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That’s the kind of ‘keeper I like.

Any other old-style English rescue specialist manager come to mind?

No way to treat the man who plucked the phoenix out of the Darvel ashes. Speaking of Ayrshire, might a promising manager in the county be a prospect?

Cornflakes only, though Rice Crispies are acceptable but both must be Kelloggs. No other cereal will do. I checked the founder’s name. It’s fine.

Busby, Shankly and Ferguson probably did influence English football in as much as every one of them developed a club philosophy and a style of play that other clubs tried to follow. O’Neil and Billy Bingham were successful managers to a degree but I don’t think anybody wanted to copy them. I don’t think outstanding players like George Best or Denis Law had any real influence on the game.

Forgot about Hungary. (How could I?) Revie or his manager McDowall must have got the idea from them. Interestingly, one of Revie’s forward partners was Bobby Johnsone, the hibbee. An inside right, he must have played more as a centre forward with City because he scored quite a lot of goals. He reverted to goal maker when he came back to Hibs opening the gates for Joe Baker.

Did Gerrard’s kids leave Liverpool?

“Deep lying centre forward”: Don Revie, Manchester City, 1955. Nothing’s new, not even Manchester City.

Good old fashioned game, great atmosphere plus a break in. Wolves’ yellow shirts don’t look like old gold, though.

Here’s the 1956 match. Some more notable names. For Fulham, Bedford Jezzard and Jimmy Hill (Booooooo) for Newcastle, a young Ronnie Simpson.

Fulham fans giving a lamentable version of the Billy Boys as supporters of English teams always do. Four times too fast and a bizarre change of key. C’mon Newcastle.

Switched on for Fulham/Mags but I’ve misjudged the kick-off and there are still juveniles prattling on about nothing. Big bonus, though. 1950s footage of a high-scoring game between the two featuring Jackie Milburn and the Fulham ‘keeper being bundled into the net, old style, and no one turned a hair. Teams are out. I wonder who’ll be out at the end?

No mosquito was involved.

Contrary to popular belief, Kittybrewster is not a malarial swamp.

I saw the last fifteen minutes. Maidstone dead on their feet didn’t enter the Ipswich penalty box to trouble our old boy, George Edmundson. The Ipswich ‘keeper was playing on the halfway line. Maidstone utterly outclassed but the Ipswich players didn’t seem to be bothered by the way the match was going. They probably thought they could have launched a missile but the Maidstone ‘keeper would have caught it or at worst, turned it round the post. Attired in orange he nonetheless played as though anointed. 2-3.

Good judge of a player.

Good tip. On the face of it. First: catch a GP. Second: on further reflection and remembering the many dental students I used to know three score years ago, you’re maybe better just to try a bit of thread and a slamming door.

Used to scare the living daylights out of me.

Goal. No doubt whatsoever.

City paid big bucks for Doku. Doesn’t look better than Matondo.

City need to try harder to score. You can’t always walk the ball into the net. Many opportunities to shoot in the first twenty minutes all declined. The offside rule needs to be rewritten.

I doubt that Sima will be back, dB, unfortunately.

A lot of old Africa hands who caught malaria thought they were over it and then they would collapse often more than once. Medicine has come on a long way since those days so I suspect the risk is minimal if it exists at all.

Klopp going at the end of the season. Don’t tell Philippe.

Ian McColl and Sammy Cox. Can’t think of a better club pair. Cumming and McKay the runners-up.