"When Ferguson moved into management in 1974, part-time at East Stirlingshire for £40 a week, the game was much less lucrative, broadcasters usually only supplied football punditry for special events (FA Cup finals, internationals, World Cups and so forth) and the principal career options for retiring footballers were: opening a sports shop, running and becoming a manager"
In Episode Thirty Four we revisit ‘Echoes in Eternity’ by Paul Simpson from Issue Sixteen, which attempts to answer the que...
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