who’s never lived in sight of a stadium. From my back bedroom in Latchford, Warrington, just beyond a railway embankment, towered the tatty, powder blue corrugated iron of Wilderspool. The first thing my eye would be drawn to when the curtains opened; on matchdays, roars and awws pipping the local radio in relaying how things were going.
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Written by Stuart Goodwin
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