My biggest hero in sport was Jim McIlroy who died of natural causes 3 days ago so I am re-posting this old blArt o mine about the wonderful wizard o dribblin
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/20/jimmy-mcilroy-obituary
Om Mani Padme Hung
So today my home town team, knowing of their imminent relegation from the top division in football to division 2 which is euphemistically named ‘The Championship’, secured a scintillating 0-0 draw with Stoke. But Burnley were once a truly great team! No not the first time I ever saw them when as a ten years old boy I watched
(c) pete kennedy 2015
the best Burnley team to represent the town in modern day football emerge from the Turf Moor tunnel as Champions in 1960 when they beat Man City in the final game of the season
(c) pete kennedy 2015
to prevent Wolves winning their third 1st division title in 3 years and almost won the coveted Double two years later.
No, it was the team back in 1921, (some of which had survived the First World War just before which they had beaten Liverpool in the…
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